44-568: Barny M. Boatman (born 1956 in St Pancras, London ) is an English professional poker player and the oldest member of the poker-playing foursome known as The Hendon Mob . He is the older brother of Ross Boatman , and resides in Archway . During his lengthy poker career, Boatman became one of the pioneers of poker on television by regularly appearing in the Late Night Poker television series. He
88-758: A B.S. degree in computer science in 1991. After stints working at Santa Cruz Operation and Lockheed , Gordon joined start-up Netsys Technologies as their first hired employee. In 1996, Netsys was acquired by Cisco Systems , making him a millionaire, and in 1997 he retired from the high-tech industry to travel the world and to play poker. Gordon currently lives in Newport, Washington , with his wife, Barb, and their two boys, Xander and Zachary. Phil Gordon first entered The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in 2001 and finished fourth, winning nearly $ 400,000. In 2002 , he made two more WSOP final tables, finishing sixth in
132-470: A bartender , builder , English teacher, journalist , computer programmer (for P&O ), and as a legal advisor in Bermondsey , where he never lost a trial. He credits a near-death experience he had in a motorcycle accident, and the death of his younger sister Jo from cancer of giving him a sense of perspective in life. Boatman's hobbies include sky diving , snowboarding , and scuba diving . He
176-490: A borough into roughly equal slices with little regard to historical boundaries or day-to-day usage. Besides Somers Town and the area around St Pancras Old Church, the ward includes much of Camden Town and the former Kings Cross Goods Yard, which is being redeveloped as a mixed-use district under the name Kings Cross Central . [REDACTED] Media related to St Pancras, London at Wikimedia Commons Phil Gordon (poker player) Philip Stewart Gordon (born July 6, 1970)
220-465: A fourth, a Pals battalion , which joined a different regiment, the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) , as the 16th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, (St. Pancras), (The Prince Consort's Own). It also established a training battalion, the 17th (Reserve) Battalion, which spent most of the war on Wimbledon Common . During World War I these three front line battalions were deployed: St Pancras
264-507: A metropolitan borough. The metropolitan borough then merged with neighbouring boroughs and the area it covered now forms around half of the modern London Borough of Camden . The area of the parish and borough includes the sub-districts of Camden Town , Kentish Town , Gospel Oak , Somers Town , King's Cross , Chalk Farm , Dartmouth Park , the core area of Fitzrovia and a part of Highgate . St Pancras Old Church lies on Pancras Road, Somers Town , behind St Pancras railway station . Until
308-574: A more central position further south, is a result of the influential recommendations of a Royal Commission of 1846 which sought to protect the West End districts a short distance south of the road. National Rail stations include London King's Cross and St Pancras . St Pancras is one of the best-known railway stations in England. It has been extended and is now the terminus for the Eurostar services through
352-700: A national radio audience, and he provided commentary for ESPN's live pay per view broadcast of the final table of the World Series of Poker main event championship in both 2006 and 2007 . He was also the lead broadcaster for the ESPN series, The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer that began airing January 6, 2007. Gordon has written five books on poker, including the bestsellers Poker: The Real Deal and Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Hold 'em . Gordon has written for poker magazines , and writes
396-666: A number of other endeavors, including an annual charity poker event hosted by the Twitter Poker Tour and held online at Gordon's Full Tilt Poker, as well as a breast cancer charity event, the Bad Beat on Cancer Challenge , which was held in November 2009 on PokerStars. Bad Beat on Cancer has raised over $ 3 million for cancer prevention research. As a USA Rock Paper Scissor (USARPS) Head Referee Gordon has hosted an annual $ 500 World Series of Rock Paper Scissors event in conjunction with
440-495: A regular column and hosts a podcast, The Poker Edge , for ESPN.com. The podcast has been airing since April 10, 2006. Gordon has also released an award-winning instructional DVD, Expert Insight: Final Table Poker . Gordon is well known for his philanthropic causes, especially cancer research. Gordon is an active fundraiser and sat on the board of directors for the Prevent Cancer Foundation until resigning in 2011 in
484-465: Is a member of the Gutshot Card Club and was sponsored by Full Tilt Poker . He has written over 50 articles for The Hendon Mob's website, and two online poker lessons for Matthew Hilger 's site Internettexasholdem.com. St Pancras, London St Pancras ( / ˈ p æ ŋ k r ə s / ) is a district in central London . It was originally a medieval ancient parish and subsequently became
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#1732870027728528-631: Is an American professional poker player, commentator and author. Gordon was born in El Paso, Texas . He spent his formative years in Stone Mountain, Georgia . Gordon began attending Georgia Tech at the age of 15 while still attending high school. At the end of the 11th grade and after being awarded the National Merit Scholarship , Gordon dropped out of high school and attended Georgia Tech full-time. Gordon graduated from Georgia Tech with
572-553: Is part of the group known as the "Tiltboys", who helped design the software that was eventually used by Full Tilt Poker. Gordon was a member of Team Full Tilt. Gordon is well known for his commentary on poker broadcasts. Most notably, he was a commentator on Bravo 's Celebrity Poker Showdown for seven seasons, before stepping down in 2006. In 2003, he provided commentary for the WSOP Championship Event for Binion's live Internet broadcast, as well as daily reports for
616-593: Is the godfather to his brother Ross' son. Boatman used to play poker at home with friends and later taught his brother, Ross , how to play. They began to attend poker tournaments together at the Vic on Edgware Road , where he won the first tournament he entered, a seven-card stud event paying around £2,000. Together they went to a private poker game run by Joe Beevers and Ram Vaswani , with whom they became good friends. The four went on to be called The Hendon Mob. Together, they were invited by Nic Szeremeta to take part in
660-513: The Channel Tunnel . London Underground stations include King's Cross St Pancras . Immediately to the north of St Pancras churchyard is St Pancras Hospital , once the parish workhouse and later the London Hospital for Tropical Diseases . During the 18th and 19th centuries, St Pancras was famous for its cemeteries. In addition to the graveyard of Old St Pancras Church, it also contained
704-479: The Domesday Book of 1086, and there is evidence to suggest it predated Domesday by several centuries. A chapel of ease was subsequently established at Kentish Town to supplement the main parish church, which was replaced by a new building in 1822, St Pancras New Church on the south side of Euston Road . The then-dilapidated Old Church continued in use but was reduced to the status of a chapel of ease . Most of
748-632: The Full Tilt Poker Poker Championship at Red Rock , outlasting 5 other notable poker headliners and ultimately defeating Roland De Wolfe heads-up to win a purse of $ 600,000. Gordon earned $ 25,000 at the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship tournament, finishing in the final 16. Gordon defeated Scotty Nguyen and 2006 WSOP Main Event champion Jamie Gold to advance. As of January 2015, Gordon's total live tournament winnings exceed $ 2,700,000. His 18 WSOP cashes account for $ 707,537 of his live tournament winnings. Gordon
792-505: The James McManus book Positively Fifth Street , he was the chip leader for much of the tournament.) He also finished in the money of the main event in 2001 (33rd) and 2006 (854th). Boatman narrowly missed out on a WSOP bracelet in the 2002 $ 2,000 pot limit hold'em event. His runner-up finish earned him $ 77,160 after outlasting a field including Erik Seidel , Johnny Chan , Phil Gordon , and John Juanda . This 2nd-place finish
836-530: The London Borough of Camden . In the 1950s, St Pancras Council gained a reputation for left-wing radicalism and was referred to as "the most freakish borough in London.” The council refused to take part in civil defence preparations for war which local councils were obliged to provide. The Home Office monitored Mayor John Lawrence , and as of 2016, still refuses Freedom of Information requests related to him on
880-741: The World Series of Poker since 2005. The winner of the WSORPS receives an entry into the WSOP Main Event . The event is an annual fundraiser for the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation via Gordon's charity Bad Beat on Cancer . Poker player Annie Duke won the Second Annual World Series of Rock Paper Scissors. The tournament is taped by ESPN and highlights are covered during "The Nuts" section of ESPN's annual WSOP broadcast. 2009
924-417: The $ 2,000 Pot Limit hold 'em event and third in the $ 2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event. At the 2005 WSOP , he finished third in the $ 1,500 No Limit Texas hold 'em Shootout event. Although he made several WSOP final tables, he has yet to win a bracelet. However, he did win the 2010 WSOP Ante Up For Africa event, defeating actress Shannon Elizabeth heads up. He donated the entire $ 129,086 first place prize to
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#1732870027728968-403: The 17th century had become the "' Gretna Green ' of the London area". On that account Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson alludes to the area frequently in his plays. It was a rural area with a dispersed population until the growth of London in the late eighteenth century. In the 1790s Earl Camden began to develop some fields to the north and west of the old church as Camden Town . About
1012-559: The 1958 council election. In 1960, a widespread rent strike in the district led to rioting in September. From 1859 to 1955, the St Pancras produced dedicated military units for the British Army, initially infantry battalions and later anti-aircraft and searchlight regiments. A high proportion of the recruits were drawn from working-class districts of St Pancras, such as Camden Town . At
1056-540: The 19th century it stood on a knoll on the eastern bank of the now buried River Fleet . The church, dedicated to the Roman martyr Saint Pancras , gave its name to the St Pancras district, which originated as the parish served by the church. The church is reputed to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in England; however, as is so often with old church sites, it is hard to find documentary or archaeological evidence for its initial foundation. One tradition asserts that
1100-980: The World Series Of Poker Europe, in Berlin, Germany. He won Event #7, €550 Pot Limit Omaha for €54,725. Boatman made the final table of the first Poker Million tournament. He also made the final table of the first ever Showdown Poker Tour event, finishing runner-up to Mats Gavatin. His major titles include: In 2005, Boatman appeared on the chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career, and his love of poker. In addition to Late Night Poker, he has commentated for Poker Million, World Heads-Up Poker Championship , Celebrity Poker Club , European Poker Tour , Poker Nations Cup , and Victor Chandler Poker Cup . He also starred in his own series "Barny's Home Games" where he attended home poker games throughout Great Britain. As of 2024, his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 5,475,000. In addition, Boatman
1144-486: The brand new Late Night Poker television series , where he reached the Grand Finals in series 3 and 4 . During series 5 and 6 , he commentated for the show, alongside Jesse May . Boatman first cashed in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in 2000 in the $ 3,000 no limit hold'em event. 4 days later he finished in the money in the $ 10,000 no limit hold'em main event, finishing in 16th place. (According to
1188-638: The cemeteries of the neighbouring ecclesiastical parishes of St James's Church, Piccadilly , St Giles in the Fields , St Andrew, Holborn , St. George's Church, Bloomsbury , and St George the Martyr, Holborn . These were all closed under the Extramural Interment Act in 1854; the parish was required to purchase land some distance away, beyond its borders, and chose East Finchley for its new St Pancras Cemetery . The disused graveyard at St Pancras Old Church
1232-467: The charity. In March 2004 Gordon knocked out two players at once, one of them former World Series of Poker main event champion Chris Moneymaker , to win the WPT's Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament. In 2002, Gordon won the professional division of the first UltimateBet Aruba tournament, before losing the championship to the amateur division's winner, Juha Helppi . On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Gordon won
1276-460: The church was established in AD 314 in the late Roman period. There is little to support that view, but it is notable that to the south of the church was a site called The Brill , believed at the time to have been a Roman Camp. The Brill was destroyed during the urbanisation of the area, without any archaeological excavation to assess its age and purpose. The church is certainly very old; it was mentioned in
1320-493: The core area of Fitzrovia and a part of Highgate . There are no motorways in St Pancras, and few stretches of dual carriageway road, but the district has great strategic transport significance to London, due to the presence of three of the capital's most important rail termini; Euston , St Pancras and King's Cross , which are lined up along the Euston Road . The position of the railway termini on Euston Road, rather than in
1364-531: The fabric of the Old Church building dates from a subsequent Victorian restoration. The ancient parish of St Pancras (also known as Pancrace or Pancridge ) was established in the medieval period to serve five manors: two manors named St Pancras (one prebendial, one lay), Cantlowes (Kentish Town) , Tottenham Court and Rugmere (Chalk Farm) . By the end of the nineteenth century, the ancient parish had been divided into 37 ecclesiastical parishes, including one for
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1408-546: The grounds of protecting national security. Housing was in excess demand after the damage and disruption of the Second World War . There was strong opposition to the 1957 Rent Act , which led to a series of decisions that caused serious financial difficulty. John Lawrence and several other councillors were expelled from the Labour Party in 1958 but continued to serve as Independent Socialists. The Conservative Party won
1452-471: The old church was rebuilt in 1847. In the mid-19th century two major railway stations were built to the south of the Old Church, first King's Cross and later St Pancras . The new church is closer to Euston station . The parish of St Pancras was administered by a vestry until the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras was established in 1900. In 1965 the borough was combined with two others to form
1496-703: The old church, to better serve a rapidly growing population. There are currently 17 Church of England parishes completely contained within the boundaries of the ancient parish, all of which benefit from the distributions from the St Pancras Lands Trust and most of which are in South Camden Deanery in the Edmonton Area of the Diocese of London . In the Middle Ages it had "disreputable associations", and by
1540-544: The same time, a residential district was built to the south and east of the church, usually known as Somers Town . In 1822 the new church of St Pancras was dedicated as the parish church . The site was chosen on what was then called the New Road (now Euston Road ) which had been built as London's first bypass, the M25 of its day. The two sites are about a kilometre apart. The new church is Grade I listed for its Greek Revival style ;
1584-530: The southern boundary with Holborn . The course of this watercourse is now marked, in part, by Roger Street (formerly known as Henry Street). The tree which gave the Gospel Oak district its name, formed part of the boundary with neighbouring Hampstead . The boundaries of St Pancras include take in around half of the modern London Borough of Camden , including Camden Town , Kentish Town , Somers Town , Gospel Oak , King's Cross , Chalk Farm , Dartmouth Park ,
1628-526: The start of World War I, the St Pancras Battalion was part of the London Regiment and known as 19th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (St Pancras). The increase in wartime recruitment led to it being split into two battalions (each around a thousand strong), the 1/19th and 2/19th, with the 3/19th established as a training battalion. These three St Pancras battalions were joined by
1672-717: The wake of the Full Tilt Poker scandal. In 2003, Gordon and fellow poker pro Rafe Furst embarked on their Ultimate Sports Adventure Tour. During the trip, the pair attended more than 140 sporting events. At each stop, they collected donations, held auctions, and raffled off prizes to benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation, raising $ 100,000. During the trip, Gordon and Furst came up with the idea for their Bad Beat on Cancer , an initiative that asks World Series of Poker participants to pledge 1% of any winnings to cancer research. Bad Beat on Cancer has been involved in
1716-952: Was also the first person to reach three consecutive final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and came close to winning a WSOP bracelet. In 2013, Boatman won his first career World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #49, $ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, winning $ 546,080. In February 2024, Boatman won the European Poker Tour Paris main event for €1,287,800, his largest live cash to date. As of February 2024, he has over $ 5.4 million in live tournament winnings. Boatman grew up to socialist parents in Somerstown, London. He left school at his earliest opportunity, following pressure from his ongoing truancy . He went on to travel for some time early in his life, and has both lived and worked in Barcelona , Australia, Hong Kong , and Sri Lanka . He has worked as
1760-574: Was given to the removal of remains than in the 19th century. Old St Pancras Church and its graveyard have links to Charles Dickens , Thomas Hardy , and the Wollstonecraft circle. Open spaces in the district include: The name “St Pancras” survives in the name of the local parliamentary constituency , Holborn and St. Pancras . One of the political wards in Camden is called St Pancras and Somers Town; however, ward boundaries are chosen to divide
1804-596: Was left alone for over thirty years until the building of the Midland Railway required the removal of many of the graves. Thomas Hardy , then a junior architect and later a novelist and poet, was involved in this work. He placed a number of gravestones around a tree, now known as "the Hardy Tree". The cemetery was disturbed again in 2002–03 by the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link but much more care
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1848-615: Was one of a record three back-to-back final tables, which earned him a win in the European Poker Awards Tournament Performance of the Year category. He also finished one place off a fourth consecutive final table. At the 2013 WSOP, Boatman bested a field of 2,247 entries to win Event #49, $ 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. He defeated Brian O'Donoghue in a three-hour, back-and-forth heads-up match to win his first bracelet and $ 546,080. Boatman also won another bracelet in 2015, at
1892-448: Was originally an Ancient Parish that ran from a point a little north of Oxford Street , extending north to include part of Highgate , and from today’s Regent's Park in the west to the road now called York Way in the east. These boundaries encompass much of the current London Borough of Camden . The former River Fleet formed part of the boundary with Clerkenwell , while a tributary of it – later known as Lamb’s Conduit - formed
1936-695: Was the fifth year of the tournament. When Gordon is not playing poker, he often plays tournament contract bridge with some success. He has won two North American Bridge Championships (NABC) events. In 1990, he won the Red Ribbon Pairs , an event restricted to players with 2000 masterpoints or less. At the 2008 Summer NABC in Las Vegas, Gordon was on the team that won the NABC Open Swiss Teams , beating numerous world and national champion players in this event with no masterpoint limit. Gordon appeared in
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