Hevad Khan
Hevad Khan is an American professional poker player, best known for making the final table at the 2007 [World Series of Poker] Main Event, where he finished in sixth place.
Competitive Gaming
Khan began on the competitive StarCraft: Brood War at the age of 13. Other StarCraft professionals include fellow Team PokerStars member Bertrand Grospellier. Khan is also known within the Marvel vs Capcom 2 community.Poker
Khan's nickname "RaiNKhaN" was adapted, along with his last name, from the Mortal Kombat character "List of characters in the [Mortal Kombat series#Rain|Rain]," who serves as an assassin for Shao Kahn in the series. Khan dropped out from SUNY Albany in order to concentrate on playing poker professionally. Khan is known to multi-table many online tournaments, so much so that he had a friend of his film him for a YouTube video in which he played 26 sit-and-go tournaments simultaneously on a single computer monitor to prove that he wasn't a Pokerbot. On March 23, 2008, Khan won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up, a weekly $215 buy-in tournament in which he outlasted a field of 2,504 players in more than nine hours of play, earning $97,856.At the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, Khan finished in sixth place, earning $956,243. He also finished in the money during two other WSOP events. For the 2008 World Series of Poker a new rule was put into effect, known colloquially as the "Hevad Khan Rule". The rule, which disallows boisterous celebrations from any player, was drafted as a response to the perceived over-the-top actions Khan employed during the 2007 Series when he won a hand.
At the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic, Khan won the $1,850 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $108,187, after defeating 2006 World Series of Poker third place finalist Michael Binger during heads-up play. At the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic, Khan won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship event, earning the $1,000,000 first place prize, his largest win to date. As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000. His seven cashes at the WSOP account for $1,046,701 of those winnings.