With over $2m in career tournament winnings, Julian Thew is in the top tier of British poker players. He is the only player to have won two GUKPT titles and he’s also made three EPT final tables, including a win in Baden in 2007, where he took home over €670,000. Speaking during an APAT Academy workshop at the Dusk Till Dawn club, he reveals how he got to where he is in the poker world and shares his winning tips...Finding the felt

‘I had a sporting background, but hit 30 and packed it in. Afterwards I felt that there was a competitive element missing from my life.