Rebbecca Scales
By Rebbecca Scales | The Real Poker Girls Media
When women play online poker, we tend to get asked a lot of questions. But there was one that kept popping up in chat boxes that I couldn’t quite figure out:
“What’s your HendonMob?”
I figured it was something important because poker bros kept asking like it was a security clearance.
Spoiler: it was their way of saying,
“You’re playing bad. Do you even have results?”
But that little ego-check curiosity sent me down a rabbit hole. I quickly found out HendonMob.com was a database of poker results. Womp womp. Turns out, the story behind it all — and the man at the heart of it — was way cooler than I expected.
Enter Joe Beevers.
Joe Beevers on The Real Poker Girls of London
They don’t call him The Elegance for nothing.
Before he helped build one of the most important poker sites in the world, Joe Beevers was already showing up to the table in a suit, sharp, composed, and always one step ahead. As one of the four original members of The Hendon Mob, he helped shape the culture of modern poker before anyone realized how big it would become.
In this episode of The Real Poker Girls of London, the girls lock Joe in a room and don’t let him out until he spills the stories. With hosts Kerryjane Craigie (KJ), Lydia Cugudda, and guest co-host Alex O’Brien, it’s a laugh-filled, history-packed ride through the Mob’s early days and poker’s accidental digital revolution.
Joe shares:
- How the name The Hendon Mob started as an inside joke
- How a painfully slow Kenyan internet café led to a surprise portfolio of poker domain names
- How their scrappy fanzine turned into the world’s most trusted poker database
- And yes… the time he beat Phil Ivey heads-up on TV
More About Joe Beevers
Joe Beevers isn’t just a character in the Hendon Mob story — he’s a British poker legend in his own right. Notably winning 1 million in 2007 in the $25000 Poker Million VI, Sky Sport, and the Great British Poker Tour Championship, he’s amassed over $2.5 million in live tournament cashes. He also helped lead Team Great Britain to victories in the 2006 and 2008 Poker Nations Cup.
Long before poker sponsorships were a thing, Joe was already pitching himself to brands like Red Bull and British Airways. It paid off: in 2003, The Hendon Mob signed poker’s first million-dollar sponsorship deal with Prima Poker.
He was also a key figure in the rise of televised poker. Joe appeared on Late Night Poker, The Great British Poker Tour, World Open III, and more, making him one of the most recognizable faces during poker’s TV boom. For media appearances and acting credits, check out his IMDb profile.
He still plays regularly, runs poker boot camps, and co-runs the sports betting site Betting Emporium with fellow pro Neil Channing. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Claire and their twin daughters. And yes, true poker legend move — he got married at the Bellagio.
To explore more about his tournament career and legacy, visit JoeBeevers.com.
Still reading? You’re only getting the surface.
If you want the juicy details — the internet café meltdown, the wild domain hustles, and how The Hendon Mob became poker’s most legendary crew — you’ll have to listen to Joe Beevers himself.
Don’t miss his full episode on The Real Poker Girls of London — because poker history hits different when it’s told by the guy who helped make it.
🎧 Listen now: Joe Beevers on The Real Poker Girls of London
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