Professional Poker Players

Jennifer Harman

Jennifer Harman was born in Reno, Nevada.  Harman learned about by poker watching he dad play at 8 years old.jennifer harman  She played in card rooms using a fake I.D.  In the mid 80s she turned pro.  She has found the most success playing in high stakes cash games.  She is married to fellow poker pro Marco Traniello, who she taught how to play poker.

Her first World Series of Poker success came in 1996.  Jennifer made a final table, finishing 6th.  She nearly made another final table, this time finishing 16th.

In 2000, Harman played a No Limit Hold'em 2-7 Draw event at the WSOP and won her first bracelet.  Remarkably, she had never played NL 2-7 Draw before the event.  She received a short tutorial from Howard Lederer right before the event.  In her career Jennifer has made 5 WSOP final tables and won 2 bracelets.

Since childhood, Harman has had health problems.  She received a kidney transplant in her youth, and would need another transplant in 2004.  She took '04 off from poker to have and recover from the transplant.

After her successful '04 transplant, Harman returned to playing in major tournaments.  She finished the year with a bang, making 4 final tables and winning a World Poker Tour event.

Outside the poker room, Jennifer wrote the Limit Hold'em chapter in Doyle Brunson's SuperSystem II.  She is very close friends with Daniel Negreanu, and has dated pros Howard Lederer and Todd Brunson.

Recently, Harman has returned to playing in mainly high stakes cash games.  She plays in "the big game" at the Bellagio.  She has also made regular appearances on the Game Show Network's "High Stakes Poker" and NBC's "Poker After Dark".

Jennifer plays online poker as an officially sponsored pro at Full Tilt Poker, under the screen name "Jennifer Harman".

Harman is rarely considered the best female poker player in the world.  She is more commonly referred to as one of the best poker players in the world.

Career Accomplishments:
2 WSOP Bracelets
2 First Place Finishes
38 Tournament Cashes
Almost $2 Million Career Tournament Earnings