Willie "The Dice Man" Tann is an English professional poker player.

Tann was born in Singapore and came to England to study law in the 1960s.

Tann has numerous nicknames on the poker circuit. Although usually called "The Dice Man", he also goes by the monikers '"The Governor" and "Mister Miyagi".

Tann made one appearance on the original televised poker show Late Night Poker, finishing 3rd in his heat behind Padraig Parkinson and Ken Lennaárd. In later years he would also play in the European Poker Tour.

Tann mentored Zac Goldsmith (editor of The Ecologist) in poker, leading Goldsmith to his 3rd place finish in the 2004 Poker Million.

Tann made a final table at the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event of the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP), receiving $26,910 for his 4th place finish behind Johnny Chan. In 2005 he won a WSOP bracelet in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event, to take home a prize of $188,335. In the 2007 World Series of Poker Tann cashed in the money for the first time in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event coming in 77th place out of a field of 6,358 players, winning $106,382

Tann is a spokesman for Betfairpoker. He qualified for the 2005 WSOP Main Event via an online tournament on the site, eliminating the site founder Andrew Black in the process.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,300,000.

Tann currently lives in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. He is married and has one son.

External links[link]

• Hendon Mob tournament results
• Gutshot Card Club tournament results
• Out of it with Willie Tann
• Willie Tann's poker tips at Insidepoker
• Bio & Gallery

Richard 'Chufty' Ashby (born 1972)^[1] is a professional poker player from London. He was given the name 'Chufty' by his friends at University, due to Richard's frequency of using the term "chuffed".

Richard picked up poker at his local tennis club, as well as playing for pennies with his father.^[2] In the mid nineties, he played his first tournament, a £10 Stud tournament. A few years later he earned entry into the Aussie Millions. After he bust from the first tournament, he put his entire $4,000 bankroll on the line in a cash game and spun it up to $100,000. By the end of the week he had lost it all.

Richard's first recorded win came at 2001 Grosvenor UK Open in Luton when he won £10,500 in the £100 Pot Limit Seven Card Stud Event.^[3] Since then, he's accrued over half a million dollars in live tournament winnings including final table finishes at the 2007 Manchester GUKPT and the 2009 Aussie Millions, the latter of which earned him A$ 150,000 for his seventh place finish.

However, Richard openly admits that he needs to work on his live game, and is much better known as an online player, in particular on Black Belt Poker where was recently acquired as one of their sponsored pros in September 2010. Richard can often been seeing playing on the site in some of the highest stakes available, and against many of the biggest names in poker.

Richard's favoured game is Omaha, and he is good friends with fellow Omaha specialist Ben Grundy. For a while, they played in the same games, but eventually realised that it was a pointless exercise and decided to avoid each other from there on in. As well as Grundy, Richard considers France's David Benyamine to be the best Omaha player in Europe, although he cites Phil Ivey as the only player he would consider sitting out against.^[4]

In July 2009, Richard emerged as online poker's biggest cash winner when he earned a total of $1,824,074 over the four week period. This success garnered him much interest, in particular on the Two Plus Two forums where the nosebleed stakes are avidly followed.

On June 13, 2010 Richard won the World Series of Poker Event #21, a $1,500 seven card stud event, winning $140,467 in the process. He followed that success less than two weeks later by finishing 2nd in World Series of Poker Event #43, the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, netting him $378,027 in winnings.

On September 24, 2010 Richard won Event #54 of the World Championship Of Online Poker, the $2,100 Pot Limit Omaha 6-max event. He was successful out of a field of 480 players, collecting his first WCOOP bracelet along with $185,760 in winnings.^[5]

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External links[link]

• Hendon Mob tournament results
• Full Tilt Poker Profile
• Black Belt Poker Interview