Raiden Kan is a professional poker player from Hong Kong who has a number of great results in major tournaments across Asia. His live career only really took off in May 2009 when he banked his first live cash.
2011 saw a breakthrough run of results that put Raiden Kan on the poker world’s radar. He took 4thplace in the Macau Millions, along with 2ndin a Macau High Roller event, followed by 1stin a Macau Poker Cup event for a combined total of over USD$71,000. The Macau Poker Cup in October of the same year led to a career best cash of over USD$160,000 when he won the Main Event there. 19thin the ACOP Main Event in November 2012 was good for almost USD$29,000 before a lean spell followed.
It was 2014 before Kan hit another large score, when he took 4thin an ACOP side event, followed by 1stin a WPT Sanya side event, coupled with 8thin the ACOP Main Event for USD$104,846 all within a 10 day period. He finished runner up in the ANZPT Player of the Year race in 2015 partly due to 7thin a side event and 10thplace in the Main Event at the Aussie Millions. He took home over USD$176,000 for those results combined. Raiden Kan is a top professional and is highly respected on the Asian tour.
In february 2016, Raiden Kanwas chosen by Celina Lin to represent the Hong Kong Stars in the Global Poker League.
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