Tony Bloom
| Tony Bloom | |
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 Tony Bloom (2005) |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | March 20, 1970 |
| place of birth |
 Brighton
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| Nickname | The Lizard |
| place of residence |
London
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| Live Poker Tournament Achievements | |
| Highest prize money | $ 964,296 |
| Total prize money | $ 3,530,086 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelets | no |
| Cashes | 14th |
| Best main event | 512th ( 2006 ) |
| Main Event of the World Poker Tour | |
| title | no |
| Cashes | 2 |
| Main event of the European Poker Tour | |
| title | no |
| Cashes | 1 |
| Last updated: January 12, 2020 | |
Anthony "Tony" Grant Bloom (born March 20, 1970 in Brighton , Sussex ) is a British poker player from England and football official for Brighton & Hove Albion . He got his nickname "The Lizard" from an old friend who claimed that Bloom had alligator blood.
Poker career
Bloom appeared at Late Night Poker and was at the final table of the first two runs of the Poker Million . His first grand prize, the equivalent of over 320,000 US dollars he won in January 2004, when he, the Main Event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne won. In early April 2004, he sat at the final table of the main event of the World Poker Tour in Reno . Bloom sat down on 5 August 2005 at the VC Poker Cup in London by and thus secured a prize of 200,000 pounds sterling . In 2005 he finished fourth at the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas . He was a member of the 2006 winning British team at the 888.com Poker Nations Cup .
Overall, Bloom has earned more than $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments.
Union Royale Saint-Gilloise
In June 2018 he took over the majority stake in the Belgian football club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise , which currently plays in the 2nd division , from the German businessman Jürgen Baatzsch .
Web links
- Tony Bloom in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
- Tony Bloom in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Bloom in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 30, 2018.
- ↑ Jürgen Baatzsch devient of the Président d'honneur de l'Union Saint-Gilloise. In: bx1.be. June 22, 2018, accessed September 15, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bloom, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bloom, Anthony Grant (full name); The Lizard (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British poker player and football official from Brighton & Hove Albion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brighton , Sussex , England , United Kingdom |