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He has final tabled no less than 8 (might be 7!) GUKPT final tables
He has final tabled a WSOP Omaha event
one of UK Poker's survivors (a compliment, a lot of people fall by the wayside, Jeff is successful year in year out)
What he doesn't know about basketball you don't need to know. Before becoming a pokerist, was a sports journalist
Unluckily, because into each life a little rain must fall, he is a Newcastle United fan
One of the biggest winners ever at DTD, Nottingham local Wadey won one of the first DTD Monte Carlos
A fearsome gambler and a superb reader of other poker players and their hands. Almost unbluffable
His big live success was winning a Genting Poker series event last year
I am going to guess Newcastle because i have so many tabs open i daren't open another
big win anyway
He was an aspiring footballer until a knee injury did for that
Ben was a young pro for several years and at various times it went well. At various times it didn't.
Ben was a party animal!
Last November, in what was an emotional win because it followed soon after the death of his Dad, Ben won the PokerStars UKIPT Six Max main event here at DTD for a lot of money
If you ever want a good night out, buy him a drink at the bar and see where the night leads.....
A very knowledgeable football bettor and, this not always being the case for some poker players around the scene, universally respected by his peers for his ability and manner. Genuine as they come, which counts in the tight knit world of young poker pros travelling around playing big tournaments
Kevin won the DTD Monte Carlo here about 18 months ago for a six figure sum. Married with kids, the win certainly set him up
more? don't bother?
The PLO is now on its first break and has 53 runners
The Hgh Rller is down to 10 with the exits of Middy, Mark Wilson, Vinson and Raja
The Main is playing behind me with 59 entries and climbing
Seriously. Great thread, info is very interesting, if people don't like it they can just skip past. Keep it up Mr SPT.
This gentleman is the brother of a Sky Pker presenter or analyst.
Name the family....
He played one of the really big DTD Monthlies
the buy in was £500. He satellited in
the guarantee was £500,000
He won it outright for £110,000
he is still a mild mannered estate agent with a poker hobby.......
Just a thought that sprung to me when i saw the knuckleduster on this unknown Omaha player, who has had quite a renaissance in his results this year including an EPT High Roller final table
I expect you ALL know who this is?
There was a spell in 2006-2007 when i first started around the poker scene that Joe was everywhere.
He travelled the circuit a lot, and these were the days before the big UK Tours where the various casinos in various towns ran their own festivals with names like "Midlands Meltdown" and "Christmas Cracker" and "Northern lights"
from mid 2006 in the following year Joe won no less than seven of the regional festival events put on by the various casinos and he dominated the scene
I spoke to him a couple of years later. The poker scene had changed somewhat because the Tours had taken hold of the UK circuit and progressively a lot of the younger players were drawn into the live scene having previously just played online
The games became tougher, and all the travelling had for a while taken a toll on Joe
It became fashionable to deride the style of the old "live pros" in this new environment
However Joe is still around. travelling less but still a great fan of a good Omaha event, of which you don't get many in the UK
He is just about a top 50 all time prize money winner of all English poker tournament players, live
Tom is a very talented poker player but was off the scene for a long time studying to become a Doctor
He qualified, became a GP, and for a while returned to playing poker recreationally
He then stopped, and I didn't see him around at all
A couple of weeks ago I found out that Tom had been working in the A and E of a big hospital in Australia for a year, a working holiday from which he is now back
This week is his first festival back.
A Bolton Wanderers fan, in fact. Unlucky Lee
Lee is a mature student. So mature, that he's been a student for years
History is his thing, specifically Irish Cntemporary history
He went to Bristol University for a year
"I found it too tough and found poker, gradually poker took over and i took time out of being a student"
Not unsuccessfully either, a regular on the UK circuit with GUKPT and GPS final tables and WSOP cashes too
"I am going to go back and finish off at the Open University" he tells me. In history, not poker
Paul branched out into poker training, across various brands and ventures and was also involved in the marketing of the DTD club when it first opened
Before that , having moved to Marbella in 2000 he opened the costa's first poker club 5th Street Marbella and got his nickname “The Marbella Kid”.
In one of the most unusual parts of a UKplayer's poker CV He won the Moroccan championship 5 times.
He appeared on Late Night Poker, The Poker Million, The World Open TV formats
Ben's breakthrough live result was when he won a leg of the France Poker Series in Amnéville for €70,000
Those of you with good memories may recall that Ben, who travels up to DTD very regularly for the bigger events, won the UKPC Six Max event in February here for £40,000
I am not aware if she plays poker. To be frank it wasn't top of my list of priorities to ask when was taking the picture