| Don Zewin | |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Niagara Falls, New York |
| Death Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | None |
| Wsop Final Tables: | 10 |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 38 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 3rd |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 1989 |
| Wpt Titles: | None |
| Wpt Final Tables: | 1 |
| Wpt Money Finishes: | 3 |
| Updated: | August 31, 2023 |
Don Zewin (September 26, 1952 - October 31, 2021)[1] was a poker player most known for finishing third in the 1989 World Series of Poker Main Event ($151,000). Although no bracelet event wins Zewin has 7 six-figure cashes, including a runner-up (to Phil Hellmuth) in the $2,500 Seven Card Razz (Event #18) at the 2012 World Series of Poker,[2] in a career spanning from the eighties to his death in 2021.[2]
Zewin was born to Eddie and Sally Zewin in Niagara Falls, New York.[1]
Zewin ran his family's furniture store before moving to Las Vegas in 1979 to play professional poker.[1]
Among Zewin's best accomplishments includes two third-place finishings in the $10,000 World Championship in H.O.R.S.E for $210,629 (2015) and $163,557 (2017), respectively.[3]
Zewin's best results on the World Poker Tour includes a fourth place finish in the WPT North American Championship for $189,630 (2005) and an outright win in a WPT side event in 2003 netting $118,146.[4] [5]
In 2021 Zewin died at the age of 69 due to complications arising from Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[1]
Zewin's total live tournament winnings exceeds $1,800,000.[6]