Paul Jackson (born 1965?) is an
English professional
poker
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player from
Birmingham.
Early years
Prior to poker, Jackson worked as a tax manager for a
Chartered Accountant.
Poker career
Jackson started off playing
brag and later played
blackjack
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and
roulette
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in
casinos. At one casino, he saw poker being played and picked up the game in 1985, choosing a nickname based on the
Carl Weathers film
Action Jackson.
Jackson is best known as an
online poker player (he once won two large online
poker tournaments in the same night), but has also made numerous high finishes in major live events.
Jackson had intended to play in the 2005 London Open event, but had already booked a holiday that coincided. He went on to call
Iwan Jones, whom he knew from playing online at
Ladbrokes and bought a third of his action along with
Nick Gibson. Jones won the $750,000 first prize, resulting in Jackson making $250,000 whilst in a
caravan
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in
Dorchester.
Jackson made a strong finish in the 2005
Monte Carlo Millions event. One hand from the event, where
Phil Ivey's
Q♥ 8♥ and Jackson's 6â™
5♦ bluffed against each other continuously is considered to be one of the best hands of
poker broadcast on television. Jackson also pointed out that Ivey stared him down for 7 minutes during the hand, which was edited out of the televised version. In the final hand, Jackson moved all-in with
Q♥ J♥ and Ivey called with K♣
Q♦. The board of
T♥ 6♣ 9♣ 2♠5♠failed to improve either players' hand, and Jackson was eliminated in second place, for $600,000.
Jackson finished in the money of the
World Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2005 (final 16) and 2006 (runner-up.) Along the way he eliminated
Juan Carlos Mortensen
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in the quarter-final and
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in the semi-final. He also finished in the money of the
2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event and the
European Poker Tour (EPT) second season grand final.
As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,375,000.
Hendon Mob tournament results
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Jackson has also appeared in The Poker Godfather
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series, travelling around Britain giving poker players advice.
Notes
References
* Swimming with the Devilfish by Des Wilson,
External links
UKPokerNews interview Part 1
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English blackjack players
English poker players
Living people
Year of birth uncertain
Year of birth missing (living people)