Chris Björin

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Chris Björin
Nickname(s)None
ResidenceLondon, United Kingdom
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)2
Money finish(es)95
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		9th, 1997
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)3
Information accurate as of 9 March 2021.

Christer "Chris" Björin is a Swedish professional poker player, now based in London, England. Throughout his career, Björin has kept a relatively low profile and avoided many televised poker tournaments and interviews.

Poker career[]

Björin has been a regular at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since the early 1990s, and has won two WSOP bracelets.

He has also finished in the money in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event in 1992, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, and 2018.

Björin has participated in the World Poker Tour, but has not yet made a final table. He made a final table in the first season of the Professional Poker Tour.

His highest finish in the WSOP Main Event was 9th-place finish in 1997. He also cashed multiple times at the World Series of Poker Europe including a 3rd-place finish at the 2010 WSOPE £2,650 Six Handed No Limit Hold'em event.

Björin finished 2nd in the 2012 English Poker Open taking £49,680 in prize money.[1]

As of March 2021, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000.[2] His 95 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,645,881 of those winnings.[3]

As of March 2021, he is ranked as 2nd in the all time Sweden poker rankings.[4]

World Series of Poker bracelets[]

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
1997 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha $169,200
2000 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em $334,110

Notes[]

  1. ^ "EPO 2012 Final Standings - English Poker Open 2013". www.englishpokeropen.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Chris Bjorin's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  3. ^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com
  4. ^ "Sweden - Ranking Hero". RankingHero. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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