Dan Heimiller

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Dan Heimiller
Dan Heimiller (2015)
Dan Heimiller (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth June 25, 1962
place of birth United StatesUnited States California
Nickname
lennyPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 627,462
Total prize money $ 6,347,515
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 89
Best main event 43rd ( 2002 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 17th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: August 3, 2020

Daniel "Dan" Heimiller (born June 25, 1962 in California ) is a professional American poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Heimiller grew up in Detroit , Michigan . There he attended Wayne State University , later he studied at the University of Arizona in Tucson . Heimiller then worked as a taxi driver and industrial engineer . He lives in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Career

Heimiller plays online under the nickname lenny and won a World Championship of Online Poker tournament on the PokerStars platform in August 2003 . Since 1992 he has participated in renowned live tournaments .

In April 1997 Heimiller was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and came into the money six times. At the WSOP 2002 he won a tournament in a mixed variant of Limit Hold'em and Seven Card Stud and received his first bracelet and a prize of over 100,000 US dollars . In the main event that same year, he finished 43rd for $ 20,000 in prize money. At the end of March 2004, he cashed in for the first time at a World Poker Tour event and finished 25th in Reno . In early September 2013, he finished second at the Legends of Poker Main Event at the WPT in Los Angeles and received more than US $ 350,000 in prize money. In the meantime the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino played out WSOP 2014 is Heimiller secured the victory in the Seniors Championship his second bracelet and his highest ever prize money of nearly 630,000 US dollars.

In total, Heimiller has earned more than 6 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Heimiller cashed 89 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2002 2000 Limit Hold'em & 7 Card Stud 0144 108,300
2014 1000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship 4425 627,462

Web links

Commons : Dan Heimiller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dan Heimiller on latestpokerbonuses.com, accessed on June 30, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Pro Poker Player Nicknames at poker-strategy.org, accessed on June 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Dan Heimiller in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Dan Heimiller in the World Series of Poker database, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ 33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002 ($ 2,000 1/2 Hold'em - 1/2 7 Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ 33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002 ($ 10,000 Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ 2004 World Poker Challenge ($ 5,000 + 100 WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ 2013 Legends of Poker ($ 3,500 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Championship (Event # 17)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Heimiller, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimiller, Daniel (full name); lenny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH California , United States