Premier League Poker Player Profiles

Lining for this years's star-studded Premier League Poker are:

Andy Black | Victoria Coren | Ian Frazer | Tony G | Kirill Gerasimov | Phil Hellmuth | Juha Helppi | Kenna James | Liz Lieu | Eddie Scharf | Dave Ulliott | Roland de Wolfe

Ian Frazer

Company Director Ian Frazer plays under the poker alias Vidette. In just 18 months of online play he has won over £40k in online tournies, his biggest being a $17,300 bounty in a $100 re-buy. He's actually qualified for his WSOP seat an amazing three times, twice when he was in Vegas last year, and he really doesn't appear to be phased by the prospect of playing some of the best players in the world. An instinctive player by nature, his big advantage lies in the fact that he really is not scared to lose. Could this be the key to the biggest prize in poker? Watch this space.

In 2005, Frazer competed against World Bracelet winner, Brian Wilson and Julian Gardner, the youngest ever world poker champion. He eventually saw them all off with a winning hand of two sixes to scoop the massive cash pot. In the competition's semi-finals Ian kicked out veteran West Ham United striker Teddy Sheringham.

Despite the win, Ian said he has no plans to give up his job as project manager for Vidette Ltd in Croydon, a leisure establishment refurbishment company where he has worked for 15 years. But he does want to write a poker book – "Win the Frazer Way".

Ian learned his skills on a website set up by his friend and has been playing Texas hold 'em poker for over three years. He started playing tournaments online, and landed £100,000 and a trip to the world's gambling capital, Las Vegas.

His best moment to date was cracking Aces against Barry Hearn in the final European Open II Final.

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