Brian Yoon

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Brian Yoon
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 13, 1989
place of birth United StatesUnited States los Angeles
Place of residence
0 		United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Las Vegas
United StatesUnited States 
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,094,349
Total prize money $ 5,161,045
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 37
Best main event 41st ( 2018 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 11
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: March 19, 2020

Brian Tae-Hyun Yoon (born December 13, 1989 in Los Angeles , California ) is a professional American poker player . He is three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Yoon has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2011 .

Yoon was successful for the first time in July 2011 at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished 58th in the main event, worth around 130,000 US dollars . Two years later, he won the Little One for One Drop at the 2013 WSOP and secured a bracelet and a prize of more than $ 660,000. In the WSOP 2014 to Yoon sat at an event in the variant No-Limit Hold'em by and received his second bracelet and the top prize of more than 630,000 US dollars. At the end of April 2015, he reached the final table at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour in Atlantic City and finished the tournament in third place, which was paid for around 330,000 US dollars. In mid-January 2016, Yoon finished fifth at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure high roller event in the Bahamas and received just under $ 350,000. He won the monster stack at the 2017 WSOP and secured his third bracelet as well as his biggest cash prize of more than one million US dollars to date. In the following year he reached the sixth day of the tournament at the WSOP main event , where he was eliminated in 41st place, endowed with around 190,000 US dollars. At the end of May 2019, Yoon won the partypoker Millions North America high roller and received a prize of 300,000 Canadian dollars .

Overall, Yoon has earned more than five million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Yoon cashed 37 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2013 1111 The Little One for One Drop - No-Limit Hold'em 4756 0.663.727
2014 5000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 0550 0.633.341
2017 1500 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack 6716 1,094,349

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brian Yoon on Twitter , accessed June 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ Brian Yoon Wins World Series of Poker Monster Stack Event on pokernews.com on June 28, 2017, accessed on June 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Brian Yoon in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Brian Yoon in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,111 No Limit Hold'em - Little One Drop (Event 58)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Eight Handed (Event # 35)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ Borgata Spring Poker Open / WPT World Championship ($ 15,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em WPT World Championship (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 25,000 # 74 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Monster Stack (Event # 47)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event Championship (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 15, 2019.
  12. ↑ partypoker Millions North America (C $ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Yoon, Brian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yoon, Brian Tae-Hyun (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States