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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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- Xao Yang, 1967 (age 55–56), Vientiane, Laos
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- Temecula, California, U.S.
Jerry Yang. Total Live Earnings $8,553,181. Best Live Cash $8,250,000. All Time Money List 170th. Connect with Jerry. Nationality: United States United States Residence: United States Temecula, CA, United States. $8,000,000 milestone. United States All Time Money List.
DateCountryPlacePrize12-Oct-2023$ 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$ 2,28007-Jul-2023$ 777 No Limit Hold'em - Lucky 7's - ...19th$ 26,500- Restaurants and Family First
- Yang’s Problems with The IRS
- Has Jerry Yang Played Poker Since His WSOP Win?
- Jerry Yang Today
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...
Jul 18, 2022 · Jerry Yang of Temecula, Calif., holds part of his $8.25 million prize above his head after winning the World Series of Poker Championship at the Rio hotel-casino Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in...
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'. Biography. Yang was born in Laos...
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Jun 30, 2011 · June 30, 2011 12:00 AM. Listen The unlikely poker champ. World Champion poker player Jerry Yang says the day he won more than $8 million wasn't the happiest day of his life. That was when...
Jul 13, 2011 · The World Series of Poker main event has historically been home to some of poker’s most infamous and interesting hands. 2007 was no exception, as an amateur player named Jerry Yang, who...
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