Born August 10, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, John Hennigan is a poker pro who has been praised by poker giants Daniel Negreanu and Gavin Smith. Because of this, Hennigan has been named the "Johnny World" in the poker world, as Hennigan has always been willing to take on any challenge and pay for it at the poker tables. However, his journey in the market didn't start with poker, but with snooker, and he even worked as a snooker professional during a period of his life.
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CAREER
Johnny World's career took off for good when the player made his appearance at the 1999 World Series of Poker event. On that occasion, Hennigan played at the $10,000 Main Event table, but ended up busting in nineteenth place. However, the player ended up drawing a lot of attention from opponents, who would soon see Hennigan at more WSOP tables.
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After being absent from the spotlight for two years, Johnny World returned to the World Series of Poker in 2002 by participating in the Seven Card Stud tournament and reaching the final table, but Hennigan would become even more famous four days after that participation. Specifically, Hennigan did well in the $2,000 HORSE tournament edition, where he made it to the grand final and took home the competition title, along with $117,320 plus his first World Series of Poker bracelet, after beating the legends Men Nguyen and Phil Ivey.
After that episode, Johnny World went another two years without attracting attention at the WSOP, returning to the series only in 2004. On that occasion, Hennigan was present at the $5,000 Limit Hold'em event and had to face the legends James McManus, David Chiu and TJ Cloutier down the stretch. Shortly thereafter, Johnny World won his second World Series of Poker title and earned his second bracelet, along with the sum of $325,360.
The following year, in 2005, Johnny World returned to the WSOP editions, but was ultimately unsuccessful in the $5,000 2 to 7 draw lowball limit event. In this episode, Hennigan came close to catching a glimpse of the title, but ended up taking runner-up after being eliminated by David Grey.
After that, nine years passed for Johnny World to return to shine in the World Series of Poker. Therefore, in 2014, Hennigan returned to the WSOP to compete in the $50,000 The Poker Players Championship tournament. At that table, Hennigan finally found his third WSOP bracelet when he claimed the title of champion and pocketed the sum of US$1,517,767. It is worth mentioning that The Poker Players Championship tournament is one of the most coveted tournaments within the WSOP.
After that feat at The Poker Players Championship tournament, Johnny World returned to the WSOP in 2016. In the episode in question, the American appeared in the tournament known as the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (limit) Championship and was successful in his journey, managing to take his fourth WSOP bracelet and the sum of US$320,103.
Despite this, Hennigan spent two years away from the tournament series and only returned in 2018. During that time, Johnny World played in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champions and became champion of the time pocketing $414,692 plus his fifth WSOP bracelet.
John Hennigan's last recorded participation at the WSOP was in the year 2019, the year after his 2018 achievement. On the occasion noted, Johnny World did well at the $10,000 Seven Card Stud event table and earned his sixth WSOP bracelet and the amount of US$ 245,451.
FORTUNE
According to figures collected in 2019, the fortune of John Hennigan already exceeds US$ 8 million. Within his fortune, about $5.7 million went to World Series of Poker events alone.
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