Mike Hart

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Mike Hart
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1951 or 1952
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 252,000
Total prize money $ 1,608,769
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 4th
Cashes 19th
Best main event 2. ( 1986 )
Last updated: January 6, 2020

Michael "Mike" Hart (* 1951 or 1952 ) is an American poker player who won four bracelets at the World Series of Poker under both his real name and the pseudonym Mike Harthcock .

Poker career

Career

Hart comes from Escondido . He first took part in a prestigious live tournament in December 1983 . In 1984 he played under the pseudonym Mike Harthcock for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and first took eighth place in a tournament in the Pot Limit Omaha variant , before he played in an event in Seven- Card Razz won. This success earned him $ 40,000 in prize money and his first bracelet . In the following years he reached the final table in several WSOP tournaments and made it into the money seven times from 1986 to 1988 . In 1986 he finished second in the main event . In addition to the WSOP, he finished second at the Grand Prix of Poker in January 1986 for just under $ 250,000 in prize money. In late April 1990 , Hart won a limit hold'em tournament at the WSOP with a buy-in of $ 1,500. This earned him his second bracelet and more than $ 250,000 in prize money. A year later he won a tournament in Seven-Card Stud Split and finished 22nd in the main event . At the World Series of Poker in 1992 he last appeared under the surname Harthcock and finished 16th at an event in Omaha 8 or Better .

From 1994 he was seen under his real name Mike Hart at the WSOP. On April 23, 1994 he again won a tournament in Seven-Card Razz and thus his fourth bracelet. In 2000 he was last successful at the WSOP. He then played a few smaller events, his last money placement was in February 2015. Nothing is known about his further life.

In total, Hart has made more than $ 1.5 million in poker playing live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Hart cashed 19 times at the WSOP and won four bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1984 1000 Limit razz 080 040,000
1990 1500 Limit Hold'em 420 252,000
1991 1500 Limit 7 Card Stud Hi / Lo 177 106,200
1994 1500 Limit razz 148 088,800

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lakeland Ledger , Google News Archive Search, accessed June 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c d Mike Hart in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ 15th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1984 ($ 1,000 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ 15th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1984 ($ 1,000 Seven-Card Razz) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Grand Prix of Poker 1986 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ 21st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1990 ($ 1,500 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015 (English).
  7. ↑ 22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991 ($ 1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ 22nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1991 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ 23rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1992 ($ 1,500 Omaha 8 or Better) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ 25th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1994 ($ 1,500 Seven-Card Razz) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ Mike Harthcock in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ Mike Hart in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 28, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hard, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hart, Michael (full name); Harthcock, Mike (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1951 or 1952