Ram Vaswani Poker

by Manthra KoliyerPosted on 22 Oct, 2020

Published on April 21st, 2007 5:19 am EST If you read some of the major poker forums online, then there is a good chance that you have heard something about the dispute between Phil Ivey, Ram Vaswani and Marc Goodwin.

This English poker player, known as ‘Crazy Horse’ is the youngest member of The Hendon Mob and is of Indian origin. He is none other than Ram Vaswani, a regular on the poker circuit. Originally an English professional snooker player, Vaswani is the first and till today, the only person to reach 4 European Poker Tour (EPT) final tables. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2007, in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout event.

Vaswani grew up in Finchley, Greater London and has been playing poker from the age of 9, and at the age of 12, he has been known for organizing a low-stakes poker game with friends. At the age of 18, he played professionally before realizing that although he was making a comfortable living through the game and was living a hustler lifestyle, he was unaware about it. Vaswani has long considered seven-card stud to be the most skillful poker variant, and he built up his early poker knowledge playing the £100 game.

1. Ram 'Crazy Horse' Vaswani (born 1 September 1970 from Finchley, Greater London) is an English professional snooker player and former professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob, a group of professional poker players. He resides in Finchley with his wife Jackie and daughter Hollie.
2. Total life earnings: $3,491,177. Latest cash: $968 on 26-Dec-2017. Click here to see the details of Ram Vaswani's 134 cashes.

Vaswani met Joe Beevers while placing bets on dog racing and they later set up a private poker game together. It was in one of these games that they met both Barny and Ross Boatman. Together, the four started to be known as ‘The Hendon Mob’ and became regulars on the European poker tournament circuit. Vaswani has written multiple articles for The Hendon Mob till date and is known for his involvement in Late Night Poker.

Journalist and poker expert Victoria Coren always mentioned Vaswani’s nickname ‘The Looks’, referring to his claimed status as the best-looking among the others in the group. Vaswani’s poker career can be traced with just one belief that he holds. He has been known as an avid poker player and unpredictable, as he was known for having $100,000 in his pocket one day but the next moment nothing at all! Vaswani has indicated he is not too concerned about the outcome of bets he makes, so long as he has made the right decision in each case.

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Ram Vaswani was born in London, England in 1970. He is the youngest member of the poker playing group, The Hendon Mob. Ram Vaswani started out by playing snooker, but turned to poker after realizing he would never be one of the best snooker players in the world. Ram Vaswani once started poker games on a school field trip when he was twelve, but a teacher told them that they couldn’t play for money. Ram Vaswani’s whole purpose in setting up the poker game was to win money to buy candy, so he just convinced his friends to play poker for candy instead.

Ram Vaswani met Joe Beevers when they were placing bets on dog racing, and together, they set up a private poker game. Barny Boatman and Ross Boatman joined them later, and together, the four became known as The Hendon Mob, a team who only play poker online at Fulltilt Poker.

Ram Vaswani’s first big poker tournament win came at the 1999 Dutch Master Classics, which was the most prestigious tournament in Europe at the time. Ram Vaswani would go on to win the European Poker Classic in 2000 and the Euro Finals of Poker in 2002. Ram Vaswani first cashed in the World Series of Poker in 2001, at the $3000 No Limit Holdem event. In 2002 he would finish 3rd in the $2000 Limit Holdem event and finish 2nd in the $2000 Half Holdem Half Seven Card Stud Event. He would also have a 3rd place finish in 2004 at the $3000 No Limit Holdem event.

To date, (July, 2011), Ram Vaswani has won more than $2.9 in poker games, which is also inclusive of the poker tournaments.

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