Bio:
I've been a professional gambler most of my life. In the early days it was always dogs, snooker, horses and poker in that order. I remember making the final of a slightly bigger tournament about twelve years ago and finding it WAY more exciting than it had been previously. It was like an epiphany. I used to work as an odds-comoiler in the spread betting industry and was playing poker all night and working all day. After they got rid of me I waqs free to spend all my time sports betting and playing poker. For the last seven years its been a full-time occupation. I now play cash games at The Victoria Casino London 250 days a year and pend the rest of the time travelling to tournaments with the help of my sponsors PokerVerdict.com. This year has been completely mental with the highlight being my winning The Irish Open. So far I'm about $2m up, I hope it isn't going to be a losing one.
Our Verdict:
Neil is Poker Verdict's main sponsored player. In his first year of sponsorship (2007), he has done us proud with several televised final table appearances and a deep finish at the WSOP Main Event. Whilst he pays the bills through his cash game expertise, he is also a renowned tournament player with lifetime live prize money of over $1.6 million and 7 WSOP cashes. After a number of cashes in the the GUKPT London, in March '08 he won his biggest live tournament to date; the Irish Open, good for over €800,000.