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Roy Brindley

Roy 'The Boy' Brindley (born 1969 in Southampton

Southampton

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) is an English

England

Poker

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player, now living in Wicklow

Wicklow

Wicklow is the county seat of County Wicklow in Republic of Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census....
, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.

Early years
Before his poker career, Brindley was involved in greyhound racing

Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner....
, and worked in a kennels near Dorking

Dorking

Dorking is an historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately south of London, in Surrey, England....
at the age of 17, then moving to other kennels in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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and Essex

Essex

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before moving to Andover

Andover, Hampshire

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Roy 'The Boy' Brindley (born 1969 in Southampton

Southampton

England

Poker

Wicklow

Ireland

Early years

Before his poker career, Brindley was involved in greyhound racing

Greyhound racing

Dorking

Dorking is an historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately south of London, in Surrey, England....
at the age of 17, then moving to other kennels in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Essex

Andover, Hampshire

Andover is a town in the England county of Hampshire. The town is situated on the River Anton some 18.5 miles west of the town of Basingstoke, 18.5 miles north-west of the city of Winchester and 25 miles north of the city of Southampton....
, where he was a professional greyhound trainer from 1991 to 1995.

Brindley moved to America in 1995 to continue training greyhounds, but moved back soon after. Following some personal crises Brindley ended up living on the street and, by his own admission, he had something of a break down aged 28. He once lived off £1 for five days by eating baked beans

Baked beans

Baked beans is a dish consisting of beans, baking in a sauce. Most commercial canned baked beans are made from Common bean#White beanss, also known as Navy Beans - a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris - and sold in a sauce....
at 9p per-tin and bread at 14p a loaf.

Poker career

After seeing a documentary on Noel Furlong

Noel Furlong

J. J. Furlong is a recreational poker player who won the 1999 World Series Of Poker main event. He originally became a millionaire from his carpet manufacturing business....
winning the 1999 World Series of Poker

1999 World Series of Poker

The 1999 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
(WSOP), Brindley took up poker in early 2001.

In 2002, Brindley won seven ranking tournaments

Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament in which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time....
, and finished second to Kirill Gerasimov

Kirill Gerasimov

Kirill Gerasimov is a Russian professional poker player.Gerasimov worked as an insurance salesman in Moscow, and started entering poker tournaments throughout Europe in 2001....
in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship

World Heads-Up Poker Championship

The World Heads-Up Poker Championship is an annual elimination-format poker tournament of one-on-one no limit texas hold'em matches. The tournament was co-created by Late Night Poker's Nic Szeremeta, PokerInEurope's Jon Shoreman, and gaming journalist Rich Geller....
(WHUPC). At the time of the WHUPC, Brindley had so little cash that he couldn't afford a taxi home and had to walk back to his hotel every night of the tournament. Yet, after finishing second, Brindley was distraught and came close to throwing his €40,000 winnings out of the hotel window.

Brindley also finished third in the 2005 William Hill Poker Grand Prix

William Hill Poker Grand Prix

The William Hill Poker Grand Prix is a poker tournament sponsored by William Hill plc shown on Sky Sports. It features a number of professional and amateur poker players competing against each other....
, second in the Masterclassics of Poker Omaha event in 2006, second in the Paris Open of Poker in 2007 and won the televised Betfair Poker Masters of Europe in 2007. As for titles no Player has won more European ranking tournaments than him despite his relatively short career. As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $800,000.

In addition to his playing career, Brindley regularly commentates on SKY Sports' Poker Million and acts as an industry spokesman. He is also a regular columnist

Columnist

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for Card Player Magazine and works as a poker journalist for various newspapers.

In 2005 he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring

Heads Up with Richard Herring

Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, was a British celebrity Talk show written by and starring Richard Herring, who is best known as one half of comedy duo Lee and Herring, the stars of BBC Two shows Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy....
and Up-Close and Personal with Jesse May to discuss his life, career and love of poker.

His tell all autobiography, Life's a Gamble, will be published on February 26th 2009 by Transworld. He is managed by Sports Talent Agency

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $800,000.

Roy Brindley

Early years

Poker career

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