Player Profile: Jon “PearlJammer” Turner
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Jon “PearlJammer” Turner is one of the most talented and successful online pros around. Like so many other players in the online era, Turner’s interest in poker was stirred by the airing of the 2003 World Series of Poker on ESPN. Watching Chris Moneymaker take down the biggest tournament in the world was exciting, and Turner began playing online soon afterwards. He started out playing a little bit of everything; Turner tried his hand at cash games, MTTs and Sit and Go tournaments. He was also playing in local games that continued to grow in size. By 2005, Turner was consistently winning and decided to move to Las Vegas and make his living as a professional poker player.
Turner has been astoundingly successful in his online play. To date he has won almost $2.9 million in online play. He has won the $1,000 buy-in $1k Monday on Full Tilt Poker for over $44,000, chopped the Pokerstars Sunday Million heads-up for $100,000, and won the nightly $163 on Full Tilt Poker an astonishing five times. In the live poker world, he has also been successful. He came in 18th place in the first World Series of Poker event he ever played, and hasn’t looked back. Other notable live finishes include 8th place in the Mixed Hold’em event at the 2007 WSOP, and 3rd place in event #7 during the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Classic in 2007. All told, his live winnings total over $380,000.
Turner is currently a “red” pro at Full Tilt Poker and can be found playing there on a regular basis. He is the co-author of Winning Poker Tournaments: One Hand at a Time,” along with fellow pros Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet and Eric “Rizen” Lynch. All three can be found as guest pros on PokerXFactor.com where they share strategy and poker knowledge through videos, hand histories and blogs.
