Toby Lewis is a British professional

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player from

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. He has one

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title and $4.3m in live tournament cashes including a win at EPT London in a £1,000 side event.

Poker career

Lewis began playing online poker on Pokerstars under the screen name "810ofclubs," later moving on to live games. He had some success on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour and made a runner-up finish at PKR Live 2009 before making his biggest score to date at EPT Vilamoura. In February 2013, Lewis finished 6th in the L.A Poker Classic for $194,000.

EPT Victory

In 2010, Lewis won the record-breaking European Poker Tour event in

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. The 384-player field was a Portuguese record and Lewis earned €467,836 for beating a final table that included fellow UK poker pro

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and former

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footballer

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. In recognition of this, Lewis was nominated for "Rookie of the Year" at the European Poker Awards in 2011.

Aussie Millions Main Event Victory

On 29 January 2018 Lewis beat out 800 players to win the 2018

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Main Event for $1,178,513. A deal was made between the final 3 players giving Lewis the lion's share of the prize money. This was the largest cash of Lewis's career and after another $1million-plus

the following year in 2019, this success moved him over $6.3 million in lifetime earnings.

References

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