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.
PokerNews Covered Events
| Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #7: $50,000 Super High Roller | 7th | $261,400 |
| 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship | 79th | $42,200 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #19: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout | 153rd | $4,011 |
| 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship | 37th | $81,400 |
| 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 8-Handed | 1st | $194,814 |
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship | 6th | $75,045 |
| 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event $10,000,000 GTD | 61st | $38,384 |
| 2022 Wynn Millions$3,000 6 Max NLH $200,000 GTD | 13th | $12,706 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em | 3rd | $234,781 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #17: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em | 379th | $3,530 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed | 4th | $286,202 |
| 2019 Borgata Poker OpenWPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship | 72nd | $9,057 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 217th | $2,274 |
| 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 High Roller | 2nd | $569,760 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship | 47th | $15,516 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 16th | $24,799 |
| 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$5,300 Main Event | 37th | $17,420 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | 39th | $7,805 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event | 42nd | $185,694 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #38: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em (Four Handed) | 29th | $7,004 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em | 13th | $20,674 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $10,000 Main Event | 551st | $21,295 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $2,500 Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) | 19th | $9,474 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship | 10th | $40,890 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #2: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship | 16th | $67,436 |
| 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan SunHigh Roller Bounty Shootout | 4th | $54,000 |
| 2011 PokerStars Caribbean AdventureMain Event | 133rd | $20,000 |
| 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #47: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem | 178th | $2,589 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold’em | 28th | $17,987 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout | 14th | $5,236 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 5 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 80th | $2,761 |
| 2008 World Series of PokerEvent 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em | 78th | $5,660 |
| 2008 World Series of PokerEvent 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em World Championship | 4th | $108,288 |
| 2008 World Series of PokerEvent 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six-Handed | 88th | $2,868 |