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Simon “Aces” Trumper is a South Kensington-born poker legend whose career spans more than 25 years, from a £10 tournament in Reading in 1995 to a position as one of UK poker’s most influential figures off the table as well as on it. Winner of Late Night Poker Series 2, runner-up of Series 4, a WSOP final-tablist, co-founder of Dusk Till Dawn - Europe’s largest poker club - and former Live Poker Director there, Trumper has 153 live cashes and over $1.62 million in career earnings across an extraordinary breadth of competition and contribution.
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
Total live earnings stand at over $1,624,000 across 153 cashes, per The Hendon Mob. His Hendon Mob ID of n=232 reflects one of the earliest registrations in the database.
💰 Live Earnings: $1,624,000+ | 🏆 Late Night Poker Series 2 Winner | 🎯 153 Cashes | 🃏 Co-founder: Dusk Till Dawn
Notable Results (click to expand)
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Late Night Poker Series 2 | Winner |
| 2002 | Late Night Poker Series 4 | Runner-up |
| Jul 2001 | WSOP $3,000 NLH | 4th (vs Johnny Chan) |
| Jun 2005 | WSOP $10,000 PLO | 5th (vs Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein) |
His estimated poker net worth is over $1.5 million.
Biography & Poker Background
Trumper was born on 31 May 1963 in South Kensington, London. As a child he was expelled from secondary school for playing poker dice after a mathematics exam - a detail that amused interviewers for the rest of his career. He began playing seriously in 1995 when a friend persuaded him into a £10 tournament in Reading on a night out. He discovered he had a gift for the game.
His television breakthrough came with Late Night Poker - the Channel 4 series that transformed British poker by showing hole cards in real time, making the game comprehensible to a new generation of viewers. Trumper won Series 2 outright and reached the final of Series 4, cementing his status as a household name in a genre that didn’t yet have many of them. He also commentated on the Late Night Poker Ace spin-off alongside Jesse May.
At the WSOP he twice came agonisingly close to bracelet-winning results - fourth in the 2001 $3,000 NLH (a table that included Johnny Chan and Kathy Liebert) and fifth in the 2005 $10,000 PLO (behind Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein and Erik Seidel - prompting Greenstein to complain in his blog after losing a key pot to Trumper). Neither result produced a bracelet. He remains without one, though his 153 career cashes and $1.62 million suggest sustained excellence.
Off the table, his contributions have arguably been even greater. In 2006, alongside Rob Yong and Nick Whiten, Trumper co-founded Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham - which grew into Europe’s largest poker club. He served as Live Poker Director there from 2014, and was recognised with the European Staff Person of the Year at the GPI European Poker Awards and Best UK Card Room Manager at the Bluff UK Poker Awards.
He has a daughter, Kylie Scobie-Trumper, and owns a drainage company outside poker. He suffers from alopecia. His good luck charm - a pair of gold and diamond aces atop his cards - has been a fixture throughout his career.
Play Style & Strategy
Trumper is a No-Limit Hold’em and PLO specialist who has described himself as relying on instinctive reads above analytical framework. His ability to play profitably at the highest levels across both disciplines - final-tabling WSOP PLO events against world-class players - confirms a game that goes deeper than pure feel. His commentating work has added a strong analytical vocabulary to complement his player intuition.
Social Media & Online Presence
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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.
