James Mitchell

Who is James Mitchell?

James Mitchell is a professional poker player from London, best known for winning the 2010 Irish Poker Open in Dublin.

James Mitchell was born in the South-East of London and is currently living in the south-west of london.

Educated at King's College School in Wimbledon, the same school as Betfair founder Andrew Black, Mitchell started his online poker career playing £2.50 sit and go tournaments using $50 in has father's Ladbrokes account as his initial stake. In an interview with Bluff Europe magazine Mitchell revealed that he quickly built it up to $60,000 playing small buy-in tournaments and then six max cash games but then went on to lose around $45,000 in two days. Mitchell confirmed in the same interview that though unnamed, he featured in an article in the Daily Telegraph about pupils at King's College allegedly becoming addicted to Internet poker.

A regular in low stakes London Poker Meetup tournaments, Mitchell first came to national attention after finishing third behind Sam Trickett in the Luton leg of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour on 10 August 2008 where he pocketed £45,100.