Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley is one of Europe’s most outstanding 
and recognisable professional poker players.
He is the winner of an unparalleled fifteen European Ranking tournaments and his near misses are as equally impressive. They include a runners-up spot in both the World Heads-Up Championship and the Paris Open of Poker, plus a third-placed effort in the William Hill Grand Prix.
‘Cashing’ in three European Poker Tour events ‘The Boy’, as he is universally known, has final table finishes in approximately 50 notable tournaments around the globe.
His status as a serial tournament winner started when the Internet poker boom was dawning and the 37-year-old landed the first commercially sponsored televised poker tournament way back in January 2002.
More recently, in heading the European rankings, Roy has earned his select place on the Professional Poker Tour and consequently he receives invites for the vast majority of televised events in Europe.
Living proof that success breeds success ‘The Boy’ also acts as commentator for SKY Sports on the Ladbrokespoker.com Poker Million, Paddy Power Grand Slam, Irish Open, European Ladies Championship, Irish Open Championship and Fulltilt.com Million Dollar Monte Carlo Invitational.
Plus he has supplied expert analysis for Channel 5’s Partypoker.com European Open, Matchroom Sport’s Ladies Poker Tour, events produced by The Poker Channel (including the World Speed Poker Championship), and Fox Sport’s World Cup of Poker.
Whilst not in the commentary box Roy is also a familiar face to armchair viewers with interviews on ‘Up Close & Personal’ and ‘Heads-Up with Richard Herring’ along with appearances on BBC’s Breakfast time and the Racing Channel.
As a newspaper columnist Roy has provided columns for the Sun, the Sportsman and Scotland’s Daily Record. He maintains columns in Card Player Europe and Bluff Magazines.
Corporate work has included comparing duties at events such as the Full-Tilt World Speed Poker Open media night, Boyle Poker site launch and the Ladbrokespoker.com Caribbean Adventure Poker Cruise.
After-dinner-speaking, media appearances and all other promotions are now handled by his management company www.s-i-m-l.com
As for sponsorship, Roy has been backed by www.ladbrokespoker.com since its launch in 2002 and, from a standing start, www.ladbrokespoker.com the first UK betting firm to embrace the on-line poker concept, have held the mantle of Europe’s biggest online poker room, which is impressive considering the site is ‘stand alone’. On-line poker now accounts for 10% of Ladbrokes betting business and he is proud to be associated with that success.
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Finally, if you have any poker related questions, need help downloading Ladbrokespoker.com software or would like to arrange a private challenge game, you can contact Roy at: admin@roytheboy.net
