Paul Jackson

Playing online under the infamous moniker ‘actionjack’, Paul was described by the “Voice of poker”, Jesse May as the “most winning tournament player in the history of Ladbrokespoker.com.”

In addition, he has won many online tournaments on all of the major sites and is generally regarded as one of the most successful online tournament players in Europe.

In terms of live poker, Paul’s greatest achievement was his second place finish in the Monte Carlo Millions, losing heads up to Phil Ivey, but receiving $600,000 for his efforts. Included in that game, was one of the most reported and discussed hands in poker history, and put forward as one of the best televised hands of poker ever seen.

Other notable achievements include winning the 1000 euro event and finishing runner up in the world heads up event during the same week in Barcelona. In total, Paul has now amassed over $1 Million in tournament winnings.

Paul has appeared on many televised poker tournaments and is often interviewed on TV, as a player and expert. He regularly featured as the Poker Godfather (teaching online players how to improve) in The Poker Channel’s top-rated TV series.

Paul’s articles are much in demand, and are regularly published on many leading web sites, from industry ones to the BBC and is a regular contributor to several popular poker magazines. He has also guested on several radio broadcasts on poker related issues, including BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4’s ‘Word of Mouth’ series.

Following his successful ownership of now ipoker site Uncoverpoker.com and as a very experienced live and online poker player Paul took the position of Director of Poker for DTDpoker.com and used his experience to ensure that DTDpoker.com customers are well looked after, respected and accommodated in terms of their thirst for poker. He also looked after and developed their online academy and trader scheme

Through various roles at both live and online poker sites, Paul has become a poker mentor to hundreds of developing poker players. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge with fellow players at tgfpoker.com

Summary of significant results:

03-Jan-2009

Ireland

€ 750 No Limit Hold'em
2009 PartyPoker Irish Poker Championship,Galway

5th

€ 5,500

Jan-2008

International

$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
2008 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise., Caribbean

4th

$ 16,180

22-Nov-2007

England

£ 750 No Limit Hold'em
Midland Masters 2007,Walsall

2nd

£ 14,190

01-Jul-2007

United States

$ 10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007,Las Vegas

36th

$ 22,137

15-Jun-2007

England

£ 500 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Great British Poker Tour - Bournemouth,Bournemouth

4th

£ 10,160

07-Jun-2007

England

£ 500 No Limit Hold'em
Midlands Meltdown 2007, Walsall

1st

£ 16,400

07-Oct-2006

England

£ 500 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Gutshot London Poker Masters, London

2nd

£ 15,241

09-Jun-2006

England

£ 300 Pot Limit Omaha
The Midlands Meltdown,Walsall

1st

£ 4,900

21-May-2006

Spain

€ 2,500 World Heads Up Poker Championship
World Headsup Poker Championships 2006,Barcelona

2nd

€ 60,000

20-May-2006

Spain

€ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
World Headsup Poker Championships 2006,Barcelona

1st

€ 52,800

22-Mar-2006

England

£ 1,000 Pot Limit Omaha
European Poker Classics, London

5th

£ 4,800

07-Mar-2006

Monaco

€ 10,000 EPT Grant Final - No Limit Hold'em
EPT Grand Final,Monte Carlo

26th

€ 16,800

18-Feb-2006

England

£ 1,000 The Birmingham Open - No Limit Hold'em
Heart of England Poker Festival, Birmingham

2nd

£ 16,400

20-Nov-2005

Monaco

$ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em
2005 Monte Carlo Millions, Monte Carlo

2nd

$ 600,000

13-Sep-2005

Spain

€ 300 Pot Limit Omaha
Barcelona Open 2005,Barcelona

4th

€ 10,600

23-Apr-2005

Northern Ireland

£ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
The Cavendish Club Classic, Belfast

1st

£ 30,000

27-Nov-2004

England

£ 1,500 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Midland Masters 2004,Walsall

1st

£ 32,000

22-May-2004

United States

$ 10,000 World Championship Event
35th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2004,Las Vegas

183rd

$ 10,000

22-Nov-2000

England

£ 100 Pot Limit Holdem
Midland Masters 2000,Walsall

1st

£ 15,300