Michael Greco (born to Italian parents in 1970 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland) is a British actor and poker player, now living in England. Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. ... The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about Dunbar in Scotland. ... East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... A game of Texas holdem, the most popular form of poker, in progress. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Television work

Greco is best known for coming from a long line of ice cream men from Dunbar. Also, on a lesser scale for his role as Beppe di Marco in the British soap opera, EastEnders from 1998-2002. Beppe di Marco was a fictional caracter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[3] and continuing to date. ...

Greco also appeared in Celebrity Love Island in 2005. He was a contestant on ITV's Soapstar Superstar in January 2006, and played in the Rest of the World team versus England in the Soccer Aid match in 2006. Celebrity Love Island is an ITV reality TV show, in which 1 Irish and 11 single British celebrities go to a Fiji island in hopes of finding love. ... Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition which first aired on British television station ITV1 in 2006. ... Soccer Aid was a British charity event held on 27 May 2006 that raised £3 million in aid of UNICEF. The event was a football match between two teams comprising celebrities and World Cup legends, one representing England and the other the Rest of the World. ...

In summer 2006 Michael finished filming the leading role in the independent feature film Naked in London opposite another ex Eastender Jake Maskall Jake Maskall is a British actor who appeared in the TV soap opera EastEnders, in which he played ladies man and bad boy Danny Moon. ...

Greco is often ridiculed by Russell Brand on Big Brother's Big Mouth, using his character name, Beppe. Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex) is an English comedian and radio/television personality. ... Big Brothers Big Mouth (formerly Big Brothers EFourum) is a discussion programme based around the reality television series Big Brother, hosted by comedian Russell Brand. ...

Poker

He is also a keen poker player (he was mentored by "Mad" Marty Wilson). He started off playing ring games at The Vic, but now concentrates on poker tournaments. He has commented that his skills as a trained actor have allowed him to give off false tells that he learnt from Mike Caro's Book of Tells. Mad Marty Wilson is an English professional poker player from Wolverhampton. ... Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker. ... In poker, a tell is a detectable change in a players behavior that gives clues to that players assessment of their hand. ... Mike Mad Genius Caro (born May 16, 1944) is a professional poker player and author of poker books. ...

He went on to appear in the 2005 Poker Million, World Speed Poker Open and Monte Carlo Millions as well as for Team Italy in the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup. He also made the final table of the second season European Poker Tour event in Dublin. The Poker Million is a major European poker tournament which started in 2000 on the Isle of Man. ... The World Speed Poker Open (WSPO) is an international poker tournament held under Speed Poker rules. ... The Monte Carlo Millions was the first ever poker tournament to be staged in the city-state of Monaco. ... The PartyPoker. ... Below are the results of season 2 of the European Poker Tour (EPT). ... The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Greco made the Grand Final of the 2006 Showbiz Poker event. He finished 2nd when his K♦ Q♦ made two pair on the 8♦ Q♥ K♠ flop, but the 4♥ T♣ that followed allowed Norman Pace to complete his straight from his A♦ J♣ hole cards. He had also finished 2nd to Pace in the semi-final round and in the celebrity heat of the PartyPoker.com World Open. // This article refers to standard poker hands only, otherwise refer to non-standard poker hand In poker, certain combinations of cards, or hands, outrank other hands, based on the frequency with which these combinations appear. ... The flop in poker refers to the dealing of the first three face-up cards to the board, or to those three cards themselves. ... Norman Pace is a British comedian and actor, born 17 February 1953, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale. ... // This article refers to standard poker hands only, otherwise refer to non-standard poker hand In poker, certain combinations of cards, or hands, outrank other hands, based on the frequency with which these combinations appear. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... PartyGaming Plc (LSE: PRTY) is an online gambling company, best known for its online poker room PartyPoker. ...

In 2005 he appeared on the chatshow Heads Up with Richard Herring to discuss his life, career and his love of poker. 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. ...

Greco does not play online poker and has stated that he does not even own a computer. Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ... A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ...

Greco's flatmate, actress Chloe Bale also plays poker and appeared in the 888.com Women's Poker UK Open.

External links

• Michael Greco at the Internet Movie Database
• Bluff Magazine interview