Howard Goldfarb (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian poker player, chiefly noted as the runner-up of the

1995 World Series of Poker The 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. Preliminary events Main Event There were 273 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. 1992 Main Event champion Ham ...

(WSOP). At the time he was a 33-year-old land developer and

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man from Toronto. He made his first foray into poker in 1993, when he joined some friends for a game in one of Toronto's private clubs. As a recreational poker player, he had previously entered only a few major tournaments, one of which was the

1994 World Series of Poker The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. Preliminary events Main Event There were 268 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Since this was the 25th ann ...

championship event, where he finished in 22nd place. At the 1995 World Series of Poker main event, Goldfarb made it to the final table where he was the chip leader for a time. In the final hand of the heads up match against Dan Harrington, Goldfarb began with the best hand (Ace, 7 unsuited) to Harrington's (9, 8). Harrington paired his eight on the flop and called Goldfarb's all-in, dodged the remaining aces thus winning the championship. Goldfarb's tournament winnings exceed $500,000. Goldfarb is married and is the father of three children.

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Hendon Mob tournament results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldfarb, Howard Canadian poker players Living people Sportspeople from Toronto 1960s births