Prima's Hendon Mob In Action At WSOP
Published: Saturday, July 02, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
PRIMA'S HENDON MOB IN ACTION AT WSOP
36 tournaments in 41 days but the London lads are "focused"
The Prima Poker network sponsored Hendon Mob, four of Britain's top professional
poker players, are currently in Las Vegas to on a six-week mission for gold in
the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
With 36 poker tournaments in 41 days, Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani, Barny
Boatman, Joe "The Elegance" Beevers, and "Rocky" Ross Boatman
will hit the felt at the RIO to secure as many gold bracelets as possible.
The odds this year are likely to be stiffer, with more players entering the event
through satellite tournaments than ever before. "We have a big job ahead,
but we've come prepared to focus on poker for the next month and a half,"
said Barny Boatman of the Hendon Mob. "Poker is our livelihood and this is
the world championship. We won't be satisfied until one of us wins a gold bracelet."
The Hendon Mob is willing to talk Hold'em, Omaha or Seven Card Stud with anyone
that will listen, too. They will be available throughout the next six weeks to
provide insight and live updates from the WSOP. To date, The Mob has demonstrated
their poker skills on Fox Sports Net, NBC, ABC and FOX, tutored 'Cousin Sal' on
Jimmy Kimmel Live and have been featured in the WPT and the 2004 WSOP on ESPN.
Members of the Mob are:
Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani: Best known for his many different
styles of play, can be quick and aggressive or slow and methodical. In addition
to playing multiple final tables at the 2004 WSOP, Ram won the European Poker
Tour's Irish Masters.
Barny Boatman burst onto the international poker scene in 1999 when he
became Europe's top ranked Seven Card Stud player. He is recognized on the poker
circuit as a formidable and daring opponent, rising to victory at the 2004 Helsinki
Freeze Out, after finishing a close second in 2003.
Joe "The Elegance" Beevers is a former banker who paid for his
bachelor's in finance by giving poker and blackjack lessons to his teachers and
friends while in school. Joe is fresh off a seventh place finish in the Five Star
World Poker Classic at the Bellagio where he took home $188,000. In 2004, he won
the Four Queens Poker Classic and placed second at The Gaming Club World Poker
Championship.
Ross "Rocky" Boatman is pure theatre. Well-known for his eight
years as playing the loveable "Kevin" in Britain's most successful TV
drama series, London's Burning. His years in front of the camera and on stage
have made him one of the world's most unreadable players. Ross is currently the
British Hi-Lo Omaha Champion.
