Barney Boatman

Barney Boatman is a British professional poker player and author. He is best known for winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1990.

Barney was born in London, England in 1956. He learned to play poker as a child and started playing casino games at the age of 20. In 1988, he won the European Poker Tour in London, which was one of the biggest poker tournaments in Europe. In 1990, he won the WSOP Main Event, defeating 208 players to win the $1 million first prize. He is the first British player to win the WSOP Main Event.

Main Information

• Nickname: bomber100
• Nationality: British
• Residence: Archway, London, England
• Born: 1956 in St Pancras, London, UK
• Age: 68 years old
• Last Results: 12th place in the WSOP UK Main Event for £1,100

Barney Boatman Biography

Boatman played poker at home with friends and later taught his brother Ross how to play. They began attending poker tournaments together at the Vic establishment, where he won the first tournament he entered for 2,000 pounds. Together they went to a private poker game hosted by Joe Beavers and Ram Vaswani, with whom they became good friends. The four became known as the “Hendon Mafia” in later years. Together, they were invited by Nick Sheremeta to participate in the new television series Late Night Poker.

Boatman first played in a World Series of Poker tournament in 2000 in a $3,000 no-limit hold ’em event. Four days later, he played in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, finishing in 16th place. Here at the 2013 WSOP, Boatman beat 2,247 entrants to win Event #49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. In 2015, Boatman won another bracelet at the World Series Of Poker Europe in Berlin, Germany. He won Event #7, €550 Pot Limit Omaha for €54,725. He also starred in his own TV series, Barney’s Home Games, where he attended home poker games across the UK.

Poker Career

Barney Boatman continues to play poker professionally after winning the WSOP Main Event. He has won several other major tournaments, including the EPT Grand Final in 2007 and the WPT World Championship in 2019. He has also won over 5 million dollars cumulatively playing online poker. In 2013, Boatman won his first career World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #49, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $546,080. He is known worldwide for his aggressive playing style and big bluffs. The poker player is also good at the technical part, constantly studying the game to improve his skills.

Also, aside from his poker career, Barney is also a successful author. He has written several poker books, including “Poker Theory” and “The Ether Math of Poker”.

Live Poker Achievements

Poker player achievements in live poker include:

• World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner in 1990;
• World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship of Poker – in 2010;
• European Poker Tour (EPT) London – in 1988;
• EPT Grand Final in 2007;
• Master of Poker Classics in 1998 and many others.

Online Poker Achievements

Barney Boatman’s online poker achievements include the following:

• PokerFives #1 ranked online poker player in the world (2019);
• Winner of several major tournaments including PokerStars Sunday Million (2010), Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Main Event (2007), 888poker XL Eclipse Main Event (2018), and more.

Top Five Career Cash

Barney Boatman Socials

Barney Boatman is not very active on social media. He has a Х account but hasn’t posted a post since 2013. He also has a Facebook page, but it is not updated very often. The poker player is quite a secretive person, and he doesn’t like to share his personal life on social media. He prefers to focus on his poker career and his family.

• Х (https://twitter.com/barnyboatman)
• Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/barny.boatman)