Willie Tann
Introduction


**Willie Tann** is an [English](/wiki/England "England") professional [poker](/wiki/Poker "Poker") player. Tann was born in [Singapore](/wiki/Singapore "Singapore") and moved to England to study [law](/wiki/Law "Law") in the 1960s.

Tann made one appearance on the original televised poker show *[Late Night Poker](/wiki/Late_Night_Poker "Late Night Poker")*, finishing 3rd in his heat behind [Padraig Parkinson](/wiki/Padraig_Parkinson "Padraig Parkinson") and [Ken Lennaárd](/wiki/Ken_Lenna%C3%A1rd "Ken Lennaárd"). In later years he would also play in the [European Poker Tour](/wiki/European_Poker_Tour "European Poker Tour").

Tann mentored [Zac Goldsmith](/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith "Zac Goldsmith") (editor of *The Ecologist*) in poker, leading Goldsmith to his 3rd\-place finish in the 2004 [Poker Million](/wiki/Poker_Million "Poker Million").

Tann made a final table at the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event of the [2000 World Series of Poker](/wiki/2000_World_Series_of_Poker "2000 World Series of Poker") (WSOP), receiving $26,910 for his 4th\-place finish behind [Johnny Chan](/wiki/Johnny_Chan_%28poker_player%29 "Johnny Chan (poker player)"). In 2005 he won a [WSOP bracelet](/wiki/WSOP_bracelet "WSOP bracelet") in the $1,000 [No Limit](/wiki/Betting_%28poker%29%23No_limit "Betting (poker)#No limit") [Hold'em](/wiki/Hold%27em "Hold'em") event, to take home a prize of $188,335\. In the [2007 World Series of Poker](/wiki/2007_World_Series_of_Poker "2007 World Series of Poker") Tann cashed [in the money](/wiki/In_the_money "In the money") for the first time in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event coming in 77th place out of a field of 6,358 players, winning $106,382

At one time Tann was a spokesman for Betfairpoker. He qualified for the [2005 WSOP](/wiki/2005_World_Series_of_Poker "2005 World Series of Poker") Main Event via an online tournament on the site, eliminating the site founder Andrew Black in the process.

As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,900,000\.

Tann has numerous nicknames on the poker circuit. Although usually called *"The Dice Man"*, he also goes by the monikers '*"The Governor"* and *"[Mister Miyagi](/wiki/The_Karate_Kid_%281984_film%29 "The Karate Kid (1984 film)")"*.

Tann lives in [Bovingdon](/wiki/Bovingdon "Bovingdon"), [Hertfordshire](/wiki/Hertfordshire "Hertfordshire"). He is married and has one son.


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