16 Facts About Joe Beevers

Joe Beevers won the 2007 Poker Million and finished runner-up in two further televised poker events.

Joe Beevers' father taught him how to count cards in blackjack from age 10.

Joe Beevers's father taught Beevers how to work out permutations and probabilities on a Sinclair ZX81 computer.

Joe Beevers left school at age 16, and became a part of a card-counting team with his father and two others at age 18.

Joe Beevers worked first for NatWest then for Citibank in Hammersmith.

Joe Beevers went on to attend Middlesex University as a mature student towards of the end of his 4 years playing regular blackjack, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honour's degree in Finance and Accounting at the age of 24.

Around this time, Joe Beevers placed dog racing bets for future Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani in Harrow, and they later met in Luton, starting an ongoing friendship.

Joe Beevers began to travel to tournaments and won his first major event in Amsterdam in 1997.

Joe Beevers appeared in all 6 series of the show, and is tied with Dave Colclough for a record 10 appearances.

Joe Beevers made the Grand Final in seasons 1,4 and 5.

Joe Beevers was the first member of The Hendon Mob to cash in a World Series of Poker event, placing 14th in the $2,500 pot limit Texas hold 'em event in the 1996 World Series of Poker.

Joe Beevers finished as the runner-up both to Jimmy White in the 2003 Poker Million and to Xuyen Pham in The Gaming Club World Poker Championship.

Joe Beevers finished on the TV bubble of the World Poker Tour season 3 championship and finished in the money of the 2005 WSOP $10,000 no limit hold'em main event.

Joe Beevers is the only member of The Hendon Mob who kept his original nickname given by Victoria Coren in the first article on them, in the Evening Standard in September 2000.

Joe Beevers is a season ticket holder at West Ham United FC.

Joe Beevers has twin daughters, born 21 February 2006, named Millie and Lola.