09/05/06
Bruce holds Poker Seminar for KBR employees and finishes with Elvis tribute
14/07/05
Bruce cashes 6 times at WSOP and finishes in the money in the main event
21/11/04
Bruce Qualifies
Bruce qualifies
for 2005 Poker Million by winning a seat on Ladbrokes Raked
Hands Freeroll
20/08/04
Bruce wins $20,000 in one week
Bruce wins $20,000 in 1 week on Ladbrokespoker.com
including the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise on 10/10/04
16/07/03
Elvis is 7-Card King
After recovering from a gruelling month in Las Vegas where he
won four seats into the big one, Bruce Atkinson could not help
becoming Elvis again in the European Championships at the Vic.
He had been prepared to take less when a deal had been struck
at Mike Magee 185K, Men the Master 165K and Bruce 145K, but
Men changed his mind. After receiving a necessary portion of
verbal abuse, Men attempted to steal a pot from Bruce, who had
checked his straight on card 6. No improvement on the end meant
that Bruce was now chip leader. Multi gold bracelet winner Men
was unable to recover and a new deal was struck between Mike
and Bruce. After plying him with Champagne, Vic manager Terry
Schofield persuaded the new champion to transform himself into
the King of Rock and Roll. Not needing to be asked twice, Elvis
proceeded to entertain upstairs downstairs and in reception.
25/5/03 World Series of Poker - Las
Vegas
Las Vegas usually means lost wages. Not many poker players
make a profit after 28 days of tournaments without cashing
in the first four. Bruce 'Elvis' Atkinson got off to a flying
start by winning a super satellite seat for the big one. He
then proceeded to win three more, two of them on the same
day. Not satisfied with this, shared a further four single
table satellites and winning one outright for $10, 000. In
the main events, Bruce found it a little harder, although
he placed in three out of the five he entered, finally coming
sixty first in the 'big one' for $15k. The day before the
start of the main event he togged up in full Elvis regalia
upstairs and downstairs at The Horseshoe. But Bruce has a
disappointment apart from not yet winning a big one. His son
Greg is at Oxford reading Chemistry and he missed the recent
tournament held at the Union. "I will not miss the renewal
next year", says Bruce.
Elvis is joining
Jimmy White and Steve Davis in the final of the Ladbrokes.com
Poker
Million Masters on the 16th March 2003. The action can
be caught every week from the 7th February on Sky Sports,
where you can follow the progress of the celebrities and a
selection of the world's best poker players chasing the £100,000
prize.
17/12/02 London
Metropole
Elvis joined the
Ladbrokes Poker Million Champagne reception at London's Hotel
Metropole. Dressed in full regalia he provided impromptu entertainment
with Dave (Devil Fish) Ulliott on guitar. Elvis sang 'All
Shook Up', 'Blue Suede Shoes' and 'Wooden Heart' raising £400
for the Martletts Hospice in Hove.
Elvis
joined show-biz wizard Dan the Man and Lady Caroline in a
charity gig at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton on the 8th
December 2002. They raised over £800 for the Martletts
Hospice in Hove. Quipped Elvis "The King got his own
back when I hurt my foot jumping off a table after singing
'Blue Suede Shoes'.
In Elvis attire
with my wife Sally and Sheila Hill, who represented The Martlets
Hospice
August 2002 –
UK Open Poker Championships, Luton
‘…Bruce
Atkinson won the opener, a £100 pot limit hold’em
for £9,000 and made third spot for another £5,000
in the £100 7-card-stud the following day. He gave a
demonstration that there is no limit to his talents by turning
up the following day disguised as Elvis Presley and proceeded
to entertain the entire casino with an impromptu set from
the king of rock and roll. When there’s rock and roll
music and something to play it on around Dave ‘Devil
Fish’ Ulliott is never far behind so he joined in the
jam session accompanying Bruce, who in real life is an accountant,
explained that his homage to the king (of whom he has been
a lifelong fan) was to join in the global celebrations to
mark the 25th anniversary of the rock star’s death.’
Poker Europa, September
2002
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