Garry "The Whacker" Bush

Garry "The Whacker" Bush was born in 1969 in London, England and first learned to play poker in local billiards halls when he was just a boy. He says: "I learned to play by trial and error, watching people and situations." He started off as a cash game player in North London. In the late 90's he turned to tournaments and has had numerous high finishes in limit, no limit and pot limit hold'em, Omaha and seven card stud.

Garry followed a 5th place finish in the Great Britain Poker Championships in April 2000 in the £500 Pot Limit Hold'em event with a 3rd place finish in the I£600 Irish Open No Limit Hold'em. In August 2000 he won the £100 Pot Limit 7-card stud tournament to take home the £13,455 grand prize.

Garry Bush made four final tables at the Great Britain Hold'em Championships in Birmingham in March 2001, which included a win in the £500 Pot Limit Hold'em event. Garry then finished 2nd in the £500 No Limit Hold'em event at the Grosvenor UK Open in August 2001. In September 2001 Garry won the Limit Hold'em event at the Austrian Classics tournament in Vienna.

He finished 2001 off with 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.

Garry Bush took 1st prize in the Pot Limit Hold'em event at the Taleon Masters in St Petersburg in June 2002. Bush then went on to make another 18 final table appearances the remainder of the year, winning 3 times. His success during the year led the way for him winning the European Poker Player of the Year award for 2002.

Bush didn't win any major tournaments in 2003, but he made 13 final tables in 4 different countries with a 3rd place finish in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament in the Irish Winter Tournament in Dublin.

Garry did well for himslef in 2004. He took a second-place finish in the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker which earned him $139,540 and followed that with a 5th place finish in the Victor Poker Cup, earning a further £15,000 in July 2004. Bush also played in the European Poker Tour tournament in September 2004. He finished the year winning the 7-card stud tournament at the Korona Russia Poker Championships.

In June 2005, Garry Bush won the No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Palms Summer Poker Series. Then at the World Series of Poker Main Event he made it into the money for the first time, winning $33,197 for his 219th place finish.


Fun Facts:

• 2002 European Poker Player of the Year.
• Appeared in Late Night Poker's first season.
• Was one of the champions featured in the film "Poker Kings".