World Class Poker Player Ye Yuan receives P-1 Visa

Oakhurst Legal Group d/b/a Sherrod Sports Visas is proud to announce a successful P-1A petition for world class poker player, Ye Yuan. 

Mr. Ye Yuan (a.k.a. Tony Yuan Poker or Ye Yuan Poker or YUAN365 Poker) is a professional poker player who has competed on the world stage in many prestigious poker tournaments. He specializes in the game of no-limit Texas Hold'em Poker. He finished in 5th place in 2020 WSOP Home Race, 3rd place in WSOP Online Event #1 and 4th place in 2021 WSOP Online Event #12. 

Determining Eligibility for P-1 Visas of Poker Players

A Poker Player’s international recognition can usually be ascertained by his winnings reported by the major international bodies. Mr. Ye Yuan holds impressive rankings in Global Poker Index and Hendon Mob Poker. In the P-1A petition we also presented the profile and records listed in the WSOP (World Series of Poker) database. 

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is a leaderboard index that ranks over 450,000 live tournament poker players in the world. The GPI poker rankings are updated on a weekly basis. Players’ performances are assessed by their finishing positions in poker tournaments occurring over six periods of six months (3 years).

Hendon Mob Poker is the most comprehensive database of poker players, venues, festivals, events and results to be found anywhere on the Net. It is kept constantly up to date with the latest results as they arrive. The Hendon Mob website includes the biggest poker player database worldwide, that collects the results of every poker tournament in the world since 2000, indexed by location, date, and player. The origin of the information contained in the database was queried in a court action brought by rival website Pokerpages.com, and information sourced from Pokerpages.com has since been removed from the database. In July 2013 the Mob's website was acquired by the Global poker index.

Mr. Ye Yuan was ranked #2,312 in the World and 4th Nationally in the world in the Global Poker Index at the time of filing.

Presenting Evidence of Significant High Placements at Poker Events

Mr. Ye Yuan  has had an exceptional career since his debut in 2018. He has a very good percentage of winning poker tournaments and has been consistently performing well. Following are a few of the celebrated honors from his wins so far: 

5th place in 2020 WSOP Home Race

The beneficiary finished in 5th place in the WSOP.com - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em main event world championship held on 13th December, 2020. The beneficiary won $286,963 in earnings in this world championship. The championship was won by Joseph Hebert with $1,553,256 earnings.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. As of 2020, the WSOP consists of 101 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. It maintains a website that mentions the profile and ranking of poker players. 

 

3rd place in WSOP Online Event #1 

The beneficiary finished in 3rd place in the WSOP.com Event #1: No Limit Hold'em the big 500 kick-off US Domestic championship held on 7th January, 2021. The beneficiary won $46,144 in earnings in this world championship. The championship was won by Jose Noboa  with $1,553,256 earnings.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. As of 2020, the WSOP consists of 101 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. It maintains a website that mentions the profile and ranking of poker players. 

 

4th place in 2021 WSOP Online Event #12

The beneficiary finished in 4th place in the WSOP.com Event #12: No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack championship held on July 12, 2021. The beneficiary won $25,893  in earnings in this world championship. The championship was won by Bryan Piccioli with $83,332 earnings.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. As of 2020, the WSOP consists of 101 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. It maintains a website that mentions the profile and ranking of poker players. 

We also included third-party articles and publications about Mr. Ye Yuan to prove the significance of his achievements. 

Examples of these include the following sources:

  1. “WSOP Day 35 Review: Bracelets for Gerhart, Parssinen and Ferraro; Eli Elezra Leads Final Five in PPC” – in PokerGO Tour, Nov 4, 2021. 

  2. “2020 WSOP Main Event Final Table Set, Joseph Hebert Leads"– in PocketFives.com, December 15, 2020.

  3. “Justin Saliba Ships WSOP Online $5K Event for $254K"– in PocketFives.com, July 16, 2021.

  4. “Ph.D. Student Ye “YUAN365” Yuan, a WSOP Finalist, was Inspired by Fedor Holz”– on Poker News, December 23, 2020 

  5. “Jose Noboa Wins First Bracelet of 2021 WSOP Online Series ($105,161)"– in Pokernews, December 15, 2020.

Social Media mentions about Mr. Ye Yuan:

  1. “Congratulations to Ye Yuan of Madison, WI who was the winner via a three way chop in our 6:10 PM DeepStack Showdown Event #18 $125 NLH Bounty $2K GTD beating out 93 players. Ye takes home the bronze DeepStack Showdown Champion coin and $1,341.” on The Venetian Poker Room facebook page, 18th September, 2020

The evidence presented clearly established Mr. Ye Yuan’s eligibility for P-1 visa classification. The Beneficiary has a supremely impressive array of career achievements as a World Class Poker Player garnered recognition around the world. His extraordinary talents have been requested and sought after by the best competitions in the World. His rankings and international press coverage clearly demonstrate that he has gained acclaim around the world.


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Sherrod Seward