Roy Brindley
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| Nickname(s) | The Boy |
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| Hometown | Dublin, Ireland |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 2 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Titles | None |
| Final tables | None |
| Money finishes | 2 |
Roy Victor "The Boy" Brindley (born 1969 in Southampton) is an English professional poker player, now living in Dublin, Ireland.
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[edit] Early years
Before poker, Brindley was involved in greyhound racing, and worked in a kennels at the age of 17 near Dorking and then on to Lincolnshire and Essex before moving to Andover where he was a professional greyhound trainer from 1991 to 1995.
Brindley moved to America in 1995 to continue training greyhounds, but moved back soon after. Following some personal crisis Brindley ended up living on the street and, by his own admission, he had a mid-life crisis aged 28. He once lived off £1 for five days by eating baked beans at 9p per-tin and bread at 14p a loaf.
[edit] Poker career
After seeing a documentary on Noel Furlong winning the 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Brindley took up poker in early 2001. That year, he was invited by Liam Flood to take part in the Sky Sports televised Paddy Power Tournament which he promptly won.[citation needed]
In 2002, Brindley won seven ranking tournaments, and finished second to Kirill Gerasimov in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship (WHUPC). At the time of the WHUPC, Brindley had so little cash that he couldn't afford a taxi home and had to walk back to his hotel every night of the tournament. Yet, after finishing second, Brindley was distraught and came close to throwing his €40,000 winnings out of the hotel window.
Brindley defeated Barny Boatman heads-up in the Semi-Final of the inaugural William Hill Poker Grand Prix, qualifying him for the Grand Final of the, where he finished in third place. As for titles no Player has won more European ranking tournaments than him despite his relatively short career. As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $500,000.
In addition to his playing career, Roy regularly commentates on The Poker Channel alongside Gary Jones and Lucy Rokach. He is also a regular columnist for Card Player Magazine and works as a poker journalist for The Sportsman newspaper.
In 2005 he appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring and Up-Close and Personal with Jesse May to discuss his life, career and love of poker.
Brindley was the first European professional poker player to be commercially sponsored, currently in his fifth year of sponsorship; he is sponsored by Ladbrokes Poker.
Brindley's biography will be published in 2007.[citation needed]
He is represented by Sports International Management Ltd and the HHB Agency.[citation needed]
[edit] Reference
- "Swimming with the Devilfish" by Des Wilson, ISBN 1405089520
