At last, Britain has an international champion!

European champion - taxi driver Ian Turner Picture: STEVE O'CONNELL

Southend cabbie Ian Turner has trounced more than 50 of the world's finest...at poker.

Ian, 50, of Shaftesbury Avenue, Thorpe Bay, scooped a £10,000 jackpot by winning a category in the European championships in London.

He said: "I'm a gambler at heart and my wife Sally says it's OK as long as the bills get paid."

Published Friday July 9, 2004

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