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Latest News
23/8/14 - Elvis in full regalia at wedding of Sheila and Dennis at Piltdown Golf Club. Someone said "You are better than Elvis" I replied "Yeah-but he's dead".
24/4/14 - Azamara Med.Cruise. Elvis sings every night until poker at 11pm. Can't win much but the drinks are free.
25/1/14 - Burns Night celebrations and Elvis sings "My Love is like a red, red rose" What a riot.
20/10/13 - Elvis-Senior meets "German Elvis" Dirk Holfelder in Germersheim near Frankfurt. Both gave their best performance and lots of fun.
5/10/13 - UKIPT High Roller in London. Bruce cashes $6680.
31/5/13 - GUKPT Portsmouth see Elvis-Senior on YouTube.
28/2/13 - GUKPT London Bruce gets in the money at $3609.
9/7/12 - Short trip to Las Vegas raises $6672.
2/6/12 - LCIPT Brighton 1st place for Bruce and $15666.
7/4/12 - Couple of Bank holiday cashes for $3000.
9/1/12 - Elvis gig in Dublin plus poker cash of $1170.
24/10/11 - Taking on Europeans in the EPT San Remo Italy results in a cache of $14890
28/8/11 - Back in my home town cashing $3596.
19/5/11 - PKR LIVE in London Bruce cashes $3443.
17/3/11 - Annual Elvis appearance at El Jadida Morocco lasted all week!
11/1/11 - Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure, Bruce Cashes $11800.
28/10/10 - EPT Vienna. 5th Place and $34464.
29/9/10 - UKIPT Grand Final in London - Bruce Cashes $29733.
30/8/10 - Big Win at WPT London, $145024. See Elvis Senior on YouTube for 2 interviews.
10/7/10 - Local Poker Tourney - Bruce cashes $4725.
24/2/10 - LATIN AMERICAN POKER TOUR in Uruguay. Bruce cashes $6250 and Elvis does a 60th Birthday Party.
24/10/09 - Elvis swings into action at Charity Event in Mayfair.
20/10/09 - Bruce wins seat for Latin American Poker Tour.
4/10/09 - The European Poker Tour comes to London and Bruce is waiting! Second place for \A364200 is landed after two gruelling days of play.
5/9/09 - Bruce's birthday party in Brighton and guess what - Elvis appears.
16/8/09 - Elvis is in action at The Crown and Anchor, Shoreham by Sea to celebrate "Elvis Day" - 32nd Anniversary of his passing.
11/6/09 - WSOP after 2 days of hard graft, he makes the money again!
3/6/09 - WSOP in Las Vegas, Bruce cashes $4520.
7/12/08 - Meetings in Las Vegas. Discussion with potential sponsors of Ladies Poker Hall of Fame.
1/9/08 - Sponsors sought to promote Hall of Fame tourneys. Promises, but no follow up.
7/7/08 - Caesars Palace, Las Vegas: Bruce wins $5675.
05/02/08 - Roland de Wolfe and Gus Hansen are invited to join the The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
04/02/08 - Bruce qualifies for EPT in San Remo, Italy
05/01/08 - Bruce wins $10,000 entry to EPT in Nassau
06/09/07 - WSOP comes to London. No luck for Bruce
19/08/07 - Bruce wins 13,500 pounds and 1st place at Golden Sands Poker Tourney in Torquay
16/08/07 - Full Elvis regalia needed for gig at Oblong Restaurant in Brighton to mourn the death of Elvis
20/07/07 - Mixed results at WSOP. Placed in the money in 2 events
03/06/07 - Elvis gig at Tony Hiller's party in London
02/06/07 - Bruce entertains Elvis stle at the Elliot wedding in York. Johnny B Goode is a big hit
23/03/07 - Annual Gold Holiday to Morocco ends with Elvis tribute
01/10/06 - Harry Demetriou is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
01/09/06 - Carlos Mortensen of Spain who won the 2001 WSOP Championship is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
09/08/06 - Bellagio Cup:Bruce makes amends by winning $47375 and 1st place in Cup Tourney.
01/08/06 - Rob Hollink is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
01/07/06 - Bruce wins seat for WSOP,but gets knocked out in first round!
09/05/06 - Bruce holds poker seminar for KBR employees and finishes with ELVIS tribute
March/April 06 - Bruce just fails to get into ladbrokes Poker Million but cashes $25,000 in 2 Tourneys
14/01/06 - Ladbrokes Poker Cruise.
5/01/06 - Mickey Wernick is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame.
6/01/06 - Eli Marcianno (France) wins the European Poker Players Hall of Fame Classic in Paris (52,150 Euros).
01/12/05 - Tribecca network hold satellites for the European Poker Players Hall of Fame.
06/08/05 - Bruce wins package for Ladbrokes Poker Cruise.
24/07/05 - Dave Colclough is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
24/07/05 - Marcel Luske wins Hall of Fame in Paris collecting a record EUR 119000
14/07/05 - Bruce cashes 6 times at WSOP and finishes in the money in the main event
1/4/05 - Marcel Luske is inducted into The European Poker Players Hall of Fame
2/3/05 - Message from the President
18/02/05 - Bruce finishes 2nd in heat for Poker Million. This heat is likely to be shown on Sky TV in April
12/02/05 - Devil Fish wins The European Poker Players Hall of Fame Challenge in Paris winning EURO 38,440.
08/01/05 - Bruce performs at Helen Whitwell's 50th birthday party in the Cotswolds which is also the anniversary of ELVIS's birthday.
01/01/05 - Ben Roberts is confirmed as the fifth inductee into the European Poker Players Hall of Fame
21/11/04 - Bruce qualifies for 2005 Poker Million by winning a seat on Ladbrokes Raked Hands Freeroll.
01/10/04 - Devil Fish becomes fourth inductee into the EUROPEAN POKER PLAYERS HALL OF FAME
01/09/04 - Satellites begin on Ladbrokespoker.com for the EUROPEAN POKER
PLAYERS HALL OF FAME CHALLENGE
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20/08/04- Bruce wins $20,000 in 1 week on Ladbrokespoker.com including the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise on 10/10/04.
16/07/04 - Latest Hall of Fame inductee Bruno Fitoussi won the inaugural European Poker Players
Hall of Fame Classic in Paris - See photos
9/07/04 - Hall of Famer Donnacha ODea wins Poker Million The Masters 11 live on Skysports.
4/07/04 - Bruce finishes 12th in the European Championship at the Vic.
 
01/07/04 - Bruno Fitoussi is confirmed as the third inductee into the European Poker Players Hall of Fame
25/06/04 to 28/06/04- Bruce in full ELVIS regalia at televised World Poker championship in Dublin.
29/04/04 - 28/05/04 - Bruce attends WSOP in Las Vegas. Placed 4 times in the money and he wins 3 10K seats for the big one. Media Director Nolan Dalla books 2 live Elvis performances at the Horseshoe - see photos
01/04/04 - Surinder Sunar is inducted into the European Poker Players Hall of Fame
Poker Million – The Masters II.
Barry Hearn has invited Elvis to appear in the above event. Filming Dates are February 10-13 2004, March 2-5 2004 - First round, Sky Sports Studios, Osterley, West London. See the Poker Million Website.
Crown Casino Poker Championships. Melbourne, January 2004. Elvis has been asked to do a gig and play in this event.
30/11/03 Elvis will attend Oxford University and play in the Oxford Cup. Multi gold bracelet winner Phil Helmuth is also coming from USA.
Master Classics of Poker
3rd - 9th November 2003. Elvis attended this tournament. It was a tremendous success and many records were broken. On 7-11 just before the final of the big one Elvis dressed up in full regalia and entertained a crowd of over 2000 in the casino. See the Photos.
16/8/03 Elvis appeared at the Grosvenor Casino, Luton. This is the anniversary of Elvis’ death – see press August 2002 for last year’s report.
16/7/03 Elvis is 7 Card King
25/5/03 World Series of Poker -
Las Vegas.
16/3/03 Poker Million The Masters final live on Sky Television. Bruce joined Jimmy White and Steve Davis in this nail biting event finishing third and collecting $50,000. See Report.
08/12/02 Elvis Senior supports Martlets Hospice, Hove.

 







 

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