Jennifer Harman Biography
Jennifer Harman Poker Player Biography
Jennifer Harman is one of the best-known female poker players in the world. Born in Reno, Nevada, she was first introduced to poker at the age of 8, when she began watching her father play in his home games. As she got older, he frequently asked her to sit in whenever he was down money, and she usually managed to get him out of the hole. By the time she turned 21, Jennifer began playing poker full time. While this caused a temporary rift between her and her family, she persevered. Jennifer specialized in limit holdem, and played in middle limit games for many years to build her bankroll. She was able to put herself through university with the money she earned playing poker. Eventually, Jennifer had amassed a bankroll large enough to allow her to play high stakes games.
Among Jennifer's most notable achievements:
- Only woman to have 2 World Series of Poker bracelets - 2000 Deuce to Seven Draw (although she'd never played before) - 2002 $5000 Limit Holdem event
- Placed in money twice in the 1996 World Series of Poker
- 2nd at the WSOP circuit event in Rio
- 4th in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond Classic ($299,492)
- 5th in the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event
- 2nd in Aruba Poker Classic
- total WPT wins equal $460,317
- total tournament wins as of 2006 exceed $1,600,000
- has appeared on ESPN, Primetime Live, the Ellen Degeneres Show, Discovery Channel, NPR
- wrote the limit holdem chapter in Doyle Brunson's Super System II
Jennifer currently resides in Las Vegas. She underwent a kidney transplant in 2004, but has recovered fully and plays as much poker as ever. She prefers cash games to tournaments, and usually plays $4000/$8000 at the Bellagio. She is a regular participant on the Game Show Network's High Stakes Poker program. She is also a member of theFull Tilt Pokerteam of poker pros.
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