Ian Simpson Looking to Make His Mark on Vegas
If I ask you who Ian Simpson is, chance are his name probably won't ring a bell. Simpson has amassed over $500,000 in live tournament earnings, but all of them have come in events abroad. However, if you ask someone over in the United Kingdom who he is, you will likely get a long story of all the success he has enjoyed over there.
Simpson burst onto the scene in 2012 when he final tabled the biggest event in Ireland, the Irish Poker Open. He finished 4th at that final table for $141,623. He enjoyed some moderate tournament success the rest of the year, but never came close to matching that score, until 2013. Earlier this year, he just so happened to final table the Irish Poker Open Main Event...again. This time around, he topped his fourth place finish by winning the event for $339,604. But that wasn't the only highlight of the day.
Mere seconds after winning the event, he pulled his long time girlfriend Emma towards the table, and got down on one knee to purpose. She said yes, tying up a perfect day the likes of which have rarely been seen. Well now Simpson has come out to Las Vegas, hoping to make a name for himself in the biggest poker city in all of the world, and he's well on his way to securing his first WSOP cash with an above average stack as we approach the money today. The question is, if he does find a way to win this event, what we will he do to top his last big win celebration?