"Burnley" John Falconer is an English professional poker player. Location within the British Isles Burnley is a market town in the east of Lancashire in north-west England with a population of around 74,000. ... The WSOP logo. ... ITM, or In The Money is a term given in poker which describes ones placement in a tournament. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Inaugurated in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity, the European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... This article is about the card game. ...

In October 2004, Falconer finished runner-up to Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani in the European Poker Tour (EPT) first season London event, winning £117,000. He finished on the television bubble for the EPT Dublin event later the same month. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9... Ram Crazy Horse Vaswani is an English professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. ... Inaugurated in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity, the European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour. ... Below are the results of season 1 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

In March 2005, Falconer won the PaddyPowerPoker Irish Open event, defeating Alan Betson to take home the €146,000 first prize. Later the same month, Falconer made the semi-finals of the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, losing to Simon Nowab. ← - 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in March • 31 – Terri Schiavo • 30 – Mitch Hedberg • 29 – Johnnie Cochran • 27 – Wilfred Bigelow • 26 – Paul Hester • 26 – James Callaghan • 21 – Jeff Weise • 21 – Bobby Short • 19 – John De Lorean • 18 – Gary Bertini • 17 – George F... The World Heads-Up Poker Championship (WHUPC) is an annual elimination-format poker tournament of one-on-one no limit texas holdem matches. ...

Falconer also finished in the money of the 2005 World Series of Poker $10,000 no limit hold'em main event. The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ...

In October 2005, Falconer finished 2nd to Phil "The Unabomber" Laak in his heat of the William Hill Poker Grand Prix, qualifying him for the semi-final where he finished 5th. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Phil Laak in the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational event Phil Laak (pronounced lake; born 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player known widely in the poker scene as the Unabomber because of the hooded sweatshirt (given to him by Gus Hansen) and sunglasses that he wears at... Series logo The William Hill Poker Grand Prix is a poker tournament sponsored by William Hill plc shown on Sky Sports from 17 January - 14 March 2006. ...

As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $600,000. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• UK PokerNews interview
• Hendon Mob tournament results