Garry "The Whacker" Bush is an English professional poker player[1][2] based in London.
| Garry Bush | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Whacker |
| Residence | London, UK |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 219th, 2005 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
Poker career
editBush started off as a cash game player in North London, but turned to tournaments in the late 1990s. Since then he has had numerous high finishes in limit, no limit and pot limit hold'em, Omaha and seven card stud.
2000
editIn April 2000 he followed a 5th-place finish in the Great Britain Poker Championships £500 Pot Limit Hold'em event with a 3rd-place finish in the I£600 Irish Open No Limit Hold'em.[3][4] In August 2000 he won the £100 Pot Limit 7-card stud tournament to take home the £13,455 grand prize, defeating a final table including Willie Tann and Simon "Aces" Trumper.[5]
2001
editBush made four final tables at the Great Britain Hold'em Championships in Birmingham in March 2001, including a win in the £500 Pot Limit Hold'em event, defeating a field including "Gentleman" Liam Flood and Lucy "Golden Ovaries" Rokach.[6][7][8][9]
In August 2001 he finished 2nd in the £500 No Limit Hold'em event at the Grosvenor UK Open, with the final table including Dave Welch, Peter "The Poet" Costa and Tony "The Lizard" Bloom.[10] The next month he won the Limit Hold'em event at the Austrian Classics tournament in Vienna.[11]
He finished the year with another three tournament wins: the Limit Hold'em event at the Moscow Open, the Pot Limit Omaha event at the Winter Tournament Olympia and the Limit 7-card Stud tournament in the Helsinki Freezeout.[12][13][14]
2002
editIn April 2002 Bush made his one and only appearance on Late Night Poker, finishing 5th in the heat won by Surinder Sunar and also featuring "Mad" Marty Wilson, Dave Welch and Victoria Coren. His heat is often remembered for his raise with a pair of 6's, which made Coren lay down Ace-King and also made Welch lay down a pair of Jacks.
In June 2002 he took first prize in the Pot Limit Hold'em event at the Taleon Masters in St Petersburg.[15]
Bush made another 18 final table appearances in the remainder of the year, including another three wins.[16][17][18]
His success throughout the year led to him winning the European Poker Player of the Year award for 2002.
2003
editAlthough Bush did not win any major tournaments in 2003, he made 13 final tables in 4 different countries. Arguably his greatest achievement in 2003 was a 3rd-place finish in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament in the Irish Winter Tournament in Dublin.[19]
2004
editIn 2004 Bush achieved his greatest successes to date. His second-place finish in the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) earned him $139,540 at the end of a lengthy event that included Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani and Phil Hellmuth Jr.[20] He followed this with a 5th-place finish in the Victor Poker Cup, earning a further £15,000 in July 2004.[21]
Bush played in the inaugural European Poker Tour tournament in September 2004, making the final table in Barcelona.[22] He rounded off the year winning the 7-card stud tournament at the Korona Russia Poker Championships. [23]
2005
editBush won the No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Palms Summer Poker Series in June 2005 as a warm-up to the WSOP.[24] At the WSOP itself he made it into the money of the Main Event for the first time, taking $33,197 for his 219th-place finish.[25]
As of 2023, Bush has earned over $810,000 in live tournament play.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Future is in the cards". The Age. 8 May 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Garry Bush's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Great Britain Poker Championships, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Irish Poker Open 2000, Irish Open - No Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Grosvenor UK Open 2000, Pot Limit 7 Card Stud". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain Hold'em Championships, Pot Limit Omaha/Texas Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain Hold'em Championships, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain Hold'em Championships, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain Hold'em Championships, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Grosvenor UK Open 2001, No Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Austrian Classics 2001, Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Moscow Open 2001, Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Winter Tournament Olympia 2001, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Helsinki Freezeout 2001, Limit 7 Card Stud". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Taleon Masters 2002, Pot Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Midlands Meltdown 2002, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Poker Europa Cruise 2002, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Moscow Open 2002, Pot Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "The Irish Winter Tournament 2003, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Victor Poker Cup, Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Paris Open of Poker 2004, Pot Limit Omaha". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Korona Russian Poker Championships, 7 Card Stud". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Palms No Limit Hold'em Summer Poker Series, No Limit Hold'em (2)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 19 April 2024.