1. James Michael Meehan, sometimes known as Minneapolis Jim Meehan, was an American professional poker player from Burnsville, Minnesota.
12 Facts About Jim Meehan
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Jim Meehan began playing poker in the 1960s, and began playing poker tournaments regularly in 1997, when he had a second-place finish in the $3,000 limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker.
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Jim Meehan finished third in the $2,500 limit Omaha event at the 1999 WSOP.
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Jim Meehan won a World Championship of Online Poker bracelet that same year in the $500 Buy In Limit Holdem event, besting a field of almost 700.
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Jim Meehan made one World Poker Tour final table, during the third season.
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Jim Meehan finished in sixth place at a final table including Eli Elezra, Lee Watkinson, Gabe Kaplan, John Juanda and Scotty Nguyen.
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Jim Meehan made the final table of the Ultimate Poker Challenge first season championship.
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Jim Meehan entered the seven-handed TV table as the short stack but finished in third place despite being given a time penalty for foul language.
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Jim Meehan was eliminated by the eventual winner, James Van Alstyne.
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Jim Meehan often drank alcohol at the poker table, particularly Heineken beer or whiskey, and kept an unlit cigarette on his lips.
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Jim Meehan made a habit of engaging his opponents in banter between and during hands.
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Jim Meehan played online at PokerStars as Actiondonkey and at ParadisePoker as Actionmonkey.