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john shipley john shipley in the william hill poker grand prix 150px '' none '' john shipley
 solihull , west midlands
john shipley

john shipley -lrb- born 1960 ? -rrb-
is an english professional poker player from solihull , west midlands .
amongst his money finishes at the world series of poker -lrb- wsop -rrb- are a 7th place finish in the 2002 $ 10,000 no limit hold 'em main event , where he earned $ 125,000 .
he had also finished in the money of the same event at the 2000 wsop .
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 he won 1st prize in the european poker tour -lrb- ept -rrb- london event , taking home # 200,000 -lrb- $ 359,479 -rrb- in winnings .
as of 2008 , his total live tournament winnings exceed $ 820,000 .
shipley plays online poker at pokerstars under the alias `` sapphire1 '' .
