Christer "Chris" Björin is a

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professional poker player, now based in

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. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.

Poker career

Björin has been a regular at the

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(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,

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, 2001,

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, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, and

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. Björin has participated in the

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, but has not yet made a final table. He made a final table in the first season of the

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. His highest finish in the WSOP Main Event was 9th-place finish in 1997. He also cashed multiple times at the

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including a 3rd-place finish at the 2010 WSOPE £2,650 Six Handed No Limit Hold'em event. Björin finished 2nd in the 2012 English Poker Open taking £49,680 in prize money. As of March 2021, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000. His 95 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,645,881 of those winnings. As of March 2021, he is ranked as 2nd in the all time Sweden poker rankings.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Notes

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