Benjamin (Ben) Roberts (born Mehdi Javdani (Persian: مهدی جاودانی) on 3 November 1956 in Iran) is a British professional poker player based in London.
In 1998 he almost made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event.
He finished sixth and received $150,000, but as he and Jan Lundberg were both eliminated in the same hand, the final table that year consisted of just 5 players.
He finished 3rd in his heat, ahead of such players as Ross Boatman, Daniel Negreanu and Malcolm Harwood.
In 2004 he made his first final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT), where he finished 5th in the third season Grand Prix de Paris event won by Surinder Sunar.