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Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos is a Greek Cypriot hotel
Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
 and restaurant
Restaurant

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery ....
 owner based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Following on from being a backgammon
Backgammon

Backgammon is a board game for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. A player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board....
 player, he became a semi-professional poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 player in 1993.

Xanthos learnt poker from his father in 1960.

He made numerous appearances on the Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
 television series, and made the Grand Final in Season 2 (beating Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren

Victoria Coren is a British writer, presenter and poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian newspapers and regular articles for other publications....
's pocket Aces along the way) and the Semi-Final in Season 5.

His biggest tournament cash was 2nd place behind Dave Colclough
Dave Colclough

David E. "El Blondie" Colclough is a Wales professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England....
 in the $1,500 no limit
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 hold'em main event at the 2000 European Poker Classic, where he won £40,635.

Xanthos has made more final tables at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino than any other player.

He does not tend to play in tournaments outside of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, however as of 2008 his total live tournament winnings exceed $940,000.








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Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos is a Greek Cypriot hotel
Hotel

----A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including Bathroom#Types of bathroomss and air conditioning or clima...
 and restaurant
Restaurant

A restaurant prepares and serves food and drink to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery ....
 owner based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Following on from being a backgammon
Backgammon

Backgammon is a board game for two players in which the playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. A player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board....
 player, he became a semi-professional poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 player in 1993.

Xanthos learnt poker from his father in 1960.

He made numerous appearances on the Late Night Poker
Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is a Great Britain television show in which poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold 'em tournament games for a prize of approximately ?50,000....
 television series, and made the Grand Final in Season 2 (beating Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren

Victoria Coren is a British writer, presenter and poker player. Coren writes weekly columns for The Observer and The Guardian newspapers and regular articles for other publications....
's pocket Aces along the way) and the Semi-Final in Season 5.

His biggest tournament cash was 2nd place behind Dave Colclough
Dave Colclough

David E. "El Blondie" Colclough is a Wales professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England....
 in the $1,500 no limit
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 hold'em main event at the 2000 European Poker Classic, where he won £40,635.

Xanthos has made more final tables at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino than any other player.

He does not tend to play in tournaments outside of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, however as of 2008 his total live tournament winnings exceed $940,000.

Trivia

  • When turning up to play in Late Night Poker series 2, he found out from the resident bookmaker that he was priced at 10:1 to win the heat. He immediately went home to get his chequebook and cashed in on his bet by defeating Jan "The Walrus" Lundberg to win the heat.


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