At the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in the middle of the largest flight of the 2021 World Series of Poker Reunion, GGPoker rolled out the red carpet to announce that high-stakes crusher Jason Koon is officially the newest addition to GGTeam as a Global Ambassador.

Koon’s high-roller resume is among poker’s best. He currently sits 10th on the Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List with more than $32.5 million in live earnings. He had eight seven-figure scores including a victory in the $1,000,000 HKD Triton Super High Roller Short Deck event in Montenegro for $3.5 million in 2018, another Triton Short Deck victory in Jeju for $2.8 million, and his notable third-place finish at the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl in Las Vegas for $2.1 million.

On top of his stellar reputation as one of the game’s best, he also holds a reputation as one of the game’s nicest high-stakes pros.

According to the press release, Koon’s role with GGPoker is set to be more than simply a patch-wearing pro. He’s set to be an advocate for the online poker room’s high-roller/high-volume players as well as focus on “strengthening the poker room’s security and game integrity efforts.”

This isn’t Koon’s first foray into ambassadorship, he’s had ties with both Triton Poker and partypoker in the past. In late July, Koon bid farewell to partypoker after four years as an ambassador. At the announcement, Koon took a few moments to entertain a few questions, including the difference between his new deal with GGPoker and his previous work as an ambassador.

“The biggest difference immediately is just the scale of everything,” Koon said. ”My past deal with [partypoker], my relationship with them was fantastic and I had a really good four years there.

“For GGPoker, the biggest difference is they want to improve their software. I was always a little frustrated that we couldn’t create a new offering in software at [partypoker]. GGPoker is doing everything they can do to make the player experience as quick and efficient as it can be. Just the growth, not only with the online product but expanding with lots of things that you’ll see in the live poker realm in tournaments and cash game – a lot of things to improve the customer experience.”

At the same time, surely Koon will also be looking to raise the profile of GGPoker by representing them in live events.

“At GGPoker, we view ambassadors as part of our overall team,” said GGPoker Director of Sponsorships and Live Event. “We want them as bought into keeping GGPoker the #1 site in the world as we are. Jason’s reputation and how he handles himself personally and professionally makes him an ideal Global Ambassador. Having a player of his caliber providing advice and direction, and representing the most committed segment of our player community is invaluable for us.”

Koon was introduced as the newest member by now fellow Global Ambassador Daniel Negreanu and joins a team the includes Fedor Holz, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, and Dan Bilzerian.