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A former association football player, Anthony Guy "Tony" Cascarino, has made his name as a striker for various British and French football clubs and for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Playing in live and online casinos, Tony just made his name standout again as his Poker skills reveal winning poker tournaments.
Surprising skills reveal when the Tony strike the Poker table winning numerous tournaments. His notable winning was in 2009 at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em Championship GUKPT, grabbing the 1st place. Held at the Vic in London, Tony has managed to beat a field of 183 players to take down the top prize of 168,800. Cascarino also won the GUKPT Bolton Main Event in 2008, and now he moved to the all-time GUKPT money list with around 250,000 in earnings.
Poker Player Profile
Tony Cascarino was born in England, on September 1, 1962, aged 47. He was a professional footballer (playing as a striker) up until 2000. He played for Gillingham, Millwall, Aston Villa, Celtic, Chelsea, Marseille and Nancy. Although he was born in England he qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland. Cascarino already made 88 International appearances, scoring 19 goals.
As a celebrity poker player, Tony has also been seen playing poker on UK television and participate in various poker tournaments. He has 3 first place finishes and a total winnings of $523,434. Cashes of 14 and got the prorank 1 position of 6665.
Tony Cascarino Poker Tournament Results includes:
- EPT London/Season 7 UKIPT London/Season 1 , EPT No Limit Hold'em Championship (86th place, $14,658) in Sep 29, 2010
- Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - GRAND FINAL, No Limit Hold'em Championship GUKPT Grand Final (1st place, $253,909) in Nov 26, 2009
- Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Grand Final, No Limit Hold'em GUKPT GRAND FINAL (6th place, $54,795) in Nov 27, 2008
- Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Leg 7 (GUKPT), Main Event - No Limit Hold'em (1st place, $99,078) in Sep 4, 2008
- Caribbean Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em (1st place, $28,400) in Nov 27, 2006
