The Playing Technique of Poker Pro Jim Meehan

All poker professionals apply different playing techniques. Some playing techniques are effective, while some are not. There are also playing techniques that used to be effective but started to be ineffective due to the fact that other poker professionals have been so familiar of such playing styles.

With regard to the playing technique of poker professional Jim Meehan, he has always applied the same playing technique when he is in front of his opponents, but nevertheless, such style seems to be effective in most cases.

It is easy to recognize Jim Meehan. He is a poker professional who always wears a hat that will remind you of the motion picture "Crocodile Dundee." This poker professional sometimes smokes at poker tables, and there are times when he also takes a shot of whiskey in the middle of the game. He is also often heard saying "We're all God's children."

At the beginning of a poker game, the opponents of Jim Meehan always feel that he is one lousy poker professional. Actually, he really has this power of convincing his opponents that he is one lousy player. In most cases, he confuses his opponents with how he plays poker. They just don't get how this poker professional plays the game. Well, it is really kind of difficult to explain but that is the playing technique being applied by Jim Meehan at poker tables most of the time.

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on March 19, Jim Meehan is not only a poker professional, but he is also a semi-retired lawyer. He has always been fond of the game of poker ever since he was in grade school, but he started joining tournaments on a regular basis only in 1997. It was during this year that he became a runner up in a US$3,000 Limit Hold'em event featured at the World Series of Poker. He also placed third in a US$2,500 Limit Omaha event that the World Series of Poker conducted in the same year.

The vast experience of Jim Meehan in playing poker paid off in 2003 when he won in a US$2,000 No Limit Hold'em event of the World Series of Poker, which earned him his first World Series of Poker bracelet. What made such event more memorable for Jim Meehan was the fact that he was able to compete with such poker professionals as Kathy Liebert, Mike Sexton, Antonio Esfandiari, and Juha Helppi.

Jim Meehan probably considers 2003 as one of his best years as he also earned a World Championship of Online Poker bracelet when he won a US$500 Buy In Limit Hold'em game, defeating approximately seven hundred poker professionals.

Jim Meehan also dreams of earning a World Poker Tour title someday, although he already experienced reaching the final table and competing against such poker giants as Scotty Nguyen and John Juanda. Well, with his effective style of playing, there is no doubt that this poker professional will earn a World Poker Tour title in the near future.