The Players - Episode 8 : Paul Ross

Paul Ross once again has a train carriage to himself

Your best moment in Poker?

It would have to be winning my first MTT, I beat nearly 500 players to win it and came back from a huge deficit head to head with ultra aggressive play.

Your worst moment in Poker?

After I qualified for the Betfred Manchester £20k final with only 200 entrants and falling asleep before it started. Jamiebhoy from PL won it.

What is your main goal in Poker?

Just to have some fun, but to win a bit along the way.

A one line word of advice you’d give to a new player?

Enjoy it, nothing worse than poker getting on your tits and complaining about bad beats all the time. Accept the bad beats and smile knowing you made the right decision and will win in the long run.

How do you deal with the worst of bad beats??

Well, I usually go nuts for 20 minutes, laptop gets a good dig and then I start slating the person in question, only ever lasts 20 mins tops though.

Trickiest Punters Lounge opponent?

It would have to be Jaded, he epitomises the word "Kamikaze".

You enter the Big Brother house – who would be your three ideal housemates??

Samuel L Jackson, Pamela Anderson & Billy Connolly.

Your best ever moment in betting?

I had a £20 double on Cambridge to win League 2 Handicap and West Ham to win the Premiership Handicap. Cambridge pissed it, West Ham won 3-0 on the final day of 99 Season, to secure me a £5400 payout. I bought pretty much the whole pub a drink that night and we get very drunk.

Paul Ross v Penelopeys – heads up. Who wins????

She's the better player, but I would probably beat her heads up because she never knows wtf I'm gonna do.

One thing you are scared of ??

Wasps, I run a fcukin mile and at serious pace away from these!

Worst record you have ever bought?

Probably something like Kylie - Do The Locomotion.

You’ve just won the lottery. What’s the first thing you buy for yourself ??

I'd like to buy an Island, somewhere where nobody else can just turn up, that's assuming I've won more than a tenner that is!

What is the fastest you've ever cleared a train carriage full of PL'ers??

Double quick time. I think well under 10 seconds.