Alan Goerhing, born February 21, 1962 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was originally a junk bond analyst and trader who now resides in Henderson, Nevada. As of 2009, He has won over $5 million in live poker tournaments but still considers poker a hobby and plays for fun, not the money.
Most people know him best from his first place finish in 2003 in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship during Season 1 of the World Poker Tour. On that show, he went heads up with a very talented newcomer - 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 at a final table that also included Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and Ted Forrest.
His other big win was in the L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino where he won a then-WPT-record of $2,391,550. Even though he has never won a bracelet, Goerhing finished 2nd in the 1999 WSOP Main Event, earning $768,625. He lost with pocket 6’s to Noel Furlong’s pocket 5’s when Furlong flopped a 5.
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