Eastern Poker Open High Roller Champ Jordan Fishman Passes Away

The poker world acquired unhappy information Saturday night time upon studying that Jordan Fishman, a preferred poker participant on the East Coast, handed away two days after struggling an surprising cardiac occasion.

Fishman was a retired professor who hailed from Southborough, Massachusetts. He had $184,433 in lifetime event earnings in line with The Hendon Mob. That included a career-high $45,000 from earlier this 12 months when he received the Japanese Poker Open $1,650 Excessive Curler in Milford.

Fishman was cheered on by his girlfriend, Linda Swears, whom he met on the Japanese Poker Tour. They’d recognized one another for 15 years earlier than turning into a pair two years in the past. It’s round that point that each of their poker video games began to enhance dramatically.

“She had a extra conservative model, and I used to be extra aggressive. We meshed our video games collectively,” Fishman stated on the time. “With out her, it wouldn’t be as a lot enjoyable.”

Fishman added, “That is the very best poker I’ve ever performed. I’m able to deal with something. That is by far my largest poker accomplishment.”

Swears shared with PokerNews: “He was my deepest love and my dwelling. It’s exhausting to consider life with out him in it, however we had two and a half superb years collectively. I might be without end grateful for the love we had. I by no means doubted his love for me for a second after our first date.”

2025 Japanese Poker Open Excessive Curler Outcomes

PlacePlayerPrize 1Jordan Fishman$45,000 2Steven Tabb$27,000 3Ron Scott$15,500 4Dennis O’Hare$10,500 5Adam Johnson$8,400 6Justin Carey$7,100 7Brian Haughey$6,400 8Mike LaMontagne$5,200 9Linval Gentles$3,900

It marked a brand new career-high rating for Fishman, who had $112,564 in profession earnings previous to the win, in line with The Hendon Mob. That included a previous career-best $13,589 for ending as runner-up within the 2018 Bar Poker Open Championship. Extra lately, Fishman completed third in February’s Gate Metropolis Winter Open $350 No-Restrict Maintain’em for $10,850.