Johan Guilbert

Johan Guilbert

Nationality
France
France
Coaching
GPI Rank 2,221
Total Live Earnings $4,505,483
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Biography

Johan Guilbert, who is also known under his 'YoH ViraL' moniker, is a French poker player and vlogger with over $4 million in live tournament earnings. He is also a regular in high-stakes cash games, and regularly makes appearances on poker live streams such as Hustler Casino Live and Live at the Bike.

Guilbert can be seen on the first season of GGPoker's Game of Gold, a poker reality competition on the GGPoker YouTube channel.

Guilbert has captured titles under the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour umbrella and also recorded a second-place finish in the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. The €789,031 ($892,811) payout from the WSOPE Main Event is the largest of his career.

Guilbert began playing poker full-time around 2010, mainly focusing on cash games. In recent years, he has joined the tournament high roller scene and picked up his first win on the circuit in 2021. He topped a $25,000 buy-in event at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe and then captured a WPT another $25K title at the 2021 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic a few months later.

In February 2022, at the third annual Global Poker Awards, he was named as the GPI Breakout Player.

Following his GPI award, Guilbert was selected to be one of the first season's contestants on on Game Of Gold, a spin-off from the Poker After Dark brand produced by GGPoker.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
146th $9,952
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
2nd $292,927
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
1079th $2,630
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
78th €16,200
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 PCA Main Event
19th $59,100
2022 Mediterranean Poker Party
$10,400 MPP High Roller
10th $35,000
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
192nd €11,730
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
203rd $3,505
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
112th $8,807
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller IV
6th €65,550
2022 Wynn Millions
$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]
55th $38,384
2021 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #14: €10,350 WSOPE Main Event
2nd €789,031
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $50,000 High Roller
13th $80,000
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
54th $10,702
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event
16th $2,000
2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus
MILLIONS North Cyprus $5,300 Main Event
61st $12,985
2021 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North Cyprus
MILLIONS North Cyprus $2,200 Warm-Up
6th $50,170
2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe
Event #6: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em
3rd $560,000
2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe
Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em
1st $506,250
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event
154th $2,325
2021 US Poker Open
Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
10th $19,500
2021 US Poker Open
Event #1: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em
10th $28,500
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #83: $10K WSOP Super MILLION$, $5M GTD
47th $29,160
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #77: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, $25M GTD
678th $11,834
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD
261st $918
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em
174th $1,118
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
198th €10,030
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
359th $2,254
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
83rd $4,818
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
2nd $128,042
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
13th $21,208
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
32nd $10,523
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee
227th $3,102
2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech
Main Event
40th 25,000 MAD
2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech
MAD 20,000 High Roller
4th 220,000 MAD
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Main Event
107th €7,580
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague
€5,300 Main Event
54th €17,200
2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech
High Roller
11th 54,000 MAD
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em
22nd $12,445
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
337th $32,871

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