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Alan Goerhing, born February 21, 1962 in Milwaukee Wisconsin, was originally a junk bond analyst and trader who now resides in Henderson, Nevada. Since 2008 he has won over $5 million in live poker tournaments but still considers poker “a hobby” and plays for fun, not the money.
His first big win came in 1997 when he placed 3rd at the 28th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event behind winner Max Stern and runner-up Kathy Liebert. Goerhing won $61,845 overall in the ’97 WSOP tournament and by age 37 he was considered by most a professional poker player.
Goerhing went on to play in the 1999 WSOP $10,000 No Limit Hold-Em Main Event at Binion’s Horseshoe Casino where he finished second, earning $768,625 behind million dollar winner Noel Furlong. He lost with pocket 6’s (6s 6c) to Furlong’s pocket 5’s (5h 5c) while the board gave Furlong a full house (Qh 5s Qc 2s 8S).
Most people know him best from his first place finish in 2003 in the $25,000 World Poker Tour (WPT) No Limit Hold’em Championship. On that show, he went heads up with a very talented player - Kirril Gerasimov. The young Russian went all-in on Goehring a couple of times and stole a couple of pots but Goehring trapped him when he flopped a set of Queens and Kirril went all-in with nothing. Goehring made $1,011,886 in his first major win.
His other major winnings include the WPT 4th season where he placed 6th in July 2005 at the WPT €10,000 Grand Prix de Paris winning €74,950 ($89,753). Then Goehring placed first for an impressive win of $2,391,550 at the WPT LA Poker classic in February 2006 where he beat Daniel Quach.
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Alan Goehring
