“That was a lot at the time for a traveler,” he says, adding, “Carrying around most of my net worth in cash isn’t ideal!” The experience stood him in good stead when he hit the backpacker trail after graduation, and he returned to the cash tables while in Sydney, Australia, building a bank-roll of around $1,500. “I used to regularly play a 25/50p cash game at the local casino with little experience and knowledge, but managed to earn a little extra money,” Neate says. Lee Neate, 32 – Ashford, Middlesex, UKĪfter learning the game from his family, and playing freerolls on PokerStars in his earliest poker-playing days, Lee Neate then really found an affinity for poker at university in Bristol. Here, we meet some of the EPT Prague qualifiers, including a Brit playing the biggest tournament of his career, and two Eastern European pros with solid online results ready to make a name for themselves in the live arena. As always, the field will be boosted by a number of players who have won online satellites and who will be joining the Main Event field for a fraction of the advertised buy-in. The European Poker Tour (EPT) heads to Prague this month for its annual pre-Christmas shindig in the Czech Republic.
