1. Dan Harrington was born on December 6,1945 and is a professional poker player, best known for winning the Main Event at the 1995 World Series of Poker.
20 Facts About Dan Harrington
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Dan Harrington has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his poker career.
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Dan Harrington is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.
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Dan Harrington is a distant cousin to both professional golfer Padraig Harrington and former NFL quarterback Joey Harrington.
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Currently residing in Santa Monica, California, Harrington is a former champion backgammon player and US chess master.
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Dan Harrington played poker against Bill Gates while Gates was at Harvard.
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Mr Dan Harrington is a co-founder and former member of the Board of Directors of Anchor Loans, a hard money lender to fix-and-flip and rental property investors that is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.
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Dan Harrington co-founded the company in 1998 with two poker buddies, Jeff Lipton and Stephen Pollack, and served as its first Chief executive officer.
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Dan Harrington retired from Anchor Loans in 2010, but remains a shareholder.
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Dan Harrington has stated during interviews about his poker career, that he is there for the money, not the fame or glory.
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Also unlike many professional poker players, Dan Harrington considers himself only a part-time player due to the fact that he spends a large amount of his time on his business interests.
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Dan Harrington first cashed in the World Series of Poker in 1986.
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The next year, in only his second WSOP cash, Dan Harrington made the final table of the Main Event; he finished in sixth place in the event, which was won by Johnny Chan.
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At the time of his Main event victory, Dan Harrington lived in Downey, California.
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Dan Harrington made his first final table at the World Poker Tour in 2005, winning $620,730 for his second-place finish to Minh Ly in the Doyle Brunson North American Championship.
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Dan Harrington won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1995 for $1,000,000.
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Dan Harrington has made three other Main Event final tables: placing sixth in 1987 for $43,750, third in 2003 for $650,000, and fourth in 2004 for $1,500,000.
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Dan Harrington cashed in the 2009 Main Event, finishing in 252nd place for a $32,963 payout.
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In 2010 Dan Harrington was inducted in to the World Series of Poker Hall of Fame.
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Dan Harrington has written three popular books on tournament poker, two books on cash no-limit games and one book on online cash no-limit games, all published by Two Plus Two Publishing:.