Bernie McGinlay
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Yes, because the champion has a profession that has little to do with poker: he is a train driver. But for many years he had a second job, much less formal, around the tables.
McGinlay has been playing poker for more than a decade, has recorded cashes since 2012, and shares a group of friends with several regular circuit players. The problem was that, despite years of cards and some good results, there was something he had never achieved: winning a major tournament and lifting a trophy.
The joke that ended up working in his favor
McGinlay never presented himself as a professional player. His daily life takes place on top of a locomotive, and poker occupies a different place. But his results already showed that he was not simply an amateur who sat down to play occasionally. His first recorded cashes appear in November 2012 and, since then, he has been building a parallel career in live tournaments.
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The big leap came in Glasgow. And he did it surrounded by several of those friends who had used his lack of titles as a reason to tease him for years.
In fact, three of them made it to the final table: Mark Swift
However, the Scot began to build a lead that ended up being more than 5 to 1, with an almost perfect hand to close the story.
Varanavicius received J-9 and announced all-in; McGinlay looked at his cards and found two jacks, with which he called. The flop did not change the story. Or yes, the Brit’s story, who continues driving trains, but now with a trophy under his arm.
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