English poker player (born 1963)
Simon Trumper Nickname(s) Aces Residence South Kensington Born (1963-05-31 ) 31 May 1963 (age 61) Bracelet(s) None Money finish(es) 3 Highest ITM None
Simon Trumper (born 31 May 1963) is an English professional poker player from South Kensington , London , England.[ 1] Late Night Poker 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. He was also bullied a lot due to his surname 'Trumper'.
At the World Series of Poker he has had a 4th-place finish in the 2002 $3,000 No Limit Hold-Em event, which also featured Johnny Chan and Kathy Liebert , and a 4th-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 .[ 1] World Poker Tour .
In May 2005, he reached the fourth round of the €2,000 World Heads-Up Championship, earning €3,250.[ 2]
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.
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 2023, he has had consistent success in events around the world and his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,600,000.[ 3]
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Winners of the European Poker Awards Outstanding Tournament Performance of the Year
