John Eames

Born and raised in the English seaside town of Southport, Eames will be a familiar face to anybody that is a regular on the UK live poker scene.

Born and raised in the English seaside town of Southport, Eames will be a familiar face to anybody that is a regular on the UK live poker scene. He found the game back in 2007 and began by playing online under the alias ‘johne147’ on most sites. Just one year later, he had cracked PocketFives’ top 100 leaderboard for money earned playing MTTs – reaching an all-time high of 70th in 2008.

In 2009, John began diverting more of his attention towards the live poker scene. He picked up his first major title and six-figure score a year on when he won the 2010 EPT €2,000 No Limit Hold’em event in Vienna for $172,320. This began a remarkable streak of performances in these 2k EPT side events. One month after this big score, Eames finished runner-up at the €2,000 event at EPT Barcelona – this time earning himself $107,020. Fast forward a year, and Eames picked up his second title in the equivalent event – this one coming at EPT Prague for a prize of $136,235. Eighteen months onward, and John became a three-time EPT winner by shipping the £2,000 EPT London event for $148,120 and solidifying himself as the player to beat at these EPT side events. His many successes in these tournaments led to players renaming them the ‘John Eames Invitational’.

Since this series of EPT victories, John picked up his biggest win to date in 2014 when he emerged victorious at the $1,675 No Limit Hold’em Main Event at the WSOP Circuit stop in Las Vegas. Eames was awarded $289,706 for the accomplishment – along with a WSOP gold ring – after beating high stakes regular Matt Berkey in a heads-up showdown.

John remains a regular on the UK regional circuit and now boasts over $2,000,000 in live tournament earnings.

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Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

John Eames wins GUKPT Luton Main Event for £68,350

John Eames added the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Luton Main Event title to his already impressive resume when he outlasted a field of 239 entries to take home the £68,350 first prize.