Sammy Farha is a professional poker player currently residing in Houston, Texas. He is best known for finishing second to Chris Moneymaker in the 2003 WSOP main event.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959, Farha moved to the U.S. after the Lebanese Civil War broke out when he was in his teens. After settling in Wichita, Kansas in 1977, he attended the University of Kansas and graduated with a degree in business administration. He moved to Houston, Texas to work with his brother.
Farha first played poker one year after moving to Houston, and won several thousand dollars. He quit his job in 1990 to play poker full time.
Farha won his first bracelet at the 1996 WSOP in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha championship. He later finished 3rd in that same event in 2002.
Farha's best tournament finish was his 2nd place finish to Chris Moneymaker in the 2003 WSOP main event, earning $1,300,000. On the second day of play Farha lost a major pot to Barry Greenstein leaving him with only 10% of the average stack. He was considering leaving at this point and was talked into staying by Greenstein. He lost the final hand to Moneymaker after going all in with a pair of jacks on the flop, only to be called by Moneymaker who had flopped bottom two pair.
A couple of months later, Farha beat Moneymaker in a rematch orchestrated by PokerStars.
After getting another cash in the main event in 2005 WSOP, he won his second bracelet in the 2006 $5,000 Omaha Hi-low Split, earning $398,560
Farha has appeared on the GSN series High Stakes Poker, in seasons 1-4.
Farha is a spokesman for Harrah's casino in Las Vegas and made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film, Lucky You.
As of 2009, He has 3 WPT cashes, 7 WSOP cashes, and total winnings exceed $2,300,000 in live tournament poker, even though he tends to play primarily in high-stakes Omaha cash games.
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Too bad Sammy actually had a heart and didn't take another $120K from Gold in the hand