John Juanda

John Juanda, a founding member of Team Full Tilt, is one of the most accomplished players on the tournament circuit.

John Juanda, a founding member of Team Full Tilt, is one of the most accomplished players on the tournament circuit. He was born on July 8, 1971, in Indonesia. He moved to the United States in 1990 and became an athlete and scholar. He was a track star in high school and then went on to receive an MBA from Seattle University.

He has more than 100 major tournament cashes. He also has four World Series of Poker bracelets. Two of them came in 2003, in the pot-limit Omaha and seven-card stud eight-or-better events. His first bracelet came in the 2001 triple-draw lowball ace-to-five event. In 2006, he won the Speed Poker Million Dollar Challenge in Australia, taking home $1 million. In addition to these accomplishments, he was the runner-up in the Card Player 2002 Player of the Year race.

Juanda booked the largest win of his career in 2008, when he won the the main event at the World Series of Poker Europe, to win his fourth bracelet to take home $1,544,575 in prize money. He finished up a successful trip to London by making his first European Poker Tour final table a few days later. He finished in second place at the EPT London High Roller Showdown and took home $573,607 in prize money.

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Patrik Antonius vs John Juanda

hand b/t PA and John J @ the 2006 Aussie Millions Cash Game

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Full tilt Ad. John Juanda

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John Juanda

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Juanda leads the pack after day 3

John Juanda is easily one of the best poker players in the world. He is now showing his skills at the WSOP-E in London, and he has...

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Juanda ready for another final table

After the epic battle against Stanislav Alekhin a few days ago, where Juanda captured the coveted WSOP-E-bracelet, he got one day ...

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Festa Al Lago: John Juanda

Card Player TV talks with John Juanda on break at the 2008 WPT Festa Al Lago Championship.

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The Reigning Champion Juanda on location in London

Last year John Juanda won an epic final table to become the Champion at the WSOP-E presented by Betfair. Now he is back to attempt...

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John Juanda through to day 3 of Main Event

John Juanda is one of the most succesful live poker players of all time. Now he has made it through to day 3 of the Main Event of ...

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EPT9 Barcelona: Main Event Day 5 with John Juanda

John Juanda is not only having a lot of fun in Barcelona, he also got luck on his fifth day of play in the EPT Barcelona Main Even...

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John Juanda gets very unlucky

John Juanda gets very unlucky

Max Silver Loses $25k Prop Bet with John Juanda

Silver has lost his $25,000 bet with John Juanda that he could do 20 chin ups with a year to prepare

Poker Pro Ali Fazeli Pleads Guilty in $6.2million Ponzi Scheme

Fazeli has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and accepted a plea deal after his trial was postponed earlier this year…

Poker App Ban in China Forces PokerStars to Abandon City of Dreams

China’s crackdown on poker apps and the ban on social media promoting the game has forced PokerStars and others to cancel events and close poker rooms in Macau.

Poker High Roller Ali Fazeli Ticket Scam Trial Postponed

Fazeli and his lawyers need more time to prepare his defense on fraud charges that could land him behind bars for up to 40 years.

Seidel and Juanda Among Victims in $Multi-Million SuperBowl Ticket Scam

The $multi-million SuperBowl ticket scam saw Poker Hall of Fame members Erik Seidel and John Juanda taken for $800,000.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Justin Bonomo Wins Super High Roller Bowl China for $4.8 Million

32-year-old American poker pro Justin Bonomo took down the $270K buy-in 2018 Super High Roller Bowl China after defeating a star-studded field.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Bryn Kenney is the Biggest Live Tournament Earner in 2017

Kenney, the 31-year-old pro from Long Beach, New York cashed 28 times in live tournaments last year for a total of $8.5 million, for more than what anyone else earned.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Claas Segebrecht Wins Master Classics of Poker Amsterdam for €235,087

A final table that featured players from nine different countries gave the Master Classics of Poker €4,300 buy-in Main Event an international flavor.

Prop Bets - The Best of The Rest

​If they don’t involve Bill Perkins, Antonio Esfandiari or Dan Bilzerian, they don’t get much exposure these days, but crazy and wonderful prop bets are not the preserve of the ‘Billionaire club’.

Is There a Bias in the Poker Hall of Fame?

Controversy gives some validation and meaning to the honor, but too much controversy can threaten the integrity of the honor to the point that it becomes meaningless.