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Xao "Jerry" Yang (born 1967) is an ethnic Hmong American poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang started playing poker in 2005. [ 2 ] An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula ...
Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese-born American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!
Jerry Yang (born 1968) is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. Jerry Yang may also refer to: Jerry Yang (poker player) (born 1967) Xiangzhong Yang or Jerry Yang (1959–2009), biotechnology scientist who worked on cloning
The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker. [1] Most of the tournaments played at the WSOP are variants of Texas hold'em, a game where each player may use a combination of the five community cards and two hole cards to make the best hand.
Tony Gunawan (吳俊明) – badminton player; Ivana Hong – gymnastics; Jerry Hsu – skateboarder; Michelle Jin (米歇尔·金) - professional bodybuilder; John Juanda – poker player; Phillip King – tennis player, brother of Vania King; Vania King – tennis player who won both the 2010 Wimbledon Women's Doubles and 2010 US Open Women's ...
Lam made the final table of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, outlasting a field of 6,358 players and finishing second to Jerry Yang. His finish earned him $4,840,981. Prior to the Main Event, he had two previous cashes in the World Series, one in 2006 and the other in 2005. His 3 cashes at the WSOP have netted him a total of ...
In 2005, Chan collaborated with Mark Karowe to release Play Poker Like Johnny Chan (ISBN 1-933074-48-5), an instructional book on several different types of poker. [33] On November 28, 2006, the follow-up titled: Million Dollar Hold'em: Winning Big in Limit Cash Games ( ISBN 1-58042-200-4 ), which focuses on limit hold'em strategy, was released.
Raymer first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event during 2001 in the $1,500 Omaha hi-lo split 8 or better event won by Chris Ferguson. [4] At the 2004 World Series of Poker, he defeated David Williams to win the $5,000,000 first prize in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em WSOP main event.