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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.

Jan Fisher
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

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