Jean-Michel (John) Kabbaj (born 19 June 1973 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is an English professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member.
[2] He finished above several notable players, including Eli Elezra, Lucy Rokach, John Bonetti, and Paul Phillips.
He won $260,520 for his finish, and was ahead of numerous players including Ram Vaswani, Paul Phillips, Amir Vahedi, John Juanda, Annie Duke, Martin de Knijff, Johnny Chan and Surinder Sunar.
[3] In late 2004, Kabbaj also made the final table of the first European Poker Tour event in Barcelona.
[9] At the 2014 WSOP, Kabbaj won the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event, defeating Thomas Keller heads-up to earn $267,327 and his second career bracelet.