Meet the Sheils: UK Poker Playing Family of Four Gets Into Media Spotlight

Their story made it into UK media this month and on RankingHero we are happy to introduce the community to the player profiles of the Sheils from Birmingham - a family of four who are all playing poker for a living! 

Dad, 48, former accountant @Matt Sheils 

Mum, 41, works in childcare, sold nursery business @Michelle Sheils 

23-year-old @Richard Sheils 

19-year-old @Brandon Sheils 

Photo: blondepoker.com @Frankie Knight and @Michelle Sheils 

“Mum ran a nursery,” Richard explained. “She sold that, semi-retired and played poker. She’s been on Channel 4’s Late Night Poker a few times, and her biggest win is £12,000.”

 Photo: gentingcasino.com  

Birmingham University economics graduate @Richard Sheils “My ambition is to be good enough to play for a living, but rich enough not to have to.”

Youngest member of the family, 19-year-old @Brandon Sheils recently finished 3rd in a 2015 PokerStars UKIPT - London NLHE event, for £9,200!

Birmingham family is a full house of poker champions Mum and dad quit day jobs to turn professional while sons study mathematical formulas to come up trumps www.birminghammail.co.uk

Four of a kind! Family all quit their jobs to become poker professionals - and claim key to their success is mathematical formula Michelle and Matthew Shiels and their sons Richard and Brandon are all aces at the game, honing their skills at their 'house of cards' in Edington, Birmingham.www.dailymail.co.uk

Birmingham Family Ditch Jobs and Take up PokerA family of four, from Birmingham in the UK, have ditched their jobs to focus on becoming full time professional poker players.calvinayre.com