Hevad Khan Poker
Another one of the relatively new faces in poker is Hevad Khan. Born in New York in 1985, Khan has already built up a respectable tournament resume, won over $2.5 million in tournament earnings. Hevad Khan is not the same Khan we met in 2007 and that's just fine with him. In fact, Khan is not the same Khan we knew this time yesterday. The difference: Khan is a million bucks richer today. Last night, Team PokerStars Pro Hevad 'RaiNKhaN' Khan took down the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic for the $1 million first prize. If one word was to describe a poker player, the word for Hevad Khan would be BULLDOZER! By the time the 2007 World Series of Poker rolled around the event had become a spectacle of poker and comedic antics performed by players looking for airtime on ESPN. The more outlandish the antics, the more ESPN seemed to love it. Enter Hevad Khan. Hevad Khan is famous for his final table run in the 2007 WSOP Main Event. He charmed the TV cameras with his crazy celebrations and outgoing personality and survived a very memorable all-in situation with QQ against AA (video below). He started his poker career mass-multitabling sit & go’s.
| Hevad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | RaiNKhAN |
| Residence | Poughkeepsie, New York |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 6th, 2007 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
| Information accurate as of 12 September 2010. | |
Hevad Khan (born January 25, 1985) is an American professional poker player, best known for making the final table at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he finished in sixth place.[1]
Competitive Gaming[edit]
Khan began on the competitive StarCraft: Brood War at the age of 13. Other StarCraft professionals include fellow Team PokerStars member Bertrand Grospellier.[1] Khan is also known within the Marvel vs Capcom 2 community.[2][3]
Poker[edit]
Khan's nickname 'RaiNKhaN' was adapted, along with his last name, from the Mortal Kombatcharacter 'Rain,' who serves as an assassin for Shao Kahn in the series.[1] Khan dropped out from SUNY Albany in order to concentrate on playing poker professionally. Khan is known to multi-table many online tournaments, so much so that he had a friend of his film him for a YouTube video in which he played 26 sit-and-go tournaments simultaneously on a single computer monitor to prove that he wasn't a Pokerbot.[4] On March 23, 2008, Khan won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up, a weekly $215 buy-in tournament in which he outlasted a field of 2,504 players in more than 9 hours of play earning $97,856. [5]
Hevad Khan Poker Games
At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Khan finished in sixth place earning $956,243.[1] He also finished in the money during two other WSOP events. For the 2008 World Series of Poker a new rule was in effect, known as the 'Hevad Khan Rule'. The rule, which disallows boisterous celebrations from any player, was drafted as a response to the perceived over-the-top actions Khan employed during the 2007 Series when he won a hand.[6]
At the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic, Khan won the $1,850 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $108,187, after defeating 2006 World Series of Poker third place finalist Michael Binger during heads-up play. At the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic, Khan won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event, earning the $1,000,000 first place prize, his largest win to date.[7][8] As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.[9] His seven cashes at the WSOP account for $1,046,701 of those winnings.[10]
Notes[edit]
Hevad Khan Poker
- ^ abcdMihoces, Gary (July 18, 2007). 'College dropout Khan cashes in, proves doubters wrong'. USATODAY.com. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
- ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCil3Lq8Vk
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Hevad Khan'. pokerlistings.com. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^Crowson, Arthur (March 26, 2008). 'PokerStars Sunday Warm-up gets RaiN'ed out'. pokerlistings.com. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^Lee, Bernard (February 17, 2009). 'Khan quietly celebrating his success'. ESPN. Retrieved March 31, 2009.
- ^Lucchesi, Ryan. 'Hevad Khan Wins the Caesars Palace Classic'. CardPlayer.com. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^Butt, Robert. '$ 9,800 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event'. TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^Butt, Robert. 'Hevad Khan - Stats'. The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^World Series of Poker EarningsArchived April 15, 2012, at WebCite, worldseriesofpoker.com