Layne Flack
Encyclopedia
Layne Flack is an American
professional poker
player, residing in Montana
and Nevada
.
He met up with Johnny Chan
who helped him improve his game and, following a big loss, encouraged Flack to ensure he had a lot of rest before a tournament
. He has also been mentored by Huck Seed
.
As of 2010, he has won over $4,300,000 in live tournament play. His 23 cashes at the WSOP
account for $2,318,537 of his live tournament winnings.
He got the nickname "Back to Back Flack" after winning two consecutive WSOP events in 2002
.
and has captured one WPT title.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player, residing in Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
and Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
.
He met up with Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan (poker player)
Johnny Chan rather than his Chinese birth name. born in Guangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese American professional poker player. He has won 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, including 1987 and 1988 World Series of Poker main events consecutively....
who helped him improve his game and, following a big loss, encouraged Flack to ensure he had a lot of rest before a tournament
Poker tournament
A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table , and as many as tens of thousands of players playing on thousands of tables...
. He has also been mentored by Huck Seed
Huck Seed
Huckleberry Seed is an American professional poker player best known for winning the main event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.-Early Life:...
.
As of 2010, he has won over $4,300,000 in live tournament play. His 23 cashes at the WSOP
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...
account for $2,318,537 of his live tournament winnings.
World Series of Poker
Flack has won six bracelets at the WSOP.He got the nickname "Back to Back Flack" after winning two consecutive WSOP events in 2002
2002 World Series of Poker
The 2002 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe.This edition was historically notable for two reasons. It was the first WSOP in which pocket cams were installed to allow broadcasters to show the players' hole cards, although only for the Main Event...
.
World Series of Poker Bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 1999 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*... |
$3,000 Pot Limit Hold-Em | $224,400 |
| 2002 2002 World Series of Poker The 2002 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe.This edition was historically notable for two reasons. It was the first WSOP in which pocket cams were installed to allow broadcasters to show the players' hole cards, although only for the Main Event... |
$2,000 No Limit Hold-Em | $303,880 |
| 2002 | $1,500 No Limit Hold-Em | $268,020 |
| 2003 2003 World Series of Poker -Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time... |
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split | $119,260 |
| 2003 | $1,500 Limit Hold-Em Shootout | $120,000 |
| 2008 2008 World Series of Poker The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold... |
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys | $577,725 |
World Poker Tour
Flack has made numerous appearances on the World Poker TourWorld Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...
and has captured one WPT title.
- 2002 World Poker Finals - 2nd place ($186,900)
- WPT Invitational Tournament - Winner ($125,000)
- 2004 UltimateBet.Com Poker Classic - 2nd place ($500,000)
- 2008 Legends of Poker - 8th place ($105,620)