Attendees
smart-bash Attendees
We invited the brightest, best and most informed bettors:
Nick Goff
Professional Punter for the past 8 years, specialising in football. Previously was the head of football trading at Coral and knows the betting world inside out.
*Speaking at the event
Johnny Dineen
Johnny is a former bookmaker turned pro-punter and also one of the co-hosts of the very popular Upping The Ante Racing Post show from the Racing Post.
Renowned for his candid opinions and sharp betting expertise, Johnny has garnered a loyal following for his straightforward approach. With insights from both sides of the betting fence, he offers invaluable wisdom on what it takes to succeed in the gambling world.
*Speaking at the event
Matthew Trenhaile
Matthew boasts extensive experience in the betting industry, having held various positions at renowned companies such as Mustard Bet and Pinnacle Sports, where he most recently was the head of Growth Sports. Matthew’s expertise extended to hosting the niche yet immensely popular podcast ‘Inside Betting,’ which garnered widespread acclaim in sports betting circles.
Today, Matthew embarks on a new journey with the establishment of his trading and risk management company, Anubis Trading. With his unparalleled knowledge and experience, Matthew is considered a leading authority in the field of betting.
*Speaking at the event
Miguel Figueres
Miguel, the CEO and founder of the highly successful Winner Odds betting algorithm, leverages AI to identify inefficiencies in bookmaker odds for sports like football and tennis. He is also a Civil Engineer and an Associate Professor at Valencia University, specializing in Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence. Look out for his special presentation at Smart Bash.
*Speaking at the event
Dean Valentine
With a lifetime dedicated to betting, Dean Valentine has forged a successful career as a professional punter. His deep understanding of what it takes to win, adapt, and evolve with changing markets is unparalleled. Known for his candid opinions, Dean will be able to freely share his unfiltered insights at the Smart Bash event, which will NOT be recorded.
*Speaking at the event
Matt Bisogno
GeeGeez.co.uk
Bill Chen
Chen is an American quantitative analyst, poker player, and software designer.
*Speaking at the event
Varun Sudhakar
Varun is the CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX, a recently launched betting exchange offering smart bettors a new blockchain-based platform. With previous experience as a senior executive at Fanduel, Varun is uniquely qualified to discuss the growth of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in the betting industry.
*Speaking at the event
Dylan Beirne
Dylan has an impressive career in golf analytics, beginning with his work at 15th Club, where he provided insights to the world’s leading players, including multiple major winners and world number ones. He also served as the lead analyst for Team Europe in the 2018 and 2021 Ryder Cup.
*Speaking at the event
Chris Poole
BetVictor Director of Trading
Chris brings over 25 years of trading experience from beginning his career as a cashier in a betting shop to now leading a team of over 50 traders for the past 10 years as Director of Trading at BetVictor. Chris oversees BV Group’s full portfolio of brands from a risk & trading perspective and is an expert on these topics with a strong following across many channels, sharing his expertise and opinions on some of the biggest topics in betting.
*Speaking at the event
Mike Adams
Owner/Founder Caerus Risk & MJA Sports
Mike has a wealth of experience in Risk & Trading roles across all aspects of the sports betting industry. Having worked at leading bookmakers bet365 and Flutter PLC earlier in his career, he currently operates a B2B odds service and runs a football betting syndicate.
Jose
TradeCM Syndicate Manager.
Jose is an expert bettor and works within the football betting syndicate world. Jose will be taking part in our ‘betting syndicate’ expert panel at Smart Bash and sharing unique insight into the reality of betting professionally
Harry Stewart-Moore
Brian Chappell
Brian is a vastly experienced campaigner for bettors rights and is the founder of the ‘Justice For Punters’ Gambling consumer rights group.
*Speaking at the event
Craig Edwards
Craig is a former professional snooker player turned winning bettor with a speciality in finding value on Golf and Snooker with both bookmakers and betting exchanges.
*Speaking at the event
Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Owner And Professional Punter
Pete, one of the co-founders of Smart Bash, teamed up with Bookie Bashing in 2023 to conceive its inaugural ‘test event’ and is one of the driving forces behind this year’s bigger Smart Bash gathering. By day, he manages the Smart Betting Club, providing essential information, reviews, and reports to support bettors. Pete is also a professional punter, utilizing strategies recommended by SBC and collaborating with various expert betting groups and syndicates. He’s the host of the popular SBC Podcast, featuring guests, many of whom you can expect to meet and hear from at the 2024 Smart Bash event itself
Tom Brownlee
Bookie Bashing Owner
Tom is a Chartered Engineer by trade who found he could apply his prediction and analytical skills to sports betting and poker. Having played a number of high stakes poker tournaments and cash games Tom ventured into sports betting and had success in various syndicates before forming bookiebashing with Duncan in his Kitchen in 2014. Since 2015 boookiebashing has grown in size and content – they have won a number of awards, such as Golds in the categories of Best Horse Racing Service, Best Golf Service, Best Tipsters. When Tom isn’t gambling he spends his time wondering why he isn’t gambling.
Duncan Akers
Bookie Bashing Owner
Chartered Accountant with a degree in Physics with Astrophysics. In 2002 he read a book about poker and put £40 on the table, £120 was withdrawn the same day and he has been playing with winnings ever since. Co-founded Bookie Bashing with Tom Brownlee in 2015 & one of the co-founders of Smart Bash.
Josh Polowyj
Smart Betting Club Senior Analyst & Punter
Josh serves as a senior analyst, writer, and contributor at the Smart Betting Club, where he plays a key role in managing daily operations and producing reports aimed at optimizing members’ betting profits and expertise. Before joining SBC, Josh made the bold decision to leave regular employment and pursue full-time punting. Nowadays, he seamlessly integrates his work at SBC with his own betting endeavors, yielding impressive results.
Jack Adcock
Managing Director Phoenix Operations & Firebird IOM Ltd
Jack has worked in various trading roles at bookmakers and now runs a worldwide gambling syndicate primarily focused on the U.K. market for a private investor.
Tanya Stevenson
Broadcaster, & Board Member of the Horse racing Bettors Forum
Darren Power
Blue Delta Marketing
Steven Carter
Blue Delta Marketing
Ben Fathers
Mark Littlewood
Olof Stenius
Founder of Odds Reactor Ltd, former professional handball player ad PhD in operations research. Olof has created the algorithms behind Odds Reactors pricing and risk management service, with the aim to provide a more fair and qualitative betting landscape. Their validating study in the exchanges has grown to become a substantial part of their business, trading 20+ sports profitably in the exchanges
*Speaking at the event
Luke Paton
Professional punter specialising in betting on golf and has been for a decade. He also worked for Betfair for over eight years before that.
*Speaking at the event