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Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani is an English professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. He is also a former professional snooker player.

Early years

Vaswani turned from snooker to poker when he found it to be more profitable, and has been a regular on the European poker tournament circuit since the early 1990s. This led to his appearances in the Late Night Poker television series. He appeared in each of the show's 6 series, reaching the series 2 Grand Final and the series 4 and 5 Semi-Finals.

World Series of Poker

Vaswani first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in the 2001 $3,000 no limit hold'em event won by Erik Seidel. The next year he had a 3rd place finish in the $2,000 limit hold'em event, and a 2nd place finish in the $2,000 1/2 hold'em - 1/2 seven-card stud event. As of 2005, he has made 10 money finishes at the WSOP.

Ongoing Success

In 2003, Vaswani reached the quarter-finals of the World Heads-Up Poker Championship. 2004 brought further success as he finished 2nd to Harry "Wise Owl" Demetriou in the VC Poker Cup and reached the Grand Final of the pot limit hold'em Gaming Club World Poker Championships. He also won the third ever European Poker Tour (EPT) event.

In early 2005, Vaswani made his second EPT final table, this time finishing 2nd to Noah Boeken. He also participated in the World Speed Poker Open.

Vaswani finished as runner-up to Phil "The Unabomber" Laak in the inaugural William Hill Poker Grand Prix, receiving £95,000.

In 2006, Vaswani became the first ever player to make three EPT final tables when he finished 5th in Deauville.

Major tournament victories include:

HFl 5,000 LIDO tournament, Master Classics of Poker 1999
ATS 1,000 pot limit tournament, Vienna Spring Festival 2000
EPPA Superbowl, Vienna Spring Festival 2000
£500 pot limit seven-card stud, European Poker Classic 2000
£250 pot limit hold'em, Mammoth Tournament 2001
£50 pot limit hold'em, Grosvenor UK Open 2001
£50 pot limit hold'em, Grosvenor Grand Challenge 2002
€5,000 European Hold'em Championship, Euro Finals of Poker 2002
£500 pot limit seven-card stud, Poker Classics 2003
£500 no limit hold'em, Midland Masters 2003
£150 pot limit hold'em, Cristmas Cracker 2003
£150 pot limit Omaha, Christmas Cracker 2003
€1,500 EPT no limit Hold'em, Irish Winter Tournament 2004

As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000.

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