John Duthie (poker player)

He became a well-known figure on the poker circuit when he won the televised Poker Million 2000 tournament on the Isle of Man, earning £1,000,000 ($1,426,330, at the time of winning) by outlasting a final table that included Tony Bloom and Barny Boatman.

In one episode he outlasted a field including Surinder Sunar, Julian Gardner and Marcel Lüske to qualify for the Series 6 Grand Final.

He eventually won Series 9 of LNP beating Phil Ivey Heads up to win $200,000.

[2] He also had a second-place finish to Mike Sexton in the 2003 European Heads-Up Championships in Paris, France, and also a 2nd-place finish in the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker $25,000 heads up tournament and 2nd Place in the WSOP $10,000 heads up tournament, both in 2009.

He enjoys watching movies (his favourite film is On the Waterfront), and is very fond of the work of Al Alvarez.