- Hevad Khan
Infobox poker player
firstname=Hevad
lastname=Khan
nickname=RaiNKhAN
caption=Khan at the2007 World Series of Poker .
hometown=Poughkeepsie, New York
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=4
wsop main event best finish rank=6th
wsop main event best finish year=2007
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=1
ept titles="None"
ept final tables="None"
ept money finishes=1Hevad Khan (born 1985 in
Poughkeepsie, New York ) is a member of TeamPokerStars . cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/team-pokerstars-adds-to-its-roster-18660 |title=Team PokerStars adds to its roster |accessdate=2008-04-12 |last=Warner |first=Erin |date=2007-09-17 |work=PokerListings ] Khan made the final table at the2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, finishing in sixth place.cite news | first=Gary | last=Mihoces | coauthors= | title=College dropout Khan cashes in, proves doubters wrong | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.usatoday.com/sports/poker/2007-07-17-wsop-khan_N.htm | work =USATODAY.com | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-06 | language = ]Starcraft
Khan began on the competitive
Starcraft Broodwar at the age of 13. Other StarCraft professionals include fellow Team PokerStars member Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.Poker
Khan's nickname "RaiNKhaN" was adapted, along with his last name, from the
Mortal Kombat fictional character "Rain," who serves as an assassin forShao Kahn in the series.Online poker
Khan is known to multi-table many online tournaments, so much so that he had a friend of his film him for a
YouTube video in which he played 26 sit-and-go tournament simultaneously on a single computer monitor to prove that he wasn't a Pokerbot. [ cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player_hevad-khan?show=bio |title=Hevad Khan |accessdate=2008-04-18 |work=pokerlistings.com ]On March 23, 2008, Khan won the PokerStars "Sunday Warm-up", a weekly $215 buy-in tournament in which he outlasted a field of 2,504 players in over 9 hours of play earning $97,856. [ cite web|url=http://www.pokerlistings.com/pokerstars-sunday-warmup-gets-rained-out-24680 |title=PokerStars Sunday Warm-up gets RaiN'ed out |accessdate=2008-04-18 |last=Crowson |first=Arthur |date=2008-03-26 |work=pokerlistings.com ]
World Series of Poker
At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event Khan finished in in sixth place earning $956,243. He also finished in the money during two other WSOP events.
Other poker events
At the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic, Khan won the $1,850 No Limit Hold'em event earning $108,187, after defeating
2006 World Series of Poker third place finalistMichael Binger during heads-up play.As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000.cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=85293|title=Hevad Khan - Stats|publisher=The Hendon Mob|author=Butt, Robert|accessdate=2008-04-18]
Notes
External links
* [http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player-interviews/wsop/2007/interview-with-hevad-rain-khan-6th-place-finisher PokerListings.com - Interview]
* [http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2008/03/rainkhan-sunday-warm-up-winner-interview.html PokerStarsBlog.com - Interview]
* [http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/340511/1/Interview_with_Hevad_Khan_(Part_One).html LiquidPoker.net Interview]
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