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Dave Colclough 
Nickname(s) El Blondie Hometown Birmingham Born March 4, 1964 World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) None Money finish(es) 17 Highest ITM
Main Event finish427th, 2008 World Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) 1 Money finish(es) 2 European Poker Tour Title(s) None Final table(s) None Money finish(es) 1 David E. Colclough (born 4 March 1964 in Carmarthen, Wales) is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England.
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Before poker
Prior to becoming a poker professional, Colclough worked as a computer programmer. Amongst the companies he worked for were the Post Office and the National Health Service. He left computing after the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Poker career
Colclough has had success in many poker variants. Between 2000 and 2008 he finished in the top ten overall in the European Rankings six times.[1]
His tournament accomplishments include a second at the 2000 World Series of Poker $2,000 pot limit hold'em event[2] and a final table appearance at the World Poker Tour's third season Grand Prix de Paris event, where he won €84,890 ($103,507).[3] In 2005, he reached the semi-finals of the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, earning €20,000. In 2003, he was voted European Poker Player of the Year.[4]
Colclough was inducted into the European Poker Players Hall of Fame during 2005, and at the age of 41 was the youngest inductee at that time.[4]
Colclough's BlondePoker.com website offers its own online poker room on the Playtech network.[5]
As of 2011 his total live poker tournament winnings exceed $2,650,000.[6]
Notes
- ^ Pokerineurope.com: European Poker Rankings
- ^ Hendon Mob Database: 31st World Series of Poker $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
- ^ Worldpokertour.com: Dave Colclough
- ^ a b Fulltiltpoker.com: David Colclough
- ^ Pokerscout.com: iPoker Network
- ^ Hendon Mob tournament results
External links
European Poker Awards Player of the Year 2001 Marcel Lüske · 2002 Garry Bush · 2003 Dave Colclough · 2004 Marcel Lüske · 2005 Rob Hollink · 2006 Roland De Wolfe · 2007 Alexander Kravchenko · 2008 Bertrand Grospellier · 2009 Vitaly Lunkin
Winners of the European Poker Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 Lucy Rokach · 2004 Dave Ulliott · 2005 Dave Colclough · 2006 John Duthie · 2007 Thomas Kremser · 2008 Marcel Lüske · 2009 Bruno Fitoussi
Categories:- Welsh poker players
- Gambling writers
- British computer programmers
- 1964 births
- Living people
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