History: Charalambos Xanthos

!Charalambos Xanthos %%%
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__Charalambos ''"Bambos"'' Xanthos__ is a Greek Cypriot hotel and restaurant owner based in London, England. Following on from being a backgammon player, he became a semi-professional poker player in 1993. %%%
Xanthos learnt poker from his father in 1960. %%%
He made numerous appearances on the Late Night Poker television series, and made the Grand Final in Season 2 (beating Victoria Coren's pocket Aces along the way) and the Semi-Final in Season 5. %%%
His biggest tournament cash was 2nd place behind Dave Colclough in the $1,500 no limit hold'em main event at the 2000 European Poker Classic, where he won £40,635. %%%
Xanthos has made more final tables at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino than any other player. %%%
He does not tend to play in tournaments outside of Europe, however his total live tournament winnings exceed $750,000. %%%

!!Trivia

*When turning up to play in Late Night Poker series 2, he found out from the resident bookmaker that he was priced at 10:1 to win the heat. He immediately went home to get his chequebook and cashed in on his bet by defeating Jan "The Walrus" Lundberg to win the heat.
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!!External links

*[http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=247|Hendon Mob tournament results]

*[http://www.gutshot.com/cardclub/player_res.php?tplayerid=2227|Gutshot tournament results]