Juan Carlos Alvarado
Juan Carlos Alvarado is a professional poker player who was originally born in Mexico City but is currently residing in America. He’s popularly known by his nickname “JC”. Only in his early 20’s, JC has already has a lot of poker victories to brag about under his belt. Even though most poker players started playing since childhood, JC only learned the game a year after graduating high school. He learned to play poker from his friends, and he played with them often so that he can develop the skills to win. After a while, he dabbled in online poker rooms and started to take the game more seriously.
JC first popped into the poker scene back in 2006 when he joined a No Limit Hold’em event of the World Series of Poker Tournament in Harrah’s New Orleans. Considering it was his first time, it is safe to say that his finish wasn’t too shabby. His second attempt at another WSOP event in Vegas brought him to the final table, besting over four hundred poker players for the No Limit Hold’em. Not only did he make it to the final table, he also finished sixth and won himself a fat sum of 28,665 US dollars. His ruthless and aggressive playing style brought him to the World Poker Tour’s Event # 19, where he once again played his game of choice – No Limit Hold’em – and came out 29,370 US dollars richer.
When not hitting the world’s biggest casinos for a poker game or two, JC enjoys watching and playing football, taking golf lessons and training for Mixed Martial Arts. His lifelong dream has always been to make it big in football, but his total poker earnings of 728,320 US dollars is not something he’s complaining about – in fact, it seems like a fair amount to give up his dream and enrich the poker industry with his superb talent.