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Martyn Frey is an English poker player ranked 247th on the UK All-Time Money List with over $849,000 in live earnings across 127 recorded cashes. A two-time domestic title winner who claimed the GUKPT Coventry Main Event for £36,000 before following it with a Dusk Till Dawn New Year Deepstack victory for £44,303, Frey wrote his name into the 2012 GUKPT history books alongside Ben Jones, Jamie O’Connor, Simon Deadman and Sam Grafton - a group of players who used that season as a launchpad for their careers. A prolific domestic circuit grinder who remains active into 2024, Frey is a well-known and highly respected name across the UK live poker scene.
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
Total live earnings stand at over $849,000 across 127 cashes, per The Hendon Mob. Latest cash: March 2023.
💰 Live Earnings: $849,000+ | 🏆 GUKPT Coventry ME winner | 🏆 DTD New Year Deepstack winner | 🎯 127 Cashes | 📅 2012 GUKPT history maker
Notable Results (click to expand)
| Date | Event | Result | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2013 | DTD New Year Deepstack £300 NLH | 1st / 727 | £44,303 |
| Aug 2012 | GUKPT Coventry Main Event | 1st | £36,000 |
Biography & Poker Background
Frey is an English professional whose peak came during a remarkable two-season run that produced back-to-back live titles. In August 2012 he won the GUKPT Coventry Main Event - at the time one of the tour’s most hotly contested regional stops - for £36,000, joining the short list of players to have won a GUKPT Main Event outright. PokerNews’ retrospective of that GUKPT season cited him alongside Ben Jones, Jamie O’Connor, Simon Deadman and Sam Grafton as players who used 2012 to write their names into the tour’s history books and launch their careers forward.
Five months later, in January 2013, Frey was at Dusk Till Dawn for the New Year Deepstack - a £300 buy-in event with 727 entries that created a prize pool of £218,000, comparable in size to a WPT National event. He beat Vikrum Mehta heads-up when Mehta shoved with ten-six on a king-ten-nine board only to run into Frey’s ace-king, which held. £44,303 - his career-best - and his second title in six months.
That level of domestic dominance across consecutive seasons is rare. Frey has continued to compete steadily since, accumulating 127 cashes across UK domestic events including Grosvenor and DTD stops. His most recent recorded result came in March 2023.
Play Style & Strategy
Frey is a technically sound, composed tournament player who performs especially well in UK domestic fields - his two titles came from different formats (a GUKPT Main Event and a large-field DTD deepstack) in quick succession, demonstrating adaptability across both structure types. His high cash volume across 127 events reflects a sustained, high-frequency approach to the circuit built on fundamentals rather than variance.
Online Presence
Originally from the Lake District, UK, I’ve spent the last few years living and breathing the Southeast Asian poker circuit. Since 2025, I’ve been a fixture on the floor at the APT, PokerStars, and WSOP events, serving as a lead reporter and media specialist for Somuchpoker. My work is about more than just recording action; I manage the social media and digital content that brings action rail to the fans. By combining a business education and creative background, I aim to look past the technical hand histories to capture the actual human grit and drama that happens during a deep run.
