John Shipley is an English professional poker player[1] from Solihull, West Midlands.
[3] Following this, John was invited onto the Late Night Poker television series in its sixth season, but was unable to progress through his heat which featured Ken Lennaárd, Victoria Coren, Tony Bloom, Gary Jones, Dave Ulliott, and Ross Boatman.
In October 2004, Shipley won first place in the European Poker Tour (EPT) London event, taking home £200,000 ($359,479) in winnings.
[4] As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $820,000.
[5] Shipley plays online poker at PokerStars under the alias "Sapphire1".