Jim Meehan
American poker player
Jim Meehan (March 19, 1952 – December 6, 2018), sometimes known as Minneapolis Jim Meehan, was an American professional poker player. He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Before his poker career, Meehan worked as a lawyer for many years.
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Meehan began playing poker in the 1960s, and began playing poker tournaments regularly in 1997, when he had a 2nd-place finish in the $3,000 limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). He finished 3rd in the $2,500 limit Omaha event at the 1999 WSOP.
Meehan died on December 6, 2018 in Minneapolis at the age of 66.[1]