Ram Vaswani
| Ram Vaswani | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Crazy Horse |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 15 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 1 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 6 |
Ram Vaswani (born c. 1970 in London) is an English professional snooker player, turned professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob, a group of professional poker players. He resides in Finchley with his wife Jackie and daughter Hollie.
Following a brief snooker career, Vaswani became a regular on the poker circuit, and due to his involvement in Late Night Poker, he also became one of the pioneers of poker on television. He is the first (and to date only) person to reach 4 European Poker Tour (EPT) final tables. The latest being at Monte Carlo 2007 (eliminated first, on the first hand) one of those final tables bought a win, the Dublin Season 2 (2004) event. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2007, in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event.
His other televised appearances include a win in the Poker Nations Cup, and runner-up in finishes in two more televised events.
Vaswani grew up in Finchley, north London, where his first major game was snooker, where he lived a hustler lifestyle, regularly playing truant to play when he was 13 and 14. At the age of 18, he played professionally for two years before realising that although he was making a comfortable living through the game (he once managed to make three centuries in one match, and achieved a 147 break), he was spending more time gambling than practising, and he was unlikely to break through into the top players in the world. (Vaswani's younger brother Sunit did break through in the snooker world, finishing 2nd in the race for the 2001 English Amateur award. Vaswani has since acted as his manager.)
Vaswani, of Indian origin, began playing cards from the age of 9, and at the age of 12, he organised a low-stakes poker game with friends on a trip to Wales. Their teacher stopped them playing, so they ended up playing for sweets instead. Vaswani has long considered seven-card stud to be the most skilful poker variant, and built up his early poker knowledge playing the £100 game at the Victoria Casino on Edgware Road.
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