James Michael Meehan (March 19, 1952 – December 6, 2018), sometimes known as Minneapolis Jim Meehan, was an American professional poker player from
Burnsville, Minnesota. Prior to his poker career, Meehan worked as a lawyer for many years.
Meehan began playing poker in the 1960s, and began playing
poker tournaments regularly in 1997, when he had a second-place finish in the $3,000
limit
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hold'em event at the
World Series of Poker (WSOP). He finished third in the $2,500 limit
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event at the 1999 WSOP.
He eventually won a WSOP bracelet in 2003 in the $2,000
no limit hold'em event, defeating a final table that included
Juha Helppi
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Career
Juha was originally a croupier. He worked as a dealer for RAY in Finland but never dealt poker. He made a name for himself in the first World Poker To ...
,
Antonio Esfandiari,
Mike Sexton and
Kathy Liebert. He won a
World Championship of Online Poker bracelet that same year in the $500 Buy In Limit Holdem event, besting a field of almost 700.
Meehan made one
World Poker Tour (WPT) final table, during the
third season. He finished in sixth place at a final table including
Eli Elezra,
Lee Watkinson,
Gabe Kaplan,
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Scotty Nguyen.
He also made the final table of the
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Meehan often drank alcohol at the poker table, particularly
Heineken beer or
whiskey, and kept an unlit cigarette on his lips. He also made a habit of engaging his opponents in banter between and during hands.
He played online at
PokerStars as ''Actiondonkey'' and at
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History
The company was founde ...
as ''Actionmonkey''.
His total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000. His 19 cashes as the WSOP account for $648,224 of those winnings.
He had three children. Meehan died on December 6, 2018, at the age of 66.
References
External links
Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1952 births
2018 deaths
American poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
People from Burnsville, Minnesota
Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota