James Dempsey (poker player)

James Dempsey, known online as Flushy, is an English professional poker player from Brighton, England, who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the 1,500 dollar Pot Limit Hold'em event and a World Poker Tour title at the 2011 Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic. His other activities include playing recreational golf and semi-professional bocce. At the 2010 WSOP he earned 197,470 dollars for the bracelet, made a smaller cash of 10,497 dollars for 69th place in the 5,000 dollar No Limit Hold'em event, and then finished runner-up to Sammy Farha in the 10,000 dollar Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship for his biggest cash to that point, 301,789 dollars. He cashed twice at the 2013 WSOP Europe. In December 2011 he won the Doyle Brunson World Poker Classic, beating a field of 413 for 821,612 dollars, and by 2019 his total live tournament winnings exceeded 2,100,000 dollars.