Jan Fisher
Jan Fisher started her poker career in 1977 when she moved to Las Vegas to become a poker dealer. She dealt for 15 years before moving on to semi-professional playing and poker management.
Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Cashes:25
Total Winnings: $52,714 (Includes all tournament winnings)
First Place Finishes: 6
Age: 56
Marital Status: Happily single
Children: none that I know of
Started Playing Poker: As a kid, for toothpicks. I haven'tprogressed very far, either!
Favorite Poker Game: Omaha/8 for live and NLHE for tournaments
Ambition: Pretty much am living my dream now!
Hobbies: Tennis, scuba diving, travel, poker, working out (although it doesn't look like it!)
Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption or anything with Bette Midler in it
Favorite Music: classic rock
Favorite Place: Not enough room to list them all. I travel fora living and love it all, except maybe Barstow.
Favorite Celebrity: Bette Midler
Poker Players I Respect Most: Kenny Flaton, Erik Seidel, Artie Cobb, Linda Johnson, Cissy Bottoms, Mike Caro, and many others
If I could change anything in the world: stop the madness! Get affordable health care and education for everyone
If I could change anything in the poker world: Lots...stop the abuse, improve the dealer's wages and skills, get a standardized rule book, get rooms to be non-smoking, comfortable chairs, waiting areas, good sign up boards or systems...again, lots of things!
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Jan Fisher
Jan Fisher started her poker career in 1977 when she moved to Las Vegas to become a poker dealer. She dealt for 15 years before moving on to semi-professional playing and poker management.
She is a partner in Card Player Cruises and also a co- founder of the Tournament Directors Association. She has served as the tournament director for the highly successful PartyPoker.com Million events and hosts various tournaments around the country.
Jan wrote the Poker 101 column for Card Player for ten years and currently writes the column "Fishing Around" for Poker Player.
She is on the Board of Directors for the Poker Players Alliance, Ladies Poker Association, and Ladies International Poker Series. Jan was seen on the Travel Channel as the live studio announcer for the Professional Poker Tour and was the statistician for the World Poker Tour for its first six seasons. She gives poker seminars and lessons around the country, is an instructor for WPT Boot Camp, and is involved in many charity projects.




