John Duthie (born 13 May 1958 in Yorkshire) is an English television director turned professional poker player and promoter based in London. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The WSOP logo. ... ITM, or In The Money is a term given in poker which describes ones placement in a tournament. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Television

He started working as an assistant director on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and as a second unit director on Kavanagh QC. He later became a full director on programs such as Hollyoaks, Silent Witness, Clocking Off and As If. The Assistant director (AD) is a filmmaking role. ... The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is a TV series that ran from 1992 to 1996. ... On most every modern, large-scale movie production, the actual act of filming is usually divided up into two or more units. ... Kavanagh QC is a British television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. ... Hollyoaks is a British soap opera set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of the same name and filmed mainly at the Mersey Television studios in nearby Liverpool. ... Silent Witness is a long-running British television thriller series made by the BBCs in-house Drama Serials production department, and screened on the BBC One channel. ... Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. ... As If was a British teen comedy/drama series broadcast on Channel 4. ...

Poker

He became a well-known figure on the poker circuit when he won the televised Poker Million 2000 tournament on the Isle of Man, earning £1,000,000 ($1,426,330) by outlasting a final table that included Tony Bloom and Barny Boatman. The Poker Million is a major European poker tournament which started in 2000 on the Isle of Man. ... Tony The Lizard Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is a professional poker player from London, England. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

He later made three appearances on the Late Night Poker television series. In one episode he outlasted a field including Surinder Sunar, Julian Gardner and Marcel Lüske to qualify for the series 6 Grand Final. Late Night Poker is a British television show in which Poker players, mostly professionals or strong amateurs, compete in a short series of No-Limit Texas hold em tournament games for a prize of approximately £50,000. ... Surinder Sunar (born April 1, 1959 in Dhinpur Punjab, India) is an English professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who first gained fame as a two-time finalist (seasons 1 and 5) in the Late Night Poker television series. ... Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England. ... The Flying Dutchman Marcel Lüske (born 1953) is a professional poker player from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ...

He also had a second-place finish to Mike Sexton in the 2003 European Heads-Up Championships in Paris, France. Mike Sexton (born September 22, 1947) is an American professional poker player and commentator. ...   City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area...

Duthie came up with the idea for the European Poker Tour, using his television background to get the show running. He is also a commentator for the series. The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ...

As of 2006 his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is also a member of the PokerStars sponsored professional players known as "Team PokerStars". PokerStars. ...

According to the 6 April 2006 edition of The Sun, Duthie was flown to the filming location of Casino Royale as a consultant to add realism to poker sequences in the film. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world, standing at 3,154,881 copies daily in early 2006 [1], (compared to USA Today, the best-selling US newspaper... This article is about the 2006 film. ...

Personal life

Duthie is married and has two sons. He enjoys listening to garage, watching movies (his favourite film is On The Waterfront), and is very fond of the work of Al Alvarez. In 2005 John appeared on the chat show Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life and career. It has been suggested that UKG: UK Garage and Two-step be merged into this article or section. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. ... Al Alvarez (1929-) is an English poet, writer and critic. ... Richard Herring Heads Up with Richard Herring or HUWRH, is a British celebrity chat show written by and starring Richard Herring (the comedian formerly of Lee and Herring) and featuring professional poker players and celebrities talking about their lives, their careers and their love of poker. ...

External links

• Team PokerStars profile
• Interview by David Kelly
• Hendon Mob tournament results