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The Hendon Mob are a group of four professional poker
Poker

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 players from 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

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The name of the group was first publicised by the Evening Standard
Evening Standard

The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
 newspaper in September 2000.

Joe Beevers is the only member of the group who actually comes from Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 (a district of London) but the others played in Hendon.

The Hendon Mob describe John Kabbaj
John Kabbaj

Jean-Michel "Large" Kabbaj is an England professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member....
 as their unofficial fifth member. Several other European professionals, including Harry Demetriou
Harry Demetriou

Charidimos Demetriou is a United Kingdom professional poker player....
 (Koumari Boy), Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson

Padraig Parkinson is an Ireland professional poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker, where he lost to fellow countryman Noel Furlong....
 (Padraig), Neil Channing
Neil Channing

Neil Andrew Channing is an England professional poker player and author based in Battersea, London. He is the reigning Irish Poker Open champion....
 (Bad Beat) and John Duthie
John Duthie

John Duthie is an England television director turned professional poker player and promoter based in London....
 have posted on the group's forum.

004 and 2005, the Mob was sponsored by Prima Poker to the tune of $2 million worth of worldwide tournament buyin fees.






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The Hendon Mob are a group of four 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....
 players from 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

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  • Joe Beevers
    Joe Beevers

    Joseph "Joe" Charles Beevers is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob.During his lengthy poker career, Beevers became one of the pioneers of poker on television by appearing in every series of Late Night Poker, where he made a record 3 grand finals....
  • Barny Boatman
    Barny Boatman

    Barny M. P. Boatman , is an English professional poker player and the oldest member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob. He is the older brother of Ross Boatman, and resides in Archway, London....
  • Ross Boatman
    Ross Boatman

    "Rocky" Ross Boatman is an English Royal Academy of Dramatic Art-trained actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob....
  • Ram Vaswani
    Ram Vaswani

    Ram Vaswani is an England professional snooker player, turned professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. He resides in Finchley with his wife Jackie and daughter Hollie....


The name of the group was first publicised by the Evening Standard
Evening Standard

The Evening Standard is an United Kingdom tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England....
 newspaper in September 2000.

Joe Beevers is the only member of the group who actually comes from Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 (a district of London) but the others played in Hendon.

The Hendon Mob describe John Kabbaj
John Kabbaj

Jean-Michel "Large" Kabbaj is an England professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member....
 as their unofficial fifth member. Several other European professionals, including Harry Demetriou
Harry Demetriou

Charidimos Demetriou is a United Kingdom professional poker player....
 (Koumari Boy), Padraig Parkinson
Padraig Parkinson

Padraig Parkinson is an Ireland professional poker player. He is chiefly recognised as the grand final winner of Late Night Poker series 5 and as the third-place finisher of the 1999 World Series of Poker, where he lost to fellow countryman Noel Furlong....
 (Padraig), Neil Channing
Neil Channing

Neil Andrew Channing is an England professional poker player and author based in Battersea, London. He is the reigning Irish Poker Open champion....
 (Bad Beat) and John Duthie
John Duthie

John Duthie is an England television director turned professional poker player and promoter based in London....
 have posted on the group's forum.

The Prima Poker Tour

In 2004 and 2005, the Mob was sponsored by Prima Poker to the tune of $2 million worth of worldwide tournament buyin fees. In exchange they played on the online Prima poker-room network. As part of the tour, the Mob challenged four-player teams of various nationalities to heads-up matches, culminating with the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 versus the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the inaugural Prima Transatlantic Cup in 2004. The Mob had won each of these international team matches until falling 3-1 to the US team of Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

Phillip D. Ivey is an United States professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets and has a World Poker Tour title, making the final table there a record eight times....
, Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch

Andrew E. Bloch is a professional poker player. He holds two electrical engineering degrees from MIT and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School....
, Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson

Christopher Philip Ferguson is an American professional poker player. In his career he has won five World Series of Poker bracelets, including the bracelet for the 2000 World Series of Poker, and is the winner of the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship....
, and Paul Wolfe. The Mob's deal with Prima expired at the end of 2005.

Late Night Poker

The Mob first became recognised for their appearances on the original televised poker programme 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....
 (1999-2002). Their results in each season are below:

Season Joe Beevers Barny Boatman Ross Boatman Ram Vaswani
1
  • Heat 2 - 2nd
  • Grand Final - 6th (£1,500)
  • Heat 3 - 6th
  • Heat 4 - 5th
  • Heat 1 - 8th
  • 2
  • Heat 1 - 4th
  • Heat 3 - 2nd
  • Semi-Final - 6th
  • Heat 1 - 2nd
  • Semi-Final - Winner
  • Grand Final - 2nd (£13,000)
  • Heat 7 - Winner
  • Grand Final - 3rd (£6,000)
  • 3
  • Heat 7 - 5th
  • Heat 6 - Winner
  • Grand Final - 8th (£2,500)
  • Heat 1 - 3rd
  • Heat 4 - 6th
  • 4
  • Heat 5 - Winner
  • Grand Final - 7th (£3,000)
  • Heat 6 - Winner
  • Grand Final - 3rd (£10,500)
  • Heat 2 - 7th
  • Heat 4 - 2nd
  • Semi-Final - 4th
  • 5
  • Heat 3 - 2nd
  • Semi-Final - Winner
  • Grand Final - 3rd (£10,500)
  • Heat 1 - 5th
  • Heat 5 - 5th
  • Heat 4 - 2nd
  • Semi-Final - 3rd
  • 6
  • Heat 3 - 4th
  •  
  • Heat 5 - 6th
  • Heat 7 - 6th
  • Total£15,000£13,000£13,000£6,000


    The World Series of Poker (WSOP)

    The Hendon Mob regularly attend the annual WSOP
    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....
     tournaments. They have made the following money finishes:

    Year Joe Beevers Barny Boatman Ross Boatman Ram Vaswani
    1996
    1996 World Series of Poker

    The 1996 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
    • $2.5k PL Hold 'em - 14th ($4,500)
       
    2000
    2000 World Series of Poker

    The 2000 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
     
  • $3k NL Hold 'em - 18th ($7,220)
  • $10k NL Hold 'em ME - 16th ($39,120)
  •   
    2001
    2001 World Series of Poker

    The 2001 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
     
  • $10k NL Hold 'em ME - 33rd ($30,000)
  •  
  • $3k NL Hold 'em - 11th ($13,340)
  • 2002
    2002 World Series of Poker

    The 2002 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
     
  • $1.5k PL Omaha - 9th ($7,700)
  • $2k PL Hold 'em - 2nd ($77,160)
  • $3k Limit Hold 'em - 10th ($5,280)
  • $1.5k PL Omaha - 7th ($12,040)
  • $10k NL Hold 'em ME - 34th ($30,000)
  • $2k Limit Hold 'em - 3rd ($98,620)
  • $2k 1/2 Hold 'em 1/2 7-card stud - 2nd ($54,140)
  • 2003
    2003 World Series of Poker

    The 2003 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe....
       
  • $1.5k Limit Hold 'em Shootout - 11th ($2,500)
  • 2004
    2004 World Series of Poker

    The 2004 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January....
  • $5k NL Hold 'em - 14th ($11,940)
  • $2k Limit Hold 'em - 12th ($6,340)
  • $1.5k PL Hold 'em - 10th ($6,020)
  • $2k Omaha Hi-Lo - 15th ($3,870)
  • $3k NL Hold 'em - 34th ($6,280)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 49th ($3,160)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 7th ($50,460)
  • $2k Limit Hold 'em - 20th ($3,160)
  • $3k PL Hold 'em - 5th ($52,320)
  • $3k NL Hold 'em - 3rd ($143,740)
  • 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....
  • $1.5k PL Hold 'em - 85th ($1,845)
  • $2k PL Omaha - 16th ($11,565)
  • $10k NL Hold 'em ME - 151st ($46,245)
  • $1.5k Omaha Hi-Lo - 14th ($8,680)
  • $2k Limit Hold 'em - 16th ($7,330)
  • $2.5k PL Hold 'em - 27th ($5,865)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 38th ($2,560)
  • $1.5k Limit Hold 'em - 73rd ($2,170)
  • $2k NL Hold 'em - 64th ($4,250)
  • $2.5k Omaha Hi/Lo - 30th ($3,305)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 53rd ($5,640)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 21st ($11,010)
  • $2.5k NL Hold 'em - 11th ($20,000)
  • 2006
    2006 World Series of Poker

    The 2006 World Series of Poker began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and June 29....
  • $2.5k short-handed NL Hold 'em - 30th ($8,035)
  • $5k short-handed NL Hold 'em - 30th ($11,319)
  • $5k PL Hold 'em - 27th ($7,106)
  •  
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 180th ($2,368)
  • $1k NL Hold 'em - 26th ($11,701)
  •  
    2007
    2007 World Series of Poker

    The 2007 World Series of Poker began on June 1, 2007. The $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em Main Event began on July 6 and was completed on the morning of July 18....
       
  • $1.5k Limit Hold'em - Shootout - 1st ($217,438)
  • Total$108,895$207,085$74,634$648,728


    The World Poker Tour (WPT)

    Joe Beevers and the Boatmans have also attended some WPT
    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....
     tournaments. Their attendance has been periodic due to other tournaments that PrimaPoker have asked them to play instead. Although none have yet made a final table, they have made the following money finishes:

    Season Joe Beevers Barny Boatman Ross Boatman
    1
    World Poker Tour season 1 results

    Below are the results of season 1 of the World Poker Tour ....
       
    2
    World Poker Tour season 2 results

    Below are the results of season 2 of the World Poker Tour television series ....
      
    • $25,000 WPT Championship - 18th ($66,532)
    3
    World Poker Tour season 3 results

    Below are the results of season 3 of the World Poker Tour television series ....
  • $25,000 WPT Championship - 7th ($188,710)
  • $15,000 Five Diamond World Poker Classic - 15th ($49,008)
  •  
    4
    World Poker Tour season 4 results

    Below are the results of season 4 of the World Poker Tour television series ....
     
  • $15,000 Five Diamond World Poker Classic - 18th ($64,400)
  • $25,000 WPT Championship - 20th= ($102,520)
  • Total$188,710$113,408$169,052


    Other Ventures

    The Mob run a successful website that includes a first-of-its-kind that attempts to house the results of every major worldwide poker event since 2000, indexed by location, date, and player. The origin of the information contained in the database was queried in a court action brought by rival website Pokerpages.com. Information sourced from Pokerpages.com has since been removed from the database.

    The Mob were used in series one of the British con-art documentary series 'The Real Hustle
    The Real Hustle

    The Real Hustle is a BBC television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alex Conran and R. Paul Wilson. The show demonstrates confidence trick and Magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by presenters Conran, Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement ....
    '. Presenters Paul Wilson
    R. Paul Wilson

    Ronald Paul Wilson is a world renowned, award winning conjuror, scam artist, and television presenter. He lives and works between London, Los Angeles, and his home in Scotland....
     and Alexis Conran
    Alexis Conran

    Alexis Conran is a British actor, writer and stage magician. He was born in Paris, France, and moved to Greece when he was a child.He is co-writer and star of the BBC hit series 'The Real Hustle' on BBC Three....
    , posing as poker novices filming a documentary, beat the Mob using various techniques.

    The Mob are now sponsored by Full Tilt Poker
    Full Tilt Poker

    File:FullTiltPoker logo.jpgFull Tilt Poker is an online poker card room launched in June 2004 with the involvement of a team of poker professionals, among them Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson....
    .

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