Nobody likes to listen to bad beat stories, so lets just say my pockets aces lost to a one-outer jack to a player with pocket jacks with another person all-in who had ace-jack. My son, John D., and I played in the first WSOP Colossus in 2015 with a massive field of over 22,000 players. Have you ever been to either a WPT event or Las Vegas before? Have you ever played in any other major poker tournaments? Good times! John Riesterer with Vince Van Patten and Phil Hellmuth We met some of the poker personalities, including Phil Hellmuth, saw the premier of the movie 7 Days to Vegas and had a private tournament where I ended up at the table with Vince Van Patten and his wife. ClubWPT treated us like royalty and up until now, was the highlight of my poker career. As my friend, Larry, got me started with poker, I invited him as my guest. Have you had any other success of ClubWPT? If so, when and where? I believe I joined ClubWPT around 2011 and became a member after the poker Black Friday and have been a member ever since and not one regret. How long have you been a member of ClubWPT and what inspired you to join in the first place? 'My friends gave me the nickname Johnnyhaha because I have been known to enjoy life and laugh…. I started taking an interest in Texas Holdem in the early 2000s. We would play with his mom, Audry, and other family and friends. My good friend, Larry Jansen, introduced me to poker back in the 70s when we became neighbors and eventually good friends.

When and how did you learn to play poker? My friends gave me the nickname Johnnyhaha because I have been known to enjoy life and laugh…. This is a good one and dates back to the 70s.

and am a mostly retired Real Estate Broker, I still do some of the accounting for the LLC. and Jesse and three grandsons and one granddaughter. Riesterer: I am 73 years old, live in rural Pulaski, Wisconsin, married for 50 years this month, have 2 sons, John D. age, location, family, education, work, etc.)? PokerNews: Can you tell us a bit about yourself (i.e. PokerNews caught up with the retired real estate broker to learn how he got his nickname, got into poker and his path to winning a seat in the championship event.Ĭheck out the WPT Hub on PokerNews here! Q&A w/ Johnnyhaha Later this year, Riesterer will take his shot in the $40 million guaranteed $40 million guaranteed World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship after winning a $12,500 WPT World Championship Passport on ClubWPT.

Wisconsin's John 'Johnnyhaha' Riesterer likes to laugh, and he also likes to play poker.

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