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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. An amateur player at the time, Yang entered the 2007 World Series of Poker after winning a $225 satellite at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula.
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DateCountryPlacePrize30-May-2024$ 700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Mystery ...779th$ 2,17012-Oct-2023$ 150 Pot Limit Omaha 2023 Shuffle 214 ...5th$ 51030-Aug-2023$ 2,500 Pot Limit Omaha - High Roller - ...8th$ 3,00009-Jul-2023$ 200 + 100 Pot Limit Omaha - Bounty 2023 ...1st$ 2,280- Restaurants and Family First
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In 2009, Jerry Yang opened his Merced, California restaurant Pocket 8’s Sushi and Grillwith around half a million dollars of his poker winnings. Then, in 2015, Yang opened his second eatery, Dynamite Grill, in Las Vegas. Sadly, however, after Dynamite Grill opened, Yang’s father was diagnosed with colon cancer. Family was and continues to be very i...
Back in March 2013, the IRS posted that it would be auctioning Jerry Yang’s belongings to pay delinquent taxes.Among these items were his 2007 WSOP Championship Corum bracelet, the Corum watch he also won at the Main Event, and several other expensive pieces of jewelry and watches. Rumor has itthat the bracelet was auctioned off in April 2013 to a ...
Jerry Yang hasn’t played much poker since winning the Main Event. His biggest tournament payout since his heralded world championship was 5thplace in the 2010 National Heads-Up Championship where he took home $75,000. He managed several more cashes until 2016 in WSOP, World Poker Tour (WPT), Heartland Poker Tour(HPT), Bay 101, and various other Las...
The 51-year-old Yang has been working hard managing his successful—and busy—restaurant. Pocket 8’s has been doing well.For the past several years, it has been named Merced County’s “Best Restaurant” and “Best Japanese Restaurant.” Yang loves being a businessman and restaurateur and interacting with his customers. While poker was fun at the time, he...
Was Jerry Yang's World Series of Poker Main Event win the most improbable one in the history of poker? Relive all the epic moments now as he beat out the likes of Tuan Lam, Raymond Rahme,...
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Jerry Yang is a poker player of Laotian descent who won the 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. In 2011, he authored a book called 'All In'.
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Player Bio. Jerry Yang is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Married with six children, Yang is a psychologist and social worker and holds a Masters Degree in health psychology. After defeating Tuan Lam heads up for the Main Event championship, Yang pledged 10% of his $8.25 million purse to three children's charities: The Make ...
