Hevad Khan (born January 25, 1985) is an American professional poker player, best known for making the final table at the

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Main Event, where he finished in sixth place.

Competitive Gaming

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. Khan is also known within the

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community.

Poker

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," who serves as an assassin for

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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

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video in which he played 26 sit-and-go tournaments simultaneously on a single computer monitor to prove that he wasn't a Pokerbot. 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

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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. At the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic, Khan won the $1,850 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $108,187, after defeating

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third place finalist

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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. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000. His seven cashes at the WSOP account for $1,046,701 of those winnings.World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Hevad 1985 births American people of Afghan descent American poker players Living people Sportspeople from Poughkeepsie, New York