Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington was born on December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From his youth, he was interested in games with an intellectual challenge, thus his foray into the world of backgammon, chess, and poker. He spent years as a professional bankruptcy attorney, but much of his time was spent honing his gaming skills, even during his days at Harvard Law School with the likes of Bill Gates. During his days on the East Coast, he became a champion at backgammon, and he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship, relegating him to status of chess master. He spent a great deal of time at the famed Mayfair Club in New York during the 1980’s, playing high stakes cash poker games with players like Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel. By the later that decade, he was making his way to the live tournament circuit. In 1995, Harrington claimed two World Series of Poker bracelets, one being a $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament and the other being the $10K NLHE World Championship, the latter garnering him a $1 million prize. Though his many years of live tournament poker showed numerous final tables and wins, the most significant since the WSOP was his 2007 World Poker Tour victory at the Legends of Poker, which was his biggest financial score to date of $1,635,365. Harrington continues to play poker, but also works in real estate and dabbles in the stock market. He has also written several books that are much acclaimed in the poker industry, including three volumes of “Harrington on Hold’em” and two volumes of “Harrington on Cash Games.”

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Dan Harrington Poker Results

EVENT	PLACE	PRIZE	DATE
Caesars Palace Classic No Limit Hold'em Poker Hall of Fame	5th	$3,984	Nov 7, 2010
40th World Series of Poker 2009 Event #57 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Championship	252nd	$32,963	Nov 7, 2009
Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 6 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship	1st	$1,600,365	Aug 30, 2007
Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship Doyle Brunson North American Classic	80th	$25,370	Dec 19, 2006
Festa al Lago / WPT Event WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship	45th	$16,700	Oct 20, 2006
Bellagio Cup II Tournament Spotlight Main Event - No Limit Hold'em Bellagio Cup II	44th	$12,470	Aug 10, 2006
37th Annual World Series of Poker Event #31 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em	23rd	$18,655	Jul 21, 2006
Mirage Poker Showdown / WPT Event Season 5 Heads Up	6th	$18,624	May 12, 2006
Shooting Star - WPT Season 4 WPT No Limit Hold'em	22nd	$50,000	Mar 3, 2006
Festa al Lago IV WPT Event/Season 4 WPT No Limit Hold'em Doyle Brunson North American Championship	2nd	$620,730	Oct 21, 2005
World Poker Challenge - WPT Season 3 WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	22nd	$10,352	Apr 1, 2005
LA Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 3 WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	17th	$36,165	Feb 22, 2005
LA Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 3 No Limit Hold'em	5th	$15,496	Feb 13, 2005
PPT No Limit Hold'em $500,000 Freeroll - Season 1 PPT - No Limit Hold'em	4th	$45,000	Nov 9, 2004
The Orleans Open 2004 No Limit Hold'em	7th	$1,285	Jul 10, 2004
35th Annual World Series of Poker WSOP World Championship - No Limit Hold'em	4th	$1,500,000	May 28, 2004
Five-Star World Poker Classic - WPT Championship Season 2 WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	21st	$49,899	Apr 23, 2004
Four Queens Poker Classic Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	5th	$25,875	Oct 3, 2003
Borgata Poker Open WPT Season 2 Event #3 - No Limit Hold'em	5th	$7,785	Sep 19, 2003
34th Annual World Series of Poker WSOP World Championship - No Limit Hold'em	3rd	$650,000	May 23, 2003
Global Pot Limit No Limit Open Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	1st	$27,000	Aug 1, 2000
L.A. Poker Classic Main Event - No Limit Hold'em	12th	$4,815	Feb 26, 2000
Carnival of Poker Pot Limit Hold'em	7th	$4,400	Jan 25, 2000
Legends of Poker No Limit Hold'em	7th	$1,850	Aug 7, 1998
1998 L.A. Poker Classic No Limit Hold'em	3rd	$10,530	Feb 13, 1998
1998 L.A. Poker Classic Deuce to Seven Lowball	5th	$2,235	Feb 10, 1998
28th Annual World Series of Poker Event #17 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em	17th	$5,208	May 5, 1997
27th Annual World Series of Poker Event #25 - WSOP World Championship - No Limit Hold'em	17th	$23,400	May 14, 1996
26th Annual World Series of Poker Event #25 - WSOP World Championship - No Limit Hold'em	1st	$1,000,000	May 19, 1995
26th Annual World Series of Poker Event #21 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em	1st	$249,000	May 15, 1995
18th Annual World Series of Poker Event #13 - WSOP World Championship - No Limit Hold'em	6th	$43,750	May 12, 1987
17th Annual World Series of Poker Event #6 - WSOP Limit Hold'em	24th	$1,500	May 15, 1986

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Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington was born on December 6, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From his youth, he was interested in games with an intellectual challenge, thus his foray into the world of backgammon, chess, and poker. He spent years as a professional bankruptcy attorney, but much of his time was spent honing his gaming skills, even during his days at Harvard Law School with the likes of Bill Gates. During his days on the East Coast, he became a champion at backgammon, and he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship, relegating him to status of chess master. He spent a great deal of time at the famed Mayfair Club in New York during the 1980’s, playing high stakes cash poker games with players like Howard Lederer and Erik Seidel. By the later that decade, he was making his way to the live tournament circuit. In 1995, Harrington claimed two World Series of Poker bracelets, one being a $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament and the other being the $10K NLHE World Championship, the latter garnering him a $1 million prize. Though his many years of live tournament poker showed numerous final tables and wins, the most significant since the WSOP was his 2007 World Poker Tour victory at the Legends of Poker, which was his biggest financial score to date of $1,635,365. Harrington continues to play poker, but also works in real estate and dabbles in the stock market. He has also written several books that are much acclaimed in the poker industry, including three volumes of “Harrington on Hold’em” and two volumes of “Harrington on Cash Games.”