“Someone gave me a tip for a dog,” says Vaswani, the former professional snooker player who went from hanging out in snooker halls as a teenager to picking up a deck of cards. Britpop is in the air and the boys are about to get the band together. We spoke to all four members of the group to piece together the past and find out what the future holds for founding members Joe Beevers, Barny Boatman, Ross Boatman and Ram Vaswani. From the poker database that would be their legacy to the WSOP bracelets and new endeavors that form their checkered history, the time is right to take a deep dive into The Hendon Mob - then and now. Two decades later, the three words 'The Hendon Mob' are synonymous with poker. They had nicknames, they had swagger and they had a knack for winning. Hailing from North London, The Hendon Mob was a poker Rat Pack to be feared and admired in equal measure. The author of the piece was later to be two-time EPT winner Vicky Coren. Twenty years ago, four men appeared in the British newspaper The Evening Standard in which they were described as poker’s next big thing.
