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Simon "Aces" Trumper (born 31 May, 1963) is an English
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...
 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 from South Kensington
South Kensington

South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
, 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. He is chiefly noted as the winner of 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....
 series 2 and runner-up of series 4. Trumper also commentated on the Late Night Poker Ace spin-off series alongside Jesse May.

As a child, Trumper was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after finishing a mathematics exam. He started playing in 1995 when he entered a £10 tournament in Reading
Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
 with a friend on a night out.






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Simon "Aces" Trumper (born 31 May, 1963) is an English
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...
 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 from South Kensington
South Kensington

South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. It is a built-up area located 2.4 miles west south-west of Charing Cross....
, 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. He is chiefly noted as the winner of 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....
 series 2 and runner-up of series 4. Trumper also commentated on the Late Night Poker Ace spin-off series alongside Jesse May.

As a child, Trumper was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after finishing a mathematics exam. He started playing in 1995 when he entered a £10 tournament in Reading
Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
 with a friend on a night out. He was also bullied a lot due to his surname 'Trumper'.

At the World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 he has had a 4th place finish in the 2001
2001 World Series of Poker

The 2001 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
 $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event (which also featured Johnny Chan and Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert

Kathleen H. Liebert is an United States professional poker player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000....
; and a 5th place finish in the 2005
2005 World Series of Poker

The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time was awarded to the winner....
 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (which also featured Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson

Todd Brunson is an United States professional poker player and the son of poker player Doyle Brunson.Although Brunson's father Doyle was a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young....
, Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....
 (who lost a critical pot to Simon, and then complained about it in his blog.), Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....
 and Julian "The Kid" Gardner. He has not yet featured in the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
.

In May 2005, he reached the fourth round of the €2,000 World Heads-Up Championship, earning €3,250.

Trumper owns a pair of gold and diamond aces to cap his cards as a good luck charm. He admires Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott
Dave Ulliott

David A. Ulliott , known by the nickname Devilfish, is an England professional gambling and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Kingston upon Hull Organized crime, but went on to become a World Series of Poker WSOP bracelet-winner, and a mainstay of poker on television....
, T.J. Cloutier and Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel is an United States professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title....
 above all other poker players.

Outside of poker, Trumper owns a drainage company. He is a non-smoker, and would like to see smoking banned from all poker games. Trumper suffers from the hair loss condition, Alopecia
Baldness

Baldness involves the state of lacking hair where it often grows, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or "male pattern baldness" that occurs in adult male humans and other species....
.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000.

He now lives in Guildford
Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region....
, Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
. He has a daughter called Kylie Scobie-Trumper.

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