english man, john hesp, on final table at las vegas

Great story, good luck to him.

Wonderful tory, fairytale stuff.

I must get a tv, I am gutted I might not be able to see it live

you can come round and watch mine if you like..trusting you to control your baser urges.

Read about it today, good luck to the man.

Good luck to him.

Does this mean, kenny, that you have finally decided after ten years that i am a woman?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P_qgZD1qhE

Talking about his success.

Any ideas how I could watch this online somehow? 

It is apparently on bt sport and i have bt broadband but not bt tv. I have looked it up but I doubt I could get anything put on that quickly.  Maybe I will ring bt tomorrow.  But after all the hassle I had with them to put on my landline, which i don't use, and broadband I am not looking forward to it.

Hesp lives in Bridlington, a seashore community on England's northeastern coast. He's a semi-retired owner of a company that offers caravan-vacation rentals, is married, and has four children and seven grandchildren.

Hesp has played poker recreationally for more than two decades, and his only recorded tourney cashes to date have occurred in small tourneys in the English city of Hull, nearby to Bridlington. This is Hesp's first visit to the World Series of Poker, and it will result in his first-ever WSOP cash. Hesh's lucky jacket, loaned to him by a friend, helped endear him to TV and online audiences.

Of note, Hesp owns a Delorean, the 1980's-vintage car made famous in the “Back to the Future” movies.

try this Annie

http://cricbox.net/bt-sport-espn-live-streaming-uk-hd-115

my offer of a Full television still stands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS1aUkK6l44

All the final table players.
Chip leader has 97m John 2nd with 85m other 6 between 18m and 35m.
Must have a good chance.

Bt sport is £6.75 per month if you have bt broadband, but if you dont watch tv then its pointless.

Moonbeam, my virus protect does not like the site.  Is it legal?  Bit worried about giving my details to it.

What offer of a full television, moonbeam?

Thanks akabula, good clip.  Mind you it shows how not everyone can be a presenter on tv.  The girl looked totally not interested in his amazing story.

fish on a heater

the site will always have a few issues Annie but about as legal as you 'll get without a television , as long as you have a decent antivirus it will protect you , not sure it's right channel though , as i've quit poker so won't be watching

What a great story hope he wins it proper character.

Finished day 1

Hesp 4th with 22m , 155m behind leader,
Only 7 left,

Blinds at 600k/1.2m (lowest has 14m)

Thanks, guernsey, for the info. Do you live in guernsey?

One Orbit Needs a Hit

if i were sitting online Tourney same Scenario  ,I would be dealt AQ ,I would also be Leaving the Table after the Hand

Superb effort from John Hesp.

Here's hoping he gets the big one, but a terrific result whatever the finishing position.

I see a London chap finished 8th.

John could easily finish 2nd with a bit of luck.

not sure whats happening at the the time of posting, but goooooooooo    JOHN.      good luck. 

not sure whats happening at the the time of posting, but goooooooooo    JOHN.      good luck. 

On live BT Sport

Finished 4th - $2.6m , do ya pay American tax on that ???

No don't live in there , old CB handle

B

no tax for british poker players

Had a bet on Hesp at 15 but forgot ( a few beers didn't help) there is about 1 min delay on BT Sport

Been following this, great story, and a real colourful character. 64-year-old from Hull, semi-retired and runs a caravan centre - usual level buying in for £10 in a Casino in Hull - ends up in the biggest prize in poker, the 888 Poker World Series. Unfortunately his amazing run came to an end but he still takes home £2m for 4th place. Would love to have seen him win it, especially that he was playing against some of the best, and he just seems a real good bloke, but still, what a fantastic run he had !!!

Said he has never bought any books about poker or how to be a professional player, but knows the rules of the game and just plays it his way, only an amateur player and intends to stay that way. Poker journalist Remko Rinkema posted: "John Hesp's 4th-place for $2.6 million is the second biggest cash ever by a British player."

Brilliant result, very well played.

Great story and he's made a good few friends in the poker world.
Running the 2 pair into the set earlier cost him his chance of victory.
Was good to watch him and the reaction he drew from the other players.

I am so gutted that i did not see it.  I must seriously consider getting a tv, I am missing so much good sport etc.

You're not missing much else annie.  Most of the stuff on the box is absolute garbage.  IMO.

annie if you bought a tv the wasps and flies would suffer..not much to interest them in a tv.

Final table on utube Annie.

Great story - well done John!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-40691415

I know the usual tv is usually garbage, trilby, but I am missing out on so much sport it is really starting to get to me.  I could have been watching hesp on the final table live.  I used to watch the golf, snooker, football etc and place bets but it is not so much fun gambling without watching it live.  I could maybe have seen daley win the gold live, was it live on tv?

Thanks akabula.

Nice to see a real character on TV instead of these manufactured personalities.

Starting ....

I think it was on Eurosport 2. Annie.

I can't see that it was shown on any of the main channels.

For an amateur like him to come through such a large field of over 7,200 players was really something ! And without doubt that was one of the best final tables in recent years. He played a blinder to finish up there, I was really hoping he was going to win it. Lives in Bridlington and plays poker in Hull, and probably none of 'em on that table had even heard of him before, or heard of Bridlington or Hull !

Flew his family out to Las Vegas to be with him when he got to the final.

In one interview he was talking about his poker skills, "I know the rules and I just got my way of playing it, never bought any poker books or anything. I've been a salesman in the past and I think I can read people well, their body language. And I just do what I do."

Finished 4th and he netted £2million at world's biggest poker tournament.
“I asked my wife Mandy what she wanted to do to celebrate and she said let’s just go to our holiday home caravan."

One of his friends back home was asked how he thought he had done it, "I think he’s thrown all these professionals who are wearing their shades and hoodies as he turns up in the colourful jacket and Panama hat and a big smile on his face, chatting about all sorts. No poker face."

Thanks, Diva. 

I am a bit miffed that there was no mention on the main bbc website about his achievement and it was too late for the papers I think.

Jul 22, 2017 -- 5:12PM, annie. wrote:

I am so gutted that i did not see it.

I like to listen on the radio personally, although it's not always easy to get a feel for the poker faces.

anyone interested, am on final table Big $55 poker stars right now.

Hope you were wearing a distinctive hat.

How did you get on, doantwin?

6th of 2335 Annie. Completely card dead at final table and didn't have the stack to bully.

Wish I'd seen that, I was playing on both stars and Laddies until the early hours.
Well done dw2e, I know how hard these tournerys are so 6th no mean achievement.

Only 6 entries wasn't it ?

Well done, dontwin.

Ah ....2335....not so bad.

Nice days wages fella, well done.

thanks all