On 16 January 2007, the owner of the club was convicted of contravening the Gaming Act. In May 2006, the Gutshot held the first ever event of the Showdown Poker Tour, a £3,448 buy-in event won by EPT winner Mats Gavatin. In addition to many English poker players, former WSOP main event champions Phil Hellmuth Jr, Chris Ferguson, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem also played at the venue, as well as others such as Scott Fischman, Howard Lederer, Marcel Lüske and Andy Bloch.
The club ran poker ring games, and tournaments one to three times per day, and hosted four festivals of poker per annum.Īmongst the successes achieved by members of the club are: It was founded by Barry Martin and Derek Kelly.
The club opened in March 2004 and closed in 2007. The Gutshot Poker Club (also known as The Gutshot Poker Collective or simply The Gutshot) was a poker club, bar, restaurant and internet cafe located on Clerkenwell Road, London, England.
