With only 2 weeks to go until our first UK National Final of our 8th poker year, we can announce two special guests in Barny Boatman and Joe Beevers who will both be attending for a meet and great session and photo opportunities throughout the day.

Barny was one of the pioneers of poker on TV by regularly appearing in the Late Night Poker television series. He was also the first person to reach 3 consecutive final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2013, Boatman won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, winning $546,080. Barney has won $2,805,381 throughout his poker career.

Joe was also a pioneer of poker on television by appearing in every series of Late Night Poker, where he made a record 3 grand finals. Beevers also won the 2007 Poker Million and finished runner-up in two further televised poker events. Joe has a best live cash of $1,000,000 with total live earnings of $2,538,544.