Jerry Yang (poker player)

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Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang (2008)
Jerry Yang (2008)
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1968
Country of birth LaosLaos Laos
Nickname The Shadow
place of residence United StatesUnited States Temecula
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 8,250,000
Total prize money $ 8,443,795
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 8th
Best main event Win ( 2007 )
Last updated: February 21, 2020

Xao "Jerry" Yang (* 1968 in Laos ) is an American poker player . He won the World Poker Championship in 2007 .

Personal

Yang studied psychology and works as a psychologist and social worker in Southern California. He is married and has six children. He started playing poker in 2005.

Poker career

In 2007 he played for the first time at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and he immediately achieved a sensation. At the main event he prevailed against a field of 6358 poker players and won the world championship. Some top stars such as Scotty Nguyen , Huck Seed and Lee Watkinson were represented until recently . At the final table, however, Yang was unstoppable and very quickly took the lead, which he did not give up until the heads-up against Tuan Lam. In the 205th hand played at the final table Yang won with 8 ♣ 8 ♦ against Lam's A ♦ Q ♦ when he on the River his hand to a road was complete. Yang received the winner's check for $ 8,250,000 and a bracelet .

In addition to his job as a psychologist, he is involved in several charitable institutions. He donates 10% of his poker income to foundations such as the McDonald's Kinderhilfe or the Make-A-Wish Foundation .

In April 2013 the American tax office auctioned u. a. various jewelry and the bracelet from Yang after he failed to pay due taxes.

Web links

Commons : Jerry Yang  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ You can bid for Jerry Yang's WSOP champion watch on Ebay at hochgepokert.com on July 23, 2014, accessed on February 21, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Yang, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yang, Xao (real name); The Shadow (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Laos