ANNETTE OBRESTAD

September 2007 saw Annette Obrestad shoot to super-stardom when at the age of 18 she outlasted a field of 362 to win the first-ever WSOPE - winning a cool £1million. It also made her by far the youngest WSOP Bracelet winner in history, a record which may never be broken.

In 2009 Annette was on the winning Caesars’ Cup team at The WSOPE. Her debut this year at The WSOP in Vegas shows a long line of cashes and final tables. All in all, her total live tournament winnings now exceed $3,136,000

Annette is a seriously impressive player and a Full Tilt Pro.

JAMES AKENHEAD

James Akenhead, 27 has been playing poker professionally for five years and earned well over $2,700,000 from live poker tournaments. He is the most recent winner of the prestigious Poker Million tournament which is held annually on Sky Sports.

2009 saw James carry out one of the most impressive runs in poker history. Not only did he make the final table of the £10,000 WSOPE main event in London, he also ousted over 6400 runners in the $10,000 WSOP main event in Las Vegas to make the 'November nine' These two incredible feats saw him bag over $1,350,000 but he wasn't finished there. He ended 2009 with 2 major victories. On his first ever appearance of 'Poker After Dark' in Las Vegas he defeated 5 very well-known players to win $120,000. A few weeks later he had more success on a televised event, this time in the UK. James defeated one of the toughest fields ever assembled to capture the Full Tilt Poker Million crown along with $500,000 and cement his place in poker history.

NEIL CHANNING

Neil Channing is one of the UK’s most well-known poker players and has been a regular in the London cash game scene for a number of years.

In 2008 Neil's tournament play made headlines! The year started well for Neil with a semi final appearance at the Poker Million and several impressive finishes in EPT, UKPT and GCBPT events. He then went on to win the Irish Open scooping over 800,000 Euros. He was a member of the victorious British 'Nations Cup' team and cashed a staggering 9 times at the WSOP!

Neil is co-founder of Blackbeltpoker.com and is well-known for his staking of other talented players across the world.

JOE BEEVERS

Joe 'The Elegance' Beevers is a Full Tilt Pro and a member of The Hendon Mob. Regularly seen in televised poker events he has become a household name on The UK poker circuit. In 2007 Joe won the GBPT grand Final and just months later went on to win the Poker Million for a cool $1,000,000.

2008 saw Joe become the only British player to make the Great British Poker Team for the third yearin a row. He helped the team to regain the Poker Nations Cup which they won previously in 2006.

Truly one of our nations great players, register now for your chance to join him at the tables this September in London.

KARL MAHRENHOLZ

Member of the highly successful 'Hit Squad', Karl Mahrenholz, 28 has been playing poker professionally for five years and cashed for over $800,000 in live tournaments. He has won numerous UK events including a GUKPT title.

In September 2009 Karl won his first major title after winning the GUKPT in Cardiff beating one of the toughest final tables assembled on the tour's three year history. Along with the victory he collected over $63,000. He ended a very impressive 2009 with two victories at the GUKPT London festival, one in NLHE and the other in PLO. These two victories saw him scoop $45,000 and prove why he is one of the most prolific players in the UK.

LIV BOEREE

Poker Player, model and TV presenter Liv Boeree started her poker career in 2006. Since then she has accumulated winnings excess of $1,950,000 in live tournament play alone. In 2008 she took down the European Ladies Championships and most recently in April 2010, Liv won the European Poker Tour in San Remo. Liv won €1,250,000 and thereby became the third woman ever to win an EPT title. Liv is truly a genuine jewel in The English Poker Crown!