Layne Flack, born on 18 May 1969 and died on 19 July 2021, was an American professional poker player from Rapid City, South Dakota, who lived in Montana and Nevada. He started playing cards with his grandparents and became engrossed in poker while working at a casino, eventually quitting his job as night manager to play full time. Johnny Chan helped him improve his game, and Ted Forrest and Chip Jett travelled with him for years on the circuit. He won six bracelets at the WSOP and earned the nickname Back to Back Flack after winning two consecutive Legends of Poker events in August 1999, a feat he repeated at the 2002 and 2003 WSOP series. His lifetime live tournament winnings were over 5,000,000 dollars, 2,740,892 dollars of it from 43 WSOP cashes.
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was an American professional poker player from Rapid City
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poker player from Rapid City, South Dakota, residing in Montana and Neva
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His 43 cashes at the WSOP accounted for $2,740,892 of his live tournament winnings
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