Jay Heimowitz

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Jay Heimowitz
  Personal information  
Date of birth December 26, 1937
place of birth United StatesUnited States Bethel
place of residence United StatesUnited States Bethel
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 284,000
Total prize money $ 2,121,439
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 6th
Cashes 43
Best main event 3rd ( 1980 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 2
Last updated: February 9, 2020

Jay B. Heimowitz (born December 26, 1937 in Bethel , New York ) is a professional American poker player . He is six-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Heimowitz first played poker at the age of nine in order to finance his hobby, trading card games . At the age of 21 he joined the US Army . At that time he had already 10,000  US dollars obtained by the game of poker. Heimowitz invested the money won in his brewery, which he later sold to Budweiser .

He played his first tournament at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas in 1975 . Heimowitz won six bracelets in the tournament series over the years .

Overall, Heimowitz has earned over two million dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelets

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1975 1000 No Limit Hold'em 032 032,000
1986 1500 Limit Hold'em 320 175,800
1991 5000 Pot Limit Omaha 063 126,000
1994 1500 Pot Limit Hold'em 247 148,200
2000 5000 Limit Hold'em 142 284,000
2001 1000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship 340 115,430

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jay Heimowitz in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 28, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Heimowitz, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heimowitz, Jay B. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bethel , New York , United States