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

As a young adult, Beevers played blackjack in London casinos with his father before being banned for consistantly winning. () Beevers earned a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Accounting and went on to work for Citibank before turning to poker full-time.

Beevers was the first member of The Hendon Mob to cash in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event, placing 14th in the $2,500 pot limit hold'em event in the 1996 World Series of Poker.

Like the other members of The Hendon Mob, his first televised poker experience was in the Late Night Poker television series, where he is tied with Dave "El Blondie" Colclough for a record 10 appearances. Beevers made the Grand Final in seasons 1, 4 and 5.

Beevers also finished as the runner-up in the 2003 Poker Million to Jimmy White. He also finished on the TV bubble of the World Poker Tour (WPT) season 3 championship, and finished in the money of the 2005 WSOP $10,000 no limit hold'em main event.

His major titles include:

Hold'em 100, 2000 ()
£200 pot limit Omaha, British Open 2002
€1,000 no limit hold'em, Irish Open 2003
£300 pot limit hold'em, Poker Classics 2003
$5,000 no limit hold'em, Four Queens Poker Classic 2004

As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000.

Beevers also releases poker lessons for Matthew Hilger's website .

Trivia

Beevers was born on the same day as Neil "Bad Beat" Channing
.
Beevers was married to his wife Claire at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada at the conclusion of the 2005 WSOP.
Beevers drives a Porsche 911 with the personalised number-plate Joe 911.
Beevers has two daughters, both born February 21 2006

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