Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Don Zewin began playing poker in his hometown. After some time Don made a fateful decision. He packed up and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979 solely to become a professional poker player. He succeeded. He has gone from playing poker in 20 hour grinding sessions to pay the bills, to coming within two spaces of being in 1989 World Series of poker champion, busting out in third before Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth, to being able to make a living in just a few hours of poker that day.
With 25 years of steady poker play, Don Zewin is a true pro. He's unreadable at the table, and although he hasn't been in much tournament action since the 1989 WSOP event, he recently poked his head up at the World Poker Tour's Doyle Brunson North American Championship, which could indicate that Don might be a major player in this year's World Series of Poker.
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Fourth Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic
6th
$ 58,010
$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em
2006 Winnin' o' the Green
14th
$ 6,185
$ 15,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic
35th
$ 40,250
$ 10,000 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship
Bellagio Festa Al Lago IV
4th
$ 189,630
$ 300 No Limit Hold'em
2004 Legends of Poker
16th
$ 1,695
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Festa al Lago II
13th
$ 2,840
$ 2,000 H.O.R.S.E.
2004 World Series of Poker
6th
$ 15,280
$ 2,500 Limit Hold'em
2004 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic-WPT
13th
$ 4,321
$ 1,500 Limit Hold'em
2003 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic -WPT
1st
$ 118,146
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
2003 L.A. Poker Classic
15th
$ 2,270
$ 2,000 1/2 Hold'em - 1/2 7 Card Stud
2002 World Series of Poker
7th
$ 8,120
$ 1,000 Seven Card Stud
2001 United States Poker Championship
5th
$ 4,860
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em
1996 World Series of Poker
11th
$ 12,672
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship
1989 World Series of Poker
3rd
$ 151
