John Juanda

John Juanda
John Juanda (2008)
Personal information
Date of birth	July 8, 1971
place of birth	Indonesia Medan
Nickname	Luckbox
place of residence	United States Marina del Rey
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0$ 2,870,092
Total prize money	$ 25,241,270
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	5
Cashes	66
Best main event	31. ( 2005 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	20th
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	6th
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Johnson "John" Juanda (born July 8, 1971 in Medan , Indonesia ) is a professional American poker player .

Juanda has earned more than $ 25 million in live poker tournaments and is listed as the most successful Indonesian poker player in the Hendon Mob Poker Database . He is a five-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and has won the main event of the European Poker Tour once . As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Juanda was named as one of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Juanda grew up in Indonesia and moved to Oklahoma in the United States in 1990 . In high school he was a good sprinter over 200 meters and an endurance runner over 5,000 meters . Juanda received a Masters of Business Administration from Seattle University . During his student days he made some money as a Bible seller . He started his poker career in 1997 and currently lives in Marina del Rey . In 2006 he starred in the crime film All In - Pokerface and played himself.

Juanda won five World Series of Poker tournaments and won the 2001 Jack Binion World Poker Open . In November 2005, he won $ 500,000 in the Monte Carlo Millions : he won the Consolation event, finished sixth in the main event and second in the FullTiltPoker.Net event. In January 2006, Juanda beat Barry Greenstein , Tony Bloom and Phil Ivey , among others , and won a million Australian dollars in the Speed Poker event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship . In early October 2008 Juanda secured the title at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in London . At the longest final table in WSOP history (484 hands played) he prevailed heads-up against the Russian Stanislaw Alechin and won the equivalent of around 1.5 million US dollars . At the end of August 2015, Juanda won the main event of the European Poker Tour in Barcelona with a prize money of over one million euros . In mid-October 2017, he won the main event of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Macau and received the equivalent of almost three million dollars.

Juanda was a member of Full Tilt Poker's Team Full Tilt . Juanda played in the second season of High Stakes Poker and closed the cash game with a profit.

Juanda cashed 66 times at the WSOP and won five bracelets :

year	Buy-in	competition	Attendees	Prize money
2002 E.	0.$ 1500	Ace to Five Triple Draw	088	0$ 49,620
2003 E.	0.$ 2500	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	140	$ 130,200
2003 E.	0.$ 2500	Pot Limit Omaha	120	$ 203,840
2008 E	£ 10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event (WSOPE)	363	£ 868,800
2011 E.	$ 10,000	2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit)	126	$ 367,170

John Juanda (2005)

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↑ John Juanda in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 20, 2017.
↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 27, 2019.
↑ EPT - 12 - ESPT - 6 - Barcelona (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event # 29) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 13, 2016 (English).
↑ Triton Super High Roller Series - Macau (HK $ 960,000 + 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Macau Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 20, 2017.
↑ John Juanda in the World Series of Poker database, accessed November 13, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Juanda, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Juanda, Johnson (full name); Luckbox (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Medan , Indonesia