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WSOP champs: Where are they now, Part 7

May 8, 2008

This is the seventh article in a 10-part series taking a look at the World Series of Poker champions from the very first to the most recent and at what they’ve done since in the world of poker.

The sixth installment featured some champions who’ve been much quieter on the poker scene since their World Series of Poker Main Event wins. The same can’t be said for this week’s featured players: Dan Harrington, Huck Seed and Scotty Nguyen.

Dan Harrington

While some WSOP champs go quietly into the night after their time in the spotlight, Dan Harrington is certainly not part of that club.

“Action Dan” has enjoyed great success at the tables since winning the big one in the summer of 1995. In fact, he took down two significant scores by winning two more tournaments that year – the 1,500 Festival of Poker in London for $109,250, and the $5,000 Four Queens Poker Classic for $212,000. All in all, Harrington’s take for 1995 was $1,321,250.

Another eight years would pass before Harrington again made waves in a major tournament, and again it was the most prestigious tournament in the world that saw him turn in a highly professional performance. With a field of 839 entries in the 2003 WSOP Main Event, he finished in third place behind Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha, earning $650,000.

Even more impressive, though, was Harrington’s feat in 2004. With the Main Event drawing an incredible 2,576 entries, Harrington once again made the final table – this time coming in in fourth place for $1,500,000.

Making back-to-back final tables in the two largest poker tournaments at that point in history was immediately recognized by the poker community as an incredible accomplishment, cementing his reputation as one of the great tournament players of all time.

That enhanced reputation led to a book deal with Two Plus Two Publishing. Harrington on Hold’em, written with former backgammon world champion Bill Robertie, quickly became the bible of tournament play for thousands of up-and-comers, introducing them to the concepts that helped Harrington make his name in poker.

Two more books followed on the heels of HOH, as he and his coauthors introduced more advanced concepts in Volume II and provided more situational exercises in Volume III.

Harrington continues to both write poker strategy books and make his presence at the tables known today. He recently won the World Poker Tour’s 2007 Legends of Poker for $1,635,365, and the more recent Harrington on Cash Games series already has two volumes in bookstores.

Huckleberry Seed

WSOP champs: Where are they now, Part 7

Three bracelets and counting.

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