Jonathan Jaffe

Biography

Originally from Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Jonathan Jaffe has more than $5.6 million in lifetime earnings as of summer 2022 according to The Hendon Mob. That includes a career-best $670,636 for finishing runner-up to Jonathan Little in the 2008 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Poker Finals at Foxwoods.

Jaffe, who once pranked ESPN by claiming to be a dolphin trainer on a World Series of Poker (WSOP) broadcast, also won the 2022 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open $25,500 High Roller for $574,085, and in January 2018 took second in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $25,000 High Roller for $569,760.

Event	Place	Prize
2025 World Series of Poker Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed	20^th	$72,064
2024 WSOP Paradise Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event	61^st	$110,200
2024 World Series of Poker Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship	62^nd	$20,040
2024 World Series of Poker Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em	12^th	$506,757
2024 World Series of Poker Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)	6^th	$367,577
2023 WSOP Paradise Event #7: $50,000 Super High Roller	7^th	$261,400
2023 WSOP Paradise Event #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship	79^th	$42,200
2023 World Series of Poker Event #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	153^rd	$4,011
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship	37^th	$81,400
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $50,000 8-Handed	1^st	$194,814
2022 World Series of Poker Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	6^th	$75,045
2022 Wynn Millions $10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]	61^st	$38,384
2022 Wynn Millions $3,000 6 Max NLH [$200,000 GTD]	13^th	$12,706
2021 World Series of Poker Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	3^rd	$234,781
2021 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold'em	379^th	$3,530
2021 World Series of Poker Event #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed	4^th	$286,202
2019 Borgata Poker Open WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship	72^nd	$9,057
2018 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	217^th	$2,274
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller	2^nd	$569,760
2017 World Series of Poker Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	47^th	$15,516
2017 World Series of Poker Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	16^th	$24,799
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $5,300 Main Event	37^th	$17,420
2014 World Series of Poker Event #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	39^th	$7,805
2013 World Series of Poker Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	42^nd	$185,694
2013 World Series of Poker Event #38: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Four Handed)	29^th	$7,004
2012 World Series of Poker Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em	13^th	$20,674
2011 World Series of Poker Event #58: $10,000 Main Event	551^st	$21,295
2011 World Series of Poker Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)	19^th	$9,474
2011 World Series of Poker Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship	10^th	$40,890
2011 World Series of Poker Event #2: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	16^th	$67,436
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout	4^th	$54,000
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	133^rd	$20,000
2010 World Series of Poker Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	178^th	$2,589
2009 World Series of Poker Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'em	28^th	$17,987
2009 World Series of Poker Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout	14^th	$5,236
2009 World Series of Poker Event 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha	80^th	$2,761
2008 World Series of Poker Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	78^th	$5,660
2008 World Series of Poker Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship	4^th	$108,288
2008 World Series of Poker Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed	88^th	$2,868

Event

Place

Prize

2025 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed

20^th

$72,064

2024 WSOP Paradise
Event #9: $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event

61^st

$110,200

2024 World Series of Poker
Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship

62^nd

$20,040