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.

Name: Jan Fisher Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States Cashes: 20 Total Winnings: $42,776 First Place Finishes: 6 Age: 53 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!

Jan Fisher Poker Results EVENT PLACE PRIZE DATE The Grand Fall Classic Poker Series Event #1 - Ladies - No Limit Hold'em 9th $307 Nov 24, 2008 Eureka Mesquite Open Event #9 - No Limit Hold'em 10th $130 Jul 20, 2008 National Ladies Pro Poker Tournament Ladies - No Limit Hold'em 1st $11,622 Aug 5, 2007 Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge III Ladies - No Limit Hold'em 1st $5,787 May 24, 2007 Spring Round Up Event #7 - Omaha Hi/Lo 13th $557 Apr 25, 2007 Californian Ladies State Championship Ladies - No Limit Hold'em “Fillies & Mares” Charity Event 1st $1,500 Sep 24, 2006 'California Ladies State Championship' Event #1 - Limit Hold'em 5th $515 Sep 19, 2002 Ladies Poker Dream Weekend Event #3 - Limit Hold'em 5th $315 Sep 1, 2002 Pot of Gold Tournament Event #9 - Limit Razz 1st $1,706 Jun 3, 2002 Casino Europa Invitational Tournament - No Limit Hold'em 17th $200 Mar 1, 2002 Pot of Gold Limit Razz 1st $2,220 Sep 29, 2001 California Ladies State Poker Championship Freeroll - Limit Hold'em 3rd $200 Sep 24, 2001 California Ladies State Poker Championship Limit Hold'em 8th $495 Sep 22, 2001 32nd Annual World Series of Poker Event #26 - WSOP Ladies - Limit Hold'em & 7 Card Stud 6th $4,115 May 13, 2001 MARGE (Mississippi Autumn Rec Gambling Excursion) Limit Hold'em & Omaha 7th $142 Nov 3, 2000 Casino Europa Celebrity Poker Challenge No Limit Hold'em 1st $3,795 Oct 6, 2000 Luck be a Lady Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 4th $700 May 20, 2000 United States Poker Championship 7 Card Stud 8th $3,120 Oct 29, 1996 21st Annual World Series of Poker Event #14 - WSOP Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud 8th $1,100 May 13, 1990 19th Annual World Series of Poker Event #7 - WSOP Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud 3rd $4,250 May 11, 1988 See an error in the results? an email

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