Alan Goehring
Posted on April 8, 2008
Filed Under Top Poker Players
Alan Goehring has caught the public’s attention when he came third in No Limit Hold’Em $3,000 event at 1997 WSOP (World Series of Poker). The tournament featured several greats as Chris Ferguson, Donnacha O’Dea, Kathy Liebert and Dan Harrington.. Goehring won 61,845 dollars in this tournament.
Goehring finished second in the No Limit Hold-Em $10,000 Main Event of 1999 WSOP. He got lost to Furlong Noel, but took home 768,625 dollars for the efforts. This, coupled along with several other second place finishes, including one in the No Limit Inaugural Hold’em tournament of Bellagio, gave Goehring the reputation for being a player for being the “perennial bridesmaid or the one who “couldn’t win a big one” according to the Card Player Magazine.
However, this pattern broke in 2003, when he came in the first place in 25,000 dollar WPT (World Poker Tour) No-Limit Hold’em Bellagio’s Championship event World Poker Classic in the Las Vegas. This event that was televised was the 1st major tournament win for Goehring. He had got against a young Russian player who is very talented named Gerasimov Kirril, who had went all-in without anything, while Goehring had flopped the set of Queens.
This happened during the season one of prestigious WPT tournament. Alan Goehring took a grand prize money of $1,011,886 home. The final table even included Ted Forest, Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey. But after the event is over, he appeared to have gone again to make the final tables. In €10,000 WPT Grand Prix in the year 2005, he was placed fifth and finished with 89,753 dollars. Roland De Wolfe turned out to be the winner.
Alan Goehring was born in 1963 on February 21 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Goehring is a trader and a retired bond analyst. He started playing the poker professionally only at 37 years of age. Goehring turned out to be a good-natured player and demands that he plays the poker for fun, and not for money.
Howard Lederer, brother of Duke Annie, another poker player who is well-respected, has made several commentaries about Goehring’s plays in an official website. “I’m looking forward to sit across from Goehring again very soon,” he mentioned in the article. “I might not perform better anymore, but I know that I’ll be entertained thoroughly.”
Though he finishes first very rarely, Goehring’s accomplishments in a circuit aren’t anything to scoff at. As per 2005, he had made over 2.5 million dollars in the tournament play, absolutely perfect on par with those achievements of several other star players. Alan Goehring specifies his hobbies as “bonds and stocks.” He is residing currently in Henderson, Nevada.
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