Matt Perrins (born 1988) is a British professional poker player who won

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s at the

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Background

Perrins is a resident of

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. He learned to play poker by playing with

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, whom he has known his whole life. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, Perrins was an

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Career highlights

In 2009, Perrins won the PokerStars.com Italian Poker Tour Venice, collecting €851,660 in the process against a field of 438 contestants that included

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, and

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. Perrins was the first non-Italian to win an event on the PokerStars Italian Poker Tour. In 2010, he was featured on ''

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'' along with

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, John Duthie,

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, and Ben Roberts. When Perrins won the 275-entrant $1,500 2–7 Draw Lowball (No Limit) 2011 World Series of Poker Event 9 against a final table that included

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and eventual runner-up Chris Björin, it was the first time he had ever played no-limit deuce-to-seven

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lowball. He won the 784-entrant $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 2013 World Series of Poker Event 57, earning nearly $800,000. Among those he defeated at the final table was Matt Berkey, who was at his third final table of the 2013 series. The victory came on the last day before the 2013 Main Event began on 6 July. Online at

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, where Perrins plays under the nickname "pez102". On 18 October 2009, he won the 2,606-entrant $200 buy-in Sunday Brawl for a prize of $105,803.60.

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References

External links

Hendon Mob profile

BLUFF profile

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perrins, Matt 1980s births English poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners Living people Sportspeople from Rochdale Year of birth missing (living people)