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June 15, 2005 Wednesday
HEADLINE: The Hendon Mob Return to Las Vegas
in Search of Gold;
Top British Poker Players Look to Dominate the World Series of
Poker on U.S. Soil
BODY:
Prima Poker (www.primapoker.com), the world's largest online
poker network, announced today that the Hendon Mob, four of
Britain's top professional poker
players, have arrived in Las Vegas to embark 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 descend on the Rio to
secure as many gold bracelets as possible, the highly coveted
symbol of poker's elite.
While the odds may be stacked against them with more players
expected in the tournament this year than ever before, don't tell
the Hendon Mob.
"We have a big job ahead, but we're prepared to put the
blinkers on and 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."
With that said, the Hendon Mob is willing to talk Hold'em,
Omaha or Seven
Card Stud with anyone that will listen. 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.
The Hendon Mob includes:
-- 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 theater. 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.
Tips for the Media
This year the Hendon Mob will be hosting a free poker clinic
for all media attending the World Series of Poker on July 6th
at the Rio Hotel. The Mob will give reporters the inside scoop
on outplaying the competition before the annual media tournament
which gives reporters a chance to win a seat the World Series
of Poker. Interested reporters should contact Kerry Johnson at
Lotus Public Relations, Kerry.Johnson@lotus-pr.com, at 212-922-5885
to reserve their seat at the clinic.
About Prima Poker
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poker network. Powered by Microgaming software, the leading
developer of Internet gaming systems, Prima Poker licenses software
to more than thirty operators worldwide to form a global poker
network. The Prima Network ensures that a critical mass of online
poker players and a wide variety of games and tournaments are
available at all times. Sought by online poker players and operators,
The Prima Poker seal is a symbol of quality, representing the
highest standards in online poker play, fairness, and credibility.
For more information, please visit, http://www.primapoker.com.
Media Contacts:
Chris Capra/Kerry Johnson
Lotus Public Relations
212-922-5885
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