1. John James Furlong was an Irish businessman and poker player who won the 1999 World Series of Poker main event.
12 Facts About Noel Furlong
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Noel Furlong originally became a millionaire from his carpet manufacturing business, Furlong Flooring.
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Noel Furlong began playing poker in 1984, and in his first trip to the World Series of Poker in 1989, he placed 6th in the Main Event.
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Noel Furlong got me to take up the game originally.
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Noel Furlong rang me two days before the event started and said, `I have two firstclass tickets to Vegas.
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Noel Furlong defeated a final table that included professional poker players, Padraig Parkinson, Erik Seidel, Chris Bigler, 1996 WSOP Main Event Champion Huck Seed, and Alan Goehring, whom Furlong defeated in heads-up play to win the title.
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Noel Furlong was the second-oldest winner of the Main Event at the time of his victory, trailing only Johnny Moss.
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Noel Furlong is ranked on the Irish poker tournament money-winning list.
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Noel Furlong won the Irish Poker Open, the longest running tournament in Europe, in 1987 and again in 1989.
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Noel Furlong is one of only five players in Irish Poker Open history to have won the tournament twice.
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Noel Furlong owned a carpet distribution company that does over $100 million worth of business a year.
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Noel Furlong died on 27 June 2021 from natural causes, aged 83.