Johnson Juanda is an American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. John Juanda was born July 8, 1971 in Medan, Indonesia.
John Juanda lives in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Indonesia but is ethnically Chinese. John arrived in the U.S. in 1990, when he enrolled at Oklahoma State University. He earned an MBA from Seattle University.
John Juanda was a high school track star for the 200 meter sprints to 5000 meter races. John Juanda had a stint as a door to door salesman selling Bibles.
John Juanda was the 2002 tournament Champion of the Year, winning 3 World Series of Poker titles, and a World Poker Open Championship title. In November 2004 John Juanda won the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.
In November 2005 John Juanda earned nearly $500,000 in Monte Carlo, Monaco after winning the Monte Carlo Millions Consolation tournament, finishing sixth in the Monte Carlo Millions Main Event, and finishing second at "The FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational Live from Monte Carlo."
In January 2006, John Juanda defeated a field including Jeff Lisandro, Mike Sexton, Barry Greenstein, Tony Bloom, Tony G and Phil Ivey to win the AUD1,000,000($732,901) first prize in the Crown Australian Poker Championship AUD100,000 speed poker event.
Although John Juanda has made 6 World Poker Tour final tables, he has never captured a title. John Juanda has finished 2nd (Bellagio Season 1), 3rd (WPT Invitational Season 2), 4th (Mirage Season 3), 5th (twice; Aruba Season 3 & Niagara Falls Season 5), and 6th (Bellagio Season 3) at the final tables he has appeared at. He has also finished 7th (PartyPoker Cruise Season 2) and 8th (Legends Season 5), just missing two more opportunities at another final table.
John Juanda is a member of "Team Full Tilt" at Full Tilt Poker.
As of 2008, John Juanda's total live tournament winnings exceed $7,100,000.
WSOP Bracelets
Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2003 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $203,840
2003 $2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split $130,200
2002 $1,500 Triple Draw Lowball Ace to Five $49,620
Not content with winning the WSOP European Series 2008 Main Event in London, John Juanda continued his great play with a 2nd place finish in the EPT London £1 Million Showdown. John earned over $570,000, taking his total earnings in the first week of October to over $2 million. He now has more than $8.5 million in lifetime tournament winnings.
Official site
Full Tilt Poker profile
Cardplayer Magazine article
Hendon Mob tournament results