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

Tony G

Professional poker player and former Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania, Tony G moved to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and aggressive play. Despite this, many poker professionals and dealers have pointed out that away from the table, Tony is quite personable and easygoing.

He had a fifth place finish in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Grand Prix de Paris 2003, where Howard "The Professor" Lederer refused to shake his hand due to the arrogant nature of his play.

In June 2003 he won back-to-back tournaments in Russia, winning nearly $20,000.

He finished in the money twice at the 2004 World Series of Poker in Seven-Card Stud and Pot Limit Texas Hold 'em tournaments and, three months later, earned his then biggest tournament money finish in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris 2004 where his second place finish to England's Surinder Sunar earned him $414,478. He finished on the bubble later in the same month at the WPT 2004 Mirage Poker Showdown.

In August 2005 he won the $5,000 No Limit Hold-Em Main Event of the European Poker Championships, earning $456,822. Later in 2005 he made the final table of the World Speed Poker Open.

In 2006 he won the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II event where he wore a kimono throughout to promote poker in Japan. Also in 2006 he finished second while representing Australia in the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship, taking down $150,000. In November 2006, he won the Betfair Asian Poker Tour event held in Singapore, walking away with $451,700 half of which he indicated he gave to charity.

With 10-8 (suited or unsuited) his lucky hand, Tony's total live tournament winnings as of 2006 exceed $2,000,000.

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