Berry Johnston

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Berry Johnston
Las Vegas, NV, U.S.
BornBerry Enfield Johnston
(1935-09-25) September 25, 1935 (age 88)
Oklahoma, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)5
Money finish(es)66
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		Winner, 1986
Information accurate as of  December 20, 2013.

Berry Enfield Johnston (born September 25, 1935)

bracelets at the World Series of Poker
in addition to cashes and wins in many other tournaments throughout his career.

Poker career

Johnston won the

in the money on at least 66 occasions. He has also cashed ten times in the WSOP Main Event, more than any other player.[2] His most recent cash in the Main Event came in 2007, when he finished in 113th place in a field of over six thousand players, for which Johnston won $58,570. Having cashed in at least one event every year from 1982–2010, Johnston holds the record at the WSOP for longest cashing streak at 29 years.[3]

Johnston cashed three times in the 2008 World Series of Poker, including tenth place in an Omaha Hi/Lo event, and he is currently 42nd on the WSOP all time money list. He is also currently ranked in fourth place for the WSOP all-time cashes list with 57 cashes as of the end of the 2009 series. Johnston is still competing at high levels of poker today.

Johnston has also played on the

Johnny Chan. The other world champions in the tournament were Phil Hellmuth, Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson, and Jamie Gold.[4]

He was inducted into the Seniors Poker Hall of Fame in the early 1990s and Poker Hall of Fame in 2004. Johnston was the only inductee in the 2004 class.[5]

As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,450,000.[6] His 60 cashes as the WSOP account for $2,075,527 of those winnings.[7]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize
1983 $2,500 Match Play $40,000
1986 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship $570,000
1990 $2,500 Limit Hold'em $254,000
1995 $1,500 Limit Omaha $91,200
2001 $1,500 Razz $83,810

References

  1. ^ http://www.publicbackgroundchecks.com/SearchResponse.aspx?view=NM&fn=BERRY&mn=ENFIELD&ln=JOHNSTON&city=&state=&zip=&dob=19350925&age= [bare URL]
  2. ^ "WSOP Main Event Cashes All Time". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Dalla, Nolan (July 15, 2011). "CELEBRATION! 693 PLAYERS IN THE MONEY!". WSOP.com. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Poker After Dark (PAD) Season III, Week 4 - World Champions". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  5. ^ Oresteen, Paul (May 14, 2009). "Berry Johnston". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Berry Johnston's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Berry Johnston". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

External links

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