Home Of  Europe's Ultimate Blackjack Tournament Player 

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BJMACE  aka Richard Lester

Blackjack Winner Winner Chicken Dinner:

2001-2008 42 Ocean Cruise finals with over 20 wins

2003/4 Austrian Euro  Semi Finalist

2005-07 Players Club Champion

2007  Monte Carlo European Championship

2007 get21/Golden palace  King of Tournaments championship

2007 get21/Golden palace  Massacre Winner

July 2007 Venetian  Circuit event  Televised Finalist

April 2008 UBT Cruise Player of the week

Poker poker Poker:

2004 APT Finalist

2005 WSOP Main Event

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2008 UB Cruise Poker Main Event Finalist

2008 Poker Royal Cruise Winner

2008 wsop  main seat Winner

2009 PKR grand Prix final tables x4

2008 PKR Masters 3rd Place

2009 UB AP $200k final table  7th

I had played tournament blackjack for many years as one of my favorite past times is going on cruises and most have regular tournaments of varying size on there sailings. That being said I must say that the format is usually awful with typically the highest 7 scores from all 1st round tables going onto the final table.

After my 2004 semi final at Austria In 2005 I won entry to the players Club annual tournament by qualifying via their ocean players club and won the 2005 players club Championship.

An exciting start to titles. In 2006 I was invited back to defend my title and again took home 1st,

This was unfortunately the end Of PL championship as the following year this was no longer held. I soon discovered as well as Cruise tournaments and land Tournaments which occur mostly in the U.S the birth of several online tournament sites bought a wealth of new titles and prizes in my direction. 

 It was in early 2007 introduced to the World Of Elimination Blackjack the latest TV craze to be sweeping the States, With an online Version which has avoided the fate of many other sites under new laws.  Here I started to regularly  play with some of the biggest names in Blackjack and poker And Pushed on by some of these legend names my quest to conquer the world had began.

 Upon returning to Vegas after my first UBT land event at Barona I was invited to UBT's offices on the launch day of Russ Hamilton's new site www.clububt.com my idea to have a UBT Cruise with Blackjack Tournaments onboard as well as poker was implemented and was an amazing experience which is being repeated in 2009.

After the Barona  trip I returned to Vegas in July to take part in the Venetian's 2007 tour stop. Here my dream of being on a UBT televised final was to become reality years before I could have ever imagined of making a televised final table. After 4 grueling rounds that lasted a whole day and saw me fighting off the likes of Robert Blackman and  2 separate rounds playing alongside UBT champion Monica Reeves, both of us went through in both rounds, Making way for me to play alongside this great lady again in the final which she went on to win.  

Friendships were forged not just with the Queen Of UBT and now best friend Monica but with many other UB Stars, Hollywood Dave,  Blair Rodman, Annie Duke, Phil Helmuth, Freddie Deeb, Krazy kanuck (Jim Worth), Robert Williamson III, Kenny Einiger, Renee Aglini (Celione Dions other half), Russ Hamilton well the list just goes on!

 Late 2008 see's me making news on poker as I gradually edge up PKR's world rankings to around 100th out of 50,000 odd players.

With me reguarly final tabling in some of the biggest tourneys including a Wsop seat and missing pkr Live on the bubble.

A great End to 2008 saw me win  in the poker Royal Monthly Cruise final with no rebuys and no add ons .2

 2009 and I have just Sat in from $5 winnig 3 levels to get a $13,000 final chance seat for the PKR Mega heads up be broadcast on sky TV over 3 days