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Roy Brindley
The Boy
Filed by Simon, publisher of UK Poker Pros · reviewed
Sourced · read 16 August 2026
Biography
Roy "The Boy" Brindley is an English professional poker player, now living in Wicklow, Ireland.
| Filed from | England |
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| Origin | Southampton |
| Sheet | UK |
- Roy "The Boy" Brindley is an English professional poker player, now living in Wicklow, Ireland.
- Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.
Public career
Roy "The Boy" Brindley is an English professional poker player, now living in Wicklow, Ireland.
How to read a cash
Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit. See our guide: Cashes are not profit.
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Public chronology
Roy "The Boy" Brindley (born 10 June 1969 in Southampton) is an English professional poker player, now living in Wicklow, Ireland.
Brindley moved to America in 1995 to continue training greyhounds, but moved back soon after. Following some personal crises Brindley ended up living on the street.
Following spells as a TV presenter for regional TV (Town TV, Andover), freelance journalist and as a magazine editor (Greyhound Monthly Magazine), he took up poker playing on arrival in Ireland in 2001.
After seeing a documentary on Noel Furlong winning the 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Brindley took up poker in early 2001.
Brindley also finished third in the 2005 William Hill Poker Grand Prix, second in the Masterclassics of Poker Omaha event in 2006, second in the Paris Open of Poker in 2007 and won the televised Betfair Poker Masters of
His autobiography, Life's a Gamble, was published on 26 February 2009 by Transworld.
From the Spring of 2012 Brindley has acted as the resident F1 betting expert on At The Races. In July 2013 he appeared on Calvin Ayre TV where he announced he was in legal litigation with his sponsors of nine years, Ladb
In the mid-late 2010's Brindley wrote for BetVictor's blog and Gambling.com. He has made the odd foray back into poker. In 2017 he beat 1,238 rivals to land the LS30 Series in Dublin. He also represented Ireland at the M
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