/tags/dan-harrington/ Recent content in Dan Harrington on Poker Game Free Dan Harrington en-US chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:25:46 +0000 /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/and-harrington/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:25:46 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/and-harrington/ <h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career, &ldquo;Action Dan&rdquo; won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings. In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.</p> <h2 id="biography-1">Biography</h2> <p>Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. A former chess State champion, Harrington also excelled at backgammon. He first learned to play poker while attending Suffolk University. He often travelled to Harvard, where he played poker against Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Harrington was part of a group of players who were regulars at the Mayfair Club in New York. They included Jay Heimowitz, Al Krux, Erik Seidel, and Steve Zolotow. However, Harrington remained at university and eventually graduated with a degree in government and history. Over the next ten years, Harrington worked as a bankruptcy lawyer before switching to poker. He first cashed in the WSOP in 1986 and made it to the final table of the Main Event in 1987, finishing sixth. He added another cash in 1988, but would have to wait until 1995 to win his first bracelet, winning a $2,500 No-Limit Hold&rsquo;em event for $249,000.</p> /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/dan-harrington/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 02:25:46 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /poker-players/hall-of-fame/202312/dan-harrington/ <h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Over the course of his career, &ldquo;Action Dan&rdquo; won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings. In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.</p> <h2 id="biography-1">Biography</h2> <p>Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Ireland. A former chess State champion, Harrington also excelled at backgammon. He first learned to play poker while attending Suffolk University. He often travelled to Harvard, where he played poker against Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Harrington was part of a group of players who were regulars at the Mayfair Club in New York. They included Jay Heimowitz, Al Krux, Erik Seidel, and Steve Zolotow. However, Harrington remained at university and eventually graduated with a degree in government and history. Over the next ten years, Harrington worked as a bankruptcy lawyer before switching to poker. He first cashed in the WSOP in 1986 and made it to the final table of the Main Event in 1987, finishing sixth. He added another cash in 1988, but would have to wait until 1995 to win his first bracelet, winning a $2,500 No-Limit Hold&rsquo;em event for $249,000.</p> /poker-players/hall-of-fame/dan-harrington/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:30:14 +0000chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) /poker-players/hall-of-fame/dan-harrington/ <h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Dan Harrington is an American poker player and author who won the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.</p> <p>Over the course of his career, &ldquo;Action Dan&rdquo; won two WSOP bracelets, made four WSOP Main Event final tables, won a WPT title and over six million dollars in tournament winnings.</p> <p>In 2010 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.</p> <h2 id="biography-1">Biography</h2> <p>Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 6, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Ireland.</p>