Jay Heimowitz

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Jay Heimowitz
BornDecember 26, 1937 (1937-12-26) (age 88)
World Series of Poker
Bracelets6
Money finishes37
Highest WSOP
Main Event finish		3rd, 1980
World Poker Tour
TitleNone
Final tableNone
Money finishes2

Jay B. Heimowitz (born December 26, 1937) is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. Heimowitz was one of the original players to help establish the Mayfair Club as a premier poker house.[1]

Heimowitz was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father, Morris, managed a bar and bet on horse racing; his mother, Essie, worked at a book bindery.[2]

Heimowitz started playing poker for baseball cards at the age of 9. He went on to join the U.S. Army; by the time he left the service at age 21, Heimowitz had won approximately $10,000 playing against his fellow servicemen.

Heimowitz used this money to invest in a beer company, which he later sold to Budweiser.[3]

Heimowitz has attended the World Series of Poker (WSOP) since 1975 and has won six bracelets:[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Career highlights

[2]

YearEventResultPrizeType
1975WSOP $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em1st place — debut WSOP appearance, first bracelet—WSOP Bracelet
1980WSOP Main Event3rd place — deepest Main Event run, 73-player field$109,500Main Event
1981WSOP Main Event6th place — second consecutive Main Event final table—Main Event
1986WSOP Limit Hold'em1st place — second bracelet, a decade after his first—WSOP Bracelet
1987–1997WSOP Main Event (multiple years)Five top-15 finishes: 11th (1987), 15th (1988), 14th (1989), 11th (1991), 13th (1997)—Main Event
1991WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha1st place — third bracelet, first PLO title—WSOP Bracelet
1994WSOP Pot-Limit Hold'em1st place — fourth bracelet—WSOP Bracelet
2000WSOP Limit Hold'em1st place — fifth bracelet—WSOP Bracelet
2001WSOP Seniors Championship1st place — sixth and final bracelet—WSOP Bracelet
2005WPT World Championship, Bellagio51st place — first WPT cash$30,000WPT Cash
2006WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open19th place — second WPT cash$27,694WPT Cash
2008Poker After Dark — "The Mayfair Club" episode1st place — winner-take-all vs. Harrington, Lederer & Appleman$120,000Televised Win


Heimowitz is one of only four players, the other three being Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and Billy Baxter, in World Series of Poker history to have won a bracelet in four different decades.

Heimowitz won a Poker After Dark title on his sole appearance, earning $120,000. The show was themed around former Mayfair Club regulars with a table composed of Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Dan Harrington, Mike Shichtman, Howard Lederer, and Steve Zolotow.[10]

As of 2019, Heimowitz has made $2,121,439 in live tournament winnings.[11] His 43 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,526,581 of those winnings.[12]

Outside poker, Heimowitz enjoys keeping himself fit. He lives with his wife Carole (they married in 1960.) They have four sons (Eddie, Lonnie, Roy, and Neil) and nine grandchildren (Katelyn, Jaclyn, Ange, Max, Sofia, Jake, Anatoly, Casey, and Neil Patrick).

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