Sensei Jerome Bradpiece

Name

Jerome Bradpiece

Online Moniker

Gongonongo

Belt

Background

He might not fit the stereotype, but Jerome slips quietly into the category of 20-something well-educated Oxford graduate who sacrificed the 9 to 5 and annual salary to take the poker world by storm as a fully fledged member of the poker boom.

A former student of the triple crown - Politics, Philosophy and Economics - Jerome started out in online MTTs before turning to live tournaments, and later the cash felt which he has since made his own.

Phlegmatic and self-controlled, Jerome is a confident if softly-spoken adversary, critical of his own game but, in, his own words, "I was planning to get rich or die trying via the medium of poker, and I'm still alive."

Credentials

This loveable Londoner was one of Black Belt Poker's first Brown Belts after surviving the inaugural Grading last year when 50 of of the country's top pros competed over four weeks for a $20,000 WSOP package. Jerome was one of eight winners who got to fly to Vegas that summer and stay in the Black Belt Poker luxury mansion.

Jerome has been playing professional poker for a few years now, and mainly focuses his attention on short-handed Pot Limit Omaha cash on Black Belt Poker where he's making a large profit. He also plays live tournaments, and has some impressive results to his name, including winning the 2007 GUKPT in Walsall for £121,600. He also made the final of the Amsterdam Master Classics the year before. In total, Jerome boasts $540,224 in live tournament winnings.