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Dan Harrington – 1995 WSOP Main Event Winner By Poker.com — on November 30th, @ 10:01 PST Dan was born and raised in Boston, and graduated from Suffolk Law School in Boston.
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Dan Harrington was born on December 6 of 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a pro poker player. He is known for his victory in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1995.
What does Dan Harrington want the poker world to know about him? 'As little as possible,' he said, grinning from ear to ear. As a young man, he excelled at chess and won the state championships in. Dan Harrington began playing poker professionally in 1982. On the circuit he is known as Action Dan, an ironic reference to his solid but effective style. Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is a professional poker player. Harrington is a former champion backgammon player, U.S. Chess master (he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship), and bankruptcy lawyer.
Dan’s earnings include two WSOP bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his career with poker. He is an inductee of the Poker Hall of Fame.
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“Action Dan” is a self-chosen nickname by Harrington! His gameplay is tight conservative. He is known to be a crafty player.
A little about him from the early days
Earlier Harrington was a U.S. chess master and former champion backgammon player.
For many years he worked as a bankruptcy lawyer. Interestingly he played poker against Bill Gates while Gates was at Harvard. His early poker experiences come from the mid-1980s Mayfair Club. There he played with Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer and Steve Zolotow.
Dan Harrington is a co-founder and former member with the Board of Directors of Anchor Loans. Harrington’s first cash in was at the World Series of Poker 1986. The very next year, Harrington made it to the Main Event, the final table of the WSOP. He finished in sixth place in the event. That event was won by Jonny Chan.
The PlayNow Poker Championship for the past few years has established a high reputation as an important stop as far as the Canadian poker schedule is concerned. The bi-annual competition would take place mostly once during springtime and once again in fall. It offers buy-in levels for players which would range from $300 up to ,100.
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Series would begin with a satellite night for the Main Event which would add to endless online satellites. The championship has grown at a steady pace since 2015. In 2017, the Championship took over the McPhillips Station Casino which took place in Winnipeg. In 2018, the new home known as the swanky new poker room is located at Club Regent Casino. The Fall edition of PNOC 2018 also saw fresh attendance records for Main Event in this year. the previous record of 200 was beaten this year with 225 entrants in this fall. As a result, the record field came up with a prize pool worth $225,000 which was segregated among 23 winners and the top spot just below $60,000.(more…)