Dan Harrington - Poker
Dan HarringtonDan Harrington is a professional poker player born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on the 6th of December 1945. The guy gave himself a nickname “Action Dan” and he is a non social player. He is related to professional golfer NFL quarterback Joey Harrington and Padraig Harrington.
He currently resides in Santa Monica, California and he loves playing backgammon at which he is the former champ. He is also a chess master having won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship. During his university at Suffolk University he was part of the MIT team which manipulated casinos. He even played poker against the famous well known Bill Gates at Harvard University. He gained most of his poker skill from the Mayfair Club during the mid 1980s and he played against Steve Zolotow, Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel. Being a successful professional player Dan also works in the stock market and real estate. ... casino bonus
The guy usually loves wearing his Boston Red Sox Cap and he is well known as the most tight and aggressive player. In the 1995 main event he was the runner-up to Howard Goldfarb. The guy has got a great skill of bluffing when playing poker. This great skill of play has made him reach to so many final tables of the major events. He has won the WSOP in 1995 walking away with a tremendous $1 million cash prize. He also made to three finals at which he came out 6th in 1987, 3rd place in 2003 out of 839 players, and he was placed the 4th in 2004 out of 2576 players. He has won over $6 million in cash prizes. In 2004 he also won a bracelet in the No-Limit Hold’em. The first final table he ever made was at the World Poker Tour in 2005 winning a total of $620 730. In this main event he finished the second to Minh Ly. This event was held at the Doyle Brunson North American Championship. He also went on to win the Legends of Poker in 2007 walking away with a prize of $1, 634,865
His total earnings that he has achieved exceed $6 million. Harrington, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson and Joe Hachem are the only guys who have won the WSOP main event.
He has written books including eBooks on poker, these books actually teach you on how you can master the game and be a professional player. Amongst these books three have become popular.
Here are some of his books that he has written which include Harrington on Hold'em:Strategic Play, Harrington on Hold'em: The Workbook, Harrington on Hold'em:The Endgame, Harrington on Cash Games: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games. If you really want to be a professional poker player then I would urge you to get these books immediately.
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