Tony Bloom

Tony Bloom
Bloom in November 2005
Nickname(s)	The Lizard
Born	Anthony Grant Bloom 1970 Brighton, Sussex, England
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	None
Money finish(es)	11
Highest ITM Main Event finish	512th, 2006
World Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	1
Money finish(es)	2
European Poker Tour
Title(s)	None
Final table(s)	None
Money finish(es)	1

Anthony Grant "Tony" Bloom (born 1970 in Brighton, Sussex) is a football club chairman and successful poker player.

Bloom has been a sports bettor and property investor, nicknamed The Lizard.

Bloom appeared in the Late Night Poker television series and also has a final table appearance on the World Poker Tour. He also made back-to-back final table appearances in the first two Poker Million events. His first major win came in January 2004 when he won the Australasian Poker Championship in Melbourne, collecting a first prize of around A$420,000 ($320,000, £180,000).

Bloom won the £5,000 No Limit Hold'em VC Poker Cup Final in London on 5 August 2005 and won the £200,000 ($351,401) first prize.

He also had a fourth-place finish in the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. He was a member of the winning British team in the Poker Nations Cup.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,500,000. Bloom won A$600,000 for his second-place finish in the High Rollers Challenge, event 8 of the Australian Poker Millions tournament held in Melbourne in Jan 2009.

Bloom fell short of the million pound grand prize in the Poker Million IX event held in London on 10 December 2010. He finished second behind Gus Hansen.

Since 2009 Bloom has been the chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion, who on 17th April 2017 secured promotion to the Premier League. He succeeded Dick Knight after securing a 75% shareholding in the club and investing £93 million in the development of the club's new ground, the American Express Community Stadium at Falmer.