Barny Boatman

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Barny Boatman
Barny Boatman (2005)
Barny Boatman (2005)
  Personal information  
Date of birth January 10, 1956
place of birth United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Nickname Barmy Barny
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 546,080
Total prize money $ 3,581,986
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 58
Best main event 16. ( 2000 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 5
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 7th
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: February 17, 2020

Barny Matthew P. Boatman (born January 10, 1956 in London ) is a professional British poker player from England . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and is nicknamed Barmy Barny .

Personal

Boatman grew up in London . His babysitter was at times the future comedian and actor Dudley Moore . Boatman dropped out of school early and traveled the world at a young age. He worked as a bartender , journalist , programmer , builder , English teacher and legal advisor and lived in Barcelona , Australia , Hong Kong and Sri Lanka . Today he lives in London.

Poker career

Career

Boatman began playing private poker with his brother Ross , Joe Beevers and Ram Vaswani in the London borough of Hendon in the early 1990s . The four founded the poker group Hendon Mob , which quickly gained national recognition and was sponsored by the online platform Full Tilt Poker . Boatman has participated in prestigious live tournaments since 1998 .

In May 2000 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and came into the money twice, a. a. he finished 16th in the main event . Boatman narrowly missed winning a bracelet at the 2002 WSOP and finished second in a tournament in Pot Limit Hold'em . In mid-December 2004 he made it into the money for the first time at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour and took 15th place at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic in the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas for almost 50,000 US dollars in prize money. In March 2005 Boatman made it into the money at the recently founded European Poker Tour (EPT) and finished 23rd at the main event in Monte-Carlo for 11,900 euros . At the end of October 2011 he reached the final table at the EPT main event in Sanremo, Italy, and finished the tournament in fourth place for 225,000 euros in prize money. In the meantime the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino played out WSOP 2013 Boatman won his first bracelet and received a win bonus of fewer than 550,000 dollars. In August 2015 , he secured when in Berlin discharged World Series of Poker Europe in the variant PLO his second bracelet and a prize money of more than 50,000 euros.

Overall, Boatman has earned more than $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Boatman cashed 58 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in competition Attendees Prize money
2013 E. $ 1500 No-Limit Hold'em 2247 $ 546,080
2015 E. 0550 € Pot Limit Omaha 0503 0€ 54,725

Web links

Commons : Barny Boatman  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barny Boatman on rankinghero.com, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Barny Boatman in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
  3. ^ A b Barny Boatman in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ 31st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2000 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ 33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002 ($ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Five-Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 300 World Poker Tour Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ EPT - 1 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ EPT - 8 - San Remo (€ 4,600 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 49)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOPE) - Europe (€ 550 Pot Limit Omaha # 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English).
  11. ^ Barny Boatman in the World Series of Poker database, accessed May 18, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Boatman, Barny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boatman, Barny Matthew P. (full name); Barmy Barny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK