Background
Harman, Jennifer was born on November 29, 1964 in Reno.
Harman, Jennifer was born on November 29, 1964 in Reno.
Since her return to the poker tournament circuit, Harman has finished 4th at the World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, 5th in the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event, and 2nd in the WSOP Circuit Championship Event at the Rio.
She had never played that game prior to the event, but received a five-minute tutoring session from Howard Lederer before playing. She was the first woman to hold two bracelets in WSOP open events, joined by Vanessa Selbst in 2012. In 2004, Harman took a year away from poker to have her second kidney transplant.
Harman authored the limit hold"em chapter for Super System World War II She was also an active participant in "The Corporation", a group of high-stakes poker players who played Andy Beal for limits of up to $100,000/$200,000.
In 2007, Harman finished as runner-up in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe, where she lost in the HORSE event to Thomas Bihl. As of 2014, her total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000.
$998,801 of her total winnings have come from cashes at the WSOP. Harman starred in the American reality television series Sin City Rules on TLC. In 2015, she was selected to be part of the Poker Hall of Fame. In 2004, Harman took a year off from poker to have her second kidney transplant.
She then founded Creating Organ Donation Awareness (CODA), a non-profit organization to raise money for the cause.
Harman is a frequent charity poker tournament host. In March 2009, she organized a number of poker celebrities including Entertainment and Sports Programming Network analyst Lon McEachern and Howard Lederer in a two-day event that raised $111,000 for the National Kidney Foundation with the help of Curtis and Company Watches and Dream Team Poker. Harman is also an active fundraiser for the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA), for which she has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through live tournaments and online tournaments at Full Tilt.
In April 2009, she hosted the 3rd annual Jennifer Harman Tournament at the Venetian poker room in Las Vegas.
The tournament has raised over half a million dollars and, in the past, has featured prizes such as a seat at the World Series of Poker Main Event, and dinner with Jennifer and Pete Rose.
Harman was also a member of "Team Full Tilt" at Full Tilt Poker.
Married Marco Traniello.