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John Juanda

Birthdate: July 8, 1971
Birthplace: Medan, North Simatra, Indonesia
Current Residence: Los Angeles, California

John Juanda is 33 years old and now resides in Los Angeles, California. John played his first game of cards while flying with a friend from Indonesia to the United States in 1990. He began playing poker in 1996, and has built up quite an impressive poker resume since that time. He has three World Series of Poker gold bracelets, and has placed in the money at the World Series more than 25 times. John considers Daniel Negreanu, Allan Cunningham, Phil Ivey, and Erik Seidel as the players that he respects the most on the professional poker circuit.

MAJOR POKER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Year Event
2004 1st World Poker Finals PPT
2004 4th Mirage Poker Showdown
2004 3rd Championship Poker at Turning Point
  • 3 World Series of Poker Titles
  • 2002 Phil Hellmuth's Tournament Champion of the year
  • 2001 World Poker Open Championship
  • 3 Best all around Players' awards

2005 season

  • 5TH Third Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic
  • 17th: World Series of Poker $2,500 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em
  • 17th: World Series of Poker $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha
  • 66th: World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
  • 26th: World Series of Poker $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
  • 17th: World Series of Poker $5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em
  • 31st: World Series of Poker Main Event
  • 13th: Ultimate Poker Challenge
  • 8th: WSOP Circuit Championship Main Event