Joe Beevers

Joe Beevers
Beevers with his trophy after winning the 2007 Poker Million
Nickname(s)	The Elegance
Residence	London, England
Born	Joseph Charles Beevers 9 December 1967 (1967-12-09) (age 49) Marylebone, London, England
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	None
Money finish(es)	15
Highest ITM Main Event finish	151st, 2005
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	1
Money finish(es)	1
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	1

Joseph Charles "Joe" Beevers (born 9 December 1967 in Marylebone, London) is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob.

During his lengthy poker career, Beevers became one of the pioneers of poker on television by appearing in every series of Late Night Poker, where he made a record 3 grand finals. Beevers also won the 2007 Poker Million and finished runner-up in two further televised poker events.

Beevers' father taught him how to count cards in blackjack from age 10. His father also taught Beevers how to work out permutations and probabilities on a Sinclair ZX81 computer. Beevers left school at age 16, and became a part of a card-counting team with his father and two others at age 18. They often played at the Sergeant Yorkes Casino in Luton, where they found a croupier who often paid out 3-1 on blackjacks, and sometimes also paid out when a player's hand was bust. The team eventually stopped playing as their success led to Beevers being banned from 4 London casinos, and his father being banned from 19. Between them they were banned from 21 out of 23 London casinos. They also went to gamble on horse racing events about three times a week.

Beevers worked first for NatWest (as his father had done before him) then for Citibank in Hammersmith. He went on to attend Middlesex University as a mature student towards of the end of his 4 years playing regular blackjack, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Honour's degree in Finance and Accounting at the age of 24.