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Personal life. Yang, an ethnic Hmong, was born in Laos. When the communists took control of that country in the 1970s, his family escaped to Thailand where they spent four years in a refugee camp. While living in the camp, a brother and sister of his died. Yang currently lives in Madera, California.
Xao ‘ Jerry’ Yang was originally born in Southeast Asia, in Laos and is a professional poker player. His family escaped to Thailand after the communists invaded the country back in the seventies and they then spent four years and major losses in a refugee camp.
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May 19, 2016 · Xao “Jerry” Yang is a poker player from Temecula and the winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Yang was born in Laos in 1967 and his family spent four years in a refugee camp in Thailand before coming to America. Yang currently lives in Madera.
xao "jerry" yang - poker champion Jerry Yang , a Hmong Laotian native, is the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang, born in 1968, fled with his family from Laos to neighboring Thailand in the 70s and spent four years in a refugee camp where he lost a brother and sister.
Xao "Jerry" Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨係; traditional Chinese: 楊係; pinyin: Yáng Xì; born 1967) is an ethnic Hmong poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Yang started playing poker in 2005.
Xao “Jerry” Yang was born in Laos in 1968, when the Communists invaded in 1975, he and his family fled to Thailand. He remembers being captured and having AK47s pointed at him. Eventually, the Yangs did make it across the border but all that awaited them was near starvation in a refugee camp.
Also, they went to ceremonies not only to maintain the family relationship but also to keep the traditions from disappearing. According to Yang (2013), after three decades of struggle, Hmong Americans had achieved in economic, political and educational aspects. Starting from small business, the businesses of Hmong had become international ...
