Berry Johnston

Berry Johnston
Berry Johnston (2007)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 25, 1935
place of birth	Oklahoma
Nickname	Numbers
place of residence	Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 570,000
Total prize money	$ 3,503,688
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	5
Cashes	69
Best main event	Victory ( 1986 )
Last updated: February 17, 2020

Berry Enfield Johnston (born September 25, 1935 in Oklahoma ) is a professional American poker player . He is five-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Johnston was named one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Poker career

Career

Johnston has been a professional poker player since 1970. He won in 1986 , the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and reached number three and five in the years 1982 and 1990 . He made it to more than 26 WSOP final tables and reached the prizes in 69 WSOP tournaments. He is also the player who made it into the prize ranks most often, 10 times, at the WSOP Main Event . This extraordinarily high number of very good results at the WSOP earned Johnston the nickname Numbers .

Johnston was sponsored by the online poker platform Full Tilt Poker . In 2004 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame . Overall, Johnston earned during his career more than 3.5 million dollars in live tournament prize money.

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1983	0.2500	Match play	032	040,000
1986	10,000	No Limit Hold'em (Main Event)	141	570,000
1990	0.2500	Limit Hold'em	254	254,000
1995	0.1500	Limit Omaha	152	091,200
2001	0.1500	Razz	144	083,810

Web links

Commons : Berry Johnston  - Collection of Images

• Berry Johnston in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Berry Johnston in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 27, 2019.
2. ↑ Berry Johnston in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 27, 2017.