• 5 WSOP Bracelets
  • 2008 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion
  • 3 Best All Around Player awards
  • Over $11 Million in Career Tournament Earnings

John “JJ” Juanda plays online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

John Juanda has earned five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and reached six World Poker Tour (WPT) final tables. He’s won many notable tournaments including the 2006 Aussie Millions Speed Poker $1 Million Challenge and the 2008 WSOP European (WSOPE) Main Event. His career tournament earnings currently stand at over $11 million.

John Juanda

Five years after starting on the tournament circuit, John became the 2001 World Poker Open Champion, winning over $280K. In 2002 he earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the Ace to Five Triple Draw Lowball event for almost $50K. These achievements saw John honored as runner-up for the Card Player "Player of the Year" awards in 2001 and 2002, and he was named 2002 Tournament Champion of the Year.

In 2003, John gained two more WSOP bracelets in the $2.5K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split event and the $2.5K Pot-Limit Omaha, totaling over $320K in prize money. The following year he cashed in six WSOP events including a 2nd place finish in the $1K No-Limit Hold 'em event for more than $193K.

In 2005, John made 15 final tables and earned over $160K for placing 5th in both the Five-Star World Poker Classic and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He also won the Monte Carlo Millions Consolation tournament, finished 6th in the Monte Carlo Millions Main Event, and placed 2nd in the "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo", banking almost $500K.

In 2006, John beat several top poker players to win the Aussie Millions Speed Poker Million Dollar Challenge, winning AUD 1 million. He added a further six WSOP cashes in 2007, and in the televised Poker After Dark Series he won the week 9 tournament and placed 2nd in week 17.

John’s extraordinary success continued into 2008 with two top-10 finishes at the WSOP, alongside the title of WSOPE Main Event Champion, walking away with his 4th bracelet and over $1.5 million in prize money. John finished the year with a 2nd place finish in the EPT London £1 Million Showdown, for $570K.

In the 2010 WSOP, John placed 4th in the $50K Players Championship Eight Game event for $436K and finished 2nd in the $3K HORSE event for close to $130K. He again narrowly missed out on another major victory when he was the runner-up in the EPT London Main Event, earning more than $850K.

John added his fifth WSOP bracelet in 2011 by taking down Event #16: the $10K Lowball World Championship. Featuring one of the toughest fields ever assembled for a WSOP event, Juanda staged a spectacular comeback after reaching heads-up play against Phil Hellmuth with a 3-to1 chip deficit. The contest would need over three hours to be decided before John bested his opponent and earned the $367K first prize.

If you’d like to see John in action, look for him playing online at Full Tilt Poker.


John Juanda

Full Tilt Poker Facts About John Juanda

  • Former door-to-door Bible salesman
  • Someday wants to be known as Dr. Juanda

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