Barny Boatman Looks Back on Late Night Poker
In 1999, a pioneering poker show on British television changed the face of the game we all now enjoy. Under-the-table ‘lipstick’ cameras, atmosphere as thick as the smoke in the studio and Jesse May’s electric commentary brought character to cardplay in a way televised poker had never done before. Late Night Poker was a revolutionary programme and inspired many of Britain and Europe’s elite poker players of today. We caught up with one of the main men involved from the start in Barny Boatman.
A member of the infamous ‘Hendon Mob’, Boatman wasn’t just a player, but turned commentator in later series.