A Feature on John Juanda: The PPT World Poker Finals Tournament Winner

Born out of the beautiful Asian country of Indonesia, U.S. professional poker player John Juanda was the major winner of the world poker finals tournament that was run by the Professional Poker Tour in 2005. Throughout the competition, the road to glory was not that easy for him, who was take on some of the most highly skilled poker players of his generation. Filled with the most dominant individuals the game has ever known, Juanda used everything he knows to emerge on top of one of the most anticipated invitational freeroll poker tourneys of all time.

With hundreds of ultra qualified participants who graced the World Poker Finals, only six were allowed to move through the final table match, one of which was Juanda. During the elimination rounds, he dominated every table that he played in, showing that he really truly deserves to be at this Professional Poker Tour event. Not only that, with all the impressive victories that he has racked up en route to the final table match, he has also proved that he is indeed one of the best players of the game.

The final table match of the World Poker Finals was not that easy to survive, with the likes of Jennifer Harman, Chris Bigler, and Dan Harrington. Furthermore, the presence of Casey Kastle and Ron Rose made the competition much tougher than expected. Despite the richness and depth of talent available at that game, Juanda defied the odds and just played his real game. After making some important moves down the stretch, he was able to withstand every threat posed by the opponents until he was left with Bigler to contend with for the title. Although the tension was pretty high as ever, Juanda delivered some clutch performances, which were enough for him to snatch the victory from Bigler.

Juanda's impressive victory not only made some serious noise in the entire poker industry, but it also placed his name on the record books as the first ultimate champion of the Professional Poker Tour. Being referred to as the first ever league for poker professionals, winning any poker tournament under this tour truly deserves an insurmountable amount of praise and admiration. Aside from the glamour and fame that he received from this impressive victory, he was able to take home a $225,000 prize.

In addition to this major win in the international poker circuit, Juanda has already accomplished a lot in terms of titles and championships. Although he may not have won any major title at the World Poker Tour, he has already bagged three huge championships at the World Series of Poker. Despite his lack of major titles in the World Poker Tour, he has accumulated numerous outstanding finishes in many highly competitive poker tournaments.