1. James "Jim" McManus was born on March 22,1951 and is an American teacher, writer and poker player living in Kenilworth, Illinois.
16 Facts About James McManus
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James McManus is a professor in the Master of Fine Arts program for writers at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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James McManus used his advance to enter a satellite tournament for entry into the main event, defeating the likes of Hasan Habib to qualify for the seat.
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James McManus made the final table of the Main Event, finishing in 5th place and winning $247,760.
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James McManus made the quarter-finals of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship, where he was eliminated by Ferguson.
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James McManus continues to play live poker when not teaching and raising two young daughters with his second wife, Jennifer Arra.
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James McManus has written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Harper's Magazine, and The New Yorker among others.
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James McManus's Esquire article on stem cell research was featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005 and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award.
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James McManus has been the poker columnist of the New York Times and currently writes the history column for Card Player.
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James McManus has spoken about the game at Yale, Harvard, Google, Goldman Sachs, and on numerous media outlets.
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James McManus's work has appeared in The Best American Poetry, Best American Magazine Writing, Best American Sports Writing, Best American Political Writing, Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction, The New Kings of Nonfiction, Richter 858, The Book of Irish American Poetry, and other anthologies.
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James McManus has received the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journalism, fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, and other awards.
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James McManus was born to Kevin Joseph McManus and Mary Agnes, both of Irish descent.
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James McManus pursued undergraduate degrees from Loyola University Chicago and University of Illinois Chicago.
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James McManus received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 and a Master of Arts degree in 1977, both from UIC.
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James McManus teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as the history section of Harvard's new online poker university.