Hevad Khan
{{Short description|American poker player (born 1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox poker player
|name=Hevad Khan
|nickname=RaiNKhAN
|image=Hevad_Khan.jpg
|caption=Khan at the 2007 World Series of Poker.
|hometown=Poughkeepsie, New York
|sibling(s)=Farid Khan (March 28, 1978)
|wsop bracelet count=None
|wsop final tables=1
|wsop money finishes=7
|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=3
|ept titles=None
|ept final tables=None
|ept money finishes=1
|updated=2010-09-12
}}
Hevad Khan (born January 25, 1985) is an American professional poker player, best known for making the final table at the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, where he finished in sixth place.{{cite news | first=Gary | last=Mihoces | title=College dropout Khan cashes in, proves doubters wrong | date= July 18, 2007| url =https://www.usatoday.com/sports/poker/2007-07-17-wsop-khan_N.htm | work =USATODAY.com | accessdate = April 6, 2008 }}
Competitive Gaming
Khan began on the competitive StarCraft: Brood War at the age of 13. Other StarCraft professionals include fellow Team PokerStars member Bertrand Grospellier. Khan is also known within the Marvel vs Capcom 2 community.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/xGCil3Lq8Vk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140226095714/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCil3Lq8Vk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGCil3Lq8Vk| title = Hevad Khan Talks Poker, Gaming, and SC2 (2/3) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2010 |title=Randy Lew vs Hevad Khan HU MTT Part 1 & 2 |url=http://www.randylew.com/2010/04/19/randy-lew-vs-hevad-khan-hu-mtt-part-1/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102054155/http://www.randylew.com/2010/04/19/randy-lew-vs-hevad-khan-hu-mtt-part-1/ |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |website=Official Website of Randy Lew}}
Poker
Khan's nickname "RaiNKhaN" was adapted, along with his last name, from the Mortal Kombat character "Rain," who serves as an assassin for Shao Kahn in the series. Khan dropped out from SUNY Albany in order to concentrate on playing poker professionally. 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 tournaments 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=April 18, 2008 |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 more than nine hours of play, earning $97,856.
At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Khan finished in sixth place, earning $956,243. He also finished in the money during two other WSOP events. For the 2008 World Series of Poker a new rule was put into effect, known colloquially as the "Hevad Khan Rule". The rule, which disallows boisterous celebrations from any player, was drafted as a response to the perceived over-the-top actions Khan employed during the 2007 Series when he won a hand.{{cite web |access-date=March 31, 2009 |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/poker/columns/story?columnist=lee_bernard&id=3912935 |title=Khan quietly celebrating his success
|publisher=ESPN |date=February 17, 2009 |author=Lee, Bernard }}
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 finalist Michael Binger during heads-up play. At the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic, Khan won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event, earning the $1,000,000 first place prize, his largest win to date.{{Cite web |last=Lucchesi |first=Ryan |date=October 30, 2008 |title=Hevad Khan Wins the Caesars Palace Classic |url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5404/hevad-khan-wins-the-caesars-palace-classic |access-date=November 1, 2008 |website=CardPlayer.com}}{{Cite web |title=2008 Caesars Palace Classic, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=33424 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}} As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000.{{Cite web |title=Hevad Khan's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=85293 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} His seven cashes at the WSOP account for $1,046,701 of those winnings.{{Cite web |title=Hevad Khan |url=https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=32379 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=WSOP.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/340511/1/Interview_with_Hevad_Khan_(Part_One).html LiquidPoker.net Interview]
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/50926-hevad-khan CardPlayer profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=85293 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/hevad-khan/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=32379 WSOP profile]
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Category:American people of Afghan descent