{"id":26470,"date":"2013-03-16T18:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=26470"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:25:52","slug":"scott-shelley-is-still-living-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/scott-shelley-is-still-living-the-dream.html","title":{"rendered":"Scott Shelley is Still Living the Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask any budding poker player what their ultimate dream would be and for many it would be to ditch their day job and become a professional poker player. For others it would be to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. Scott Shelley<\/strong> has done both.<\/p>\n

Rewind to 2010 and Shelley was working as a customer service representative at PKR but he was still an avid poker player. He and his former colleagues ran a staff tournament where the winner was bought into the \u00a31,000 No Limit Hold\u2019em vent at the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe, which was held in London at the time.<\/p>\n

To cut a week long story short, Shelley went on to outlast the 582 crowd to win his first WSOP bracelet and in doing so stopped J.P. Kelly from winning back-to-back titles. Shelly won \u00a3133,857 for his victory and a place in poker\u2019s history books.<\/p>\n

Since that fateful day, Shelley has been a sponsored pro and is a regular on the UK circuit. He also has a cash in the WPT National Dublin tournament and would be a good bet to add a London cash here by the time this event is done and dusted.<\/p>\n

Shelley currently has 25,300 chips.<\/p>\n

Join the conversation!<\/h3>\n

Do you have aspirations of becoming a poker pro? Let us know in the comments below and remember to follow us<\/strong><\/a> on Twitter and like us<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ask any budding poker player what their ultimate dream would be and for many it would be to ditch their day job and become a professional poker player. For others it would be to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. Scott Shelley has done both. Rewind to 2010 and Shelley was working as a<\/p>\n

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