Brian McFadden is used to being under pressure and coming up on top of the competition. He has a natural talent for reading people and quite the knack for reading the cards as well. All these attributes and diverse skills have turned Brian into quite the card shark over the past year of playing. So far in 2007 he has played in Ladbrokes Poker Million, Europe Poker Tournament Dublin and the World Series of Poker.
McFadden came to fame as a member of the boy band Westlife. He left the band on 9 March 2004 to work on solo projects.
In 2005, The CelebPoker.com which is famed for being involved in "celebrity poker games". Turned to the World Series Of Poker main event and placed their "pocket ace" Brian McFadden right in the action. It is likely that Brian is one of many notable celebrity players who are looking to make their mark on the poker world.
The former lead singer of Westlife will compete in the EPT Irish Masters and is sponsored by Celebpoker. On their online poker room, Celebpoker organizes qualifier tournaments for this EPT event around the clock. This means that you could be playing in a live tournament with a prize pool of hundreds of thousands of Euros, against Brian McFadden.
In their midst will be seasoned poker professionals, long time tournament players and the new breed of online enthusiasts. While Brian certainly has all the tools to remain calm under pressure, he will have his work cut out for him making it through the competition.
The singer and songwriter Brian McFadden had another credential to his impressive career when he turns semi-professional in the poker world by playing in the 2006 World Series of Poker. Poker players from around the world dream of playing in this, the biggest event in the industry, although few ever will.
Like the past few years events there's a massive press and media coverage surrounded the whole tournament. Poker players and casual fans from all across the globe watched and checked websites for news and results daily; cheered for their favorite professional player or celebrity personality. Being a household name in Europe and especially his native Ireland, Brian McFadden had the support and cheers!
In 2007, he also took part in the opening of 888Poker and played, unfortunately, he did not took the grand prize- though he came to the event for fun, not bad at all!
In 2008 Brain McFadden joined in the 2008 Joe Hachem and Shane Warne Charity Poker Tournament. The event is fully catered, $1,000 buy-in event that boast a $25,000 cash first prize.
But what better bragging rights than beating two world champions! Brian and other celebrities, athletes, poker pros such as: Shane Warne, Joe Hachem, Jeff Fenech, Kevin Muscat, Dave Hughes, Glen Moriarty Brendan Fevola, Gary Lyon, Billy Brownless, Glenn Robbins, Brodie Holland, Sarita Stella, Luke Hodge, Bridgit McIntyre, Dermott Brereton, Simon Marshall, FiFi Box, Tottie Goldsmith, Robert DiPierdomenico, Jon Stevens, Danny Frawley, Brodie Harper.
