Toby Lewis is a British professional poker

Poker

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 player from Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

, England

England

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. He has one European Poker Tour

European Poker Tour

The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...

 title and $1.034m in live tournament cashes including a win at EPT London in a £1,000 side event.

Poker career

Lewis began playing poker recreationally at college and once he started winning continued to play online and at casinos until he built up a bankroll large enough to risk small amounts in live tournaments. He had some success on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour and made a runner-up finish at PKR

PKR

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 Live 2009 before making his biggest score to date at EPT Vilamoura.

EPT Victory

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

Vilamoura

Vilamoura is in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve, Portugal. Its boundaries lie within the parish of Quarteira. Vilamoura is a purpose built resort and Marina which was started from scratch by a wealthy banker from Porto, Cupertino de Miranda. The resort was started in 1974 and is still...

, Portugal

Portugal

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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 Sam Trickett

Sam Trickett

Sam Trickett is a professional poker player. He started playing poker in 2005 after suffering a knee injury that ended his career as a semi-professional soccer player. Sam soon became a regular in poker events in Sheffield. He started playing also online in $10 Sit ‘n’ Go’s...

 and former Manchester United footballer Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...

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