Chris Bjorin
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Chris Bjorin in the Intercontinental Poker Championship |
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Nickname(s) | None |
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Hometown | London, United Kingdom |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 2 |
Money finishes | 30 |
Highest ITM main event finish |
9th, 1997 |
World Poker Tour | |
Titles | None |
Final tables | 0 |
Money Finishes | 1 |
Chris(ter) Bjorin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England.
Bjorin has been a regular at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since the early 1990s, and has won two WSOP bracelets.
He has also finished in the money in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in 1992, 1997 and 2001.
Bjorin has participated in the World Poker Tour (WPT), but has not yet made a final table. He did, however, make a final table in the first season of the Professional Poker Tour.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,800,000.
Throughout his career, Bjorin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.
[edit] World Series of Poker bracelets
Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
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1997 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | $169,200 |
2000 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em | $334,110 |