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As a child, Trumper was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after finishing a mathematics exam. He started playing in [[1995]] when he entered a £10 tournament in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] with a friend on a night out. |
As a child, Trumper was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after finishing a mathematics exam. He started playing in [[1995]] when he entered a £10 tournament in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] with a friend on a night out. |
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At the [[World Series of Poker]] he has had a 4th place finish in the [[2001 World Series of Poker|2001]] $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event (which also featured Johnny Chan and [[Kathy Liebert]]; and a 5th place finish in the [[2005 World Series of Poker|2005]] $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (which also featured [[Todd Brunson]], [[Barry Greenstein]] (who lost a critical pot to Simon, and then complained about it in his blog.), [[Erik Seidel]] and [[Julian Gardner|Julian "The Kid" Gardner]]. He has not yet featured in the [[World Poker Tour]]. |
At the [[World Series of Poker]] he has had a 4th place finish in the [[2001 World Series of Poker|2001]] $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event (which also featured Johnny Chan and [[Kathy Liebert]]; and a 5th place finish in the [[2005 World Series of Poker|2005]] $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (which also featured [[Todd Brunson]], [[Barry Greenstein]] (who lost a critical pot to Simon, and then complained about it in his blog.), [[Erik Seidel]] and [[Julian Gardner (poker player)|Julian "The Kid" Gardner]]. He has not yet featured in the [[World Poker Tour]]. |
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In May 2005, he reached the fourth round of the €2,000 World Heads-Up Championship, earning €3,250. |
In May 2005, he reached the fourth round of the €2,000 World Heads-Up Championship, earning €3,250. |
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Revision as of 14:37, 20 May 2007
| Simon Trumper | |
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| File:Simontrumper.jpg Simon Trumper in Late Night Poker episode 2.3 | |
| Nickname(s) | Aces |
| Residence | South Kensington |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | None |
Simon "Aces" Trumper (born 31 May, 1963) is an English professional poker player from South Kensington, London, England. He is chiefly noted as the winner of Late Night Poker series 2 and runner-up of series 4. Trumper also commentated on the Late Night Poker Ace spin-off series alongside Jesse May.
As a child, Trumper was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after finishing a mathematics exam. He started playing in 1995 when he entered a £10 tournament in Reading with a friend on a night out.
At the World Series of Poker he has had a 4th place finish in the 2001 $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event (which also featured Johnny Chan and Kathy Liebert; and a 5th place finish in the 2005 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event (which also featured Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein (who lost a critical pot to Simon, and then complained about it in his blog.), Erik Seidel and Julian "The Kid" Gardner. He has not yet featured in the World Poker Tour.
In May 2005, he reached the fourth round of the €2,000 World Heads-Up Championship, earning €3,250.
Trumper owns a pair of gold and diamond aces to cap his cards as a good luck charm. He admires Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, T.J. Cloutier and Erik Seidel above all other poker players.
Outside of poker, Trumper owns a drainage company. He is a non-smoker, and would like to see smoking banned from all poker games. Trumper suffers from the hair loss condition, Alopecia.
As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $950,000.
He now lives in Guildford, Surrey. He has a daughter called Kylie Scobie-Trumper.