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.....
Kevin Allen from London is a poker player from a gambling background. Online monikers include "Gambling Pays"
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
I hope those sort of mini-profiles are interesting of some of the regular "names" that play the bigger UK events maybe have not had much exposure to? 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 Posted by SPT
Definitely more. Interesting to know for who to look out for next year when i'm there
Seriously. Great thread, info is very interesting, if people don't like it they can just skip past. Keep it up Mr SPT.
This is Joan. Joan is from Dublin and she travels round the world as a freelance poker dealer. All the exotic places. The Bahamas, Australia, Barcelona, Vienna, Nottingham She challenged me to take a nice photograph of her, something which I apparently have never achieved Until now Posted by SPT
Jeff Kimber has had a long and successful relationship with G casinos 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 Posted by SPT
8 UKIPT final tables, but still cant afford a clean tee. Get the man a sky poker shirt
She's just a devil woman, with evil on her mind. So sang Sir Cliff Richard
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
this chap is Chinese Frankie, and he is sitting next to tikay Frankie is a DTD regular of much standing, his fish and chip shop in Mansfield being voted the best in that town last year by listeners to a radio programme I am not sure why that is relevant to anything, except that Frankie, loud, brash and loveable, knows his way round an Omaha table that is for sure..online omaha regular any night he is not playing live Posted by SPT
In other news....
... sales of ear defenders are on the rise in Nottingham.
Joe Grech, a poker tournament veteran originally from Malta and for a long time based in London
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
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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