A modest Croydon based Project manager who learned how to play poker online has qualified for one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world.

Ian ’The Razor’ Frazer also made it to the Ladbrokes Poker Million VI tournament last year but the father of three lost out to eventual winner Raj Modha.

A keen online poker enthusiast Frazer said that he became a great player as a result of playing Texas Hold’em games online.

Indeed Frazer has netted over £40,000 from online poker games alone in the last 18 months and is seen as a major threat to the big guns at this year’s Poker Million VI tournament.

Despite having earned more than one million dollars in the last three years playing land based poker and becoming a contender for the big time, Frazer said that he has no intention of quitting his day job at the Croydon-based building contractors Vidette Ltd, a job he has held for 15 years.

Frazer has also qualified three times for a seat in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and said that he is not intimidated by playing against the cream of the crop in poker.

“Going head-to-head with the world’s premiere poker elite will be a test in itself, let alone playing under the pressure of studio lights and cameras,” said Frazer. “I got beaten heads-up last year in the first televised heat by the eventual winner, Raj Modha, so this year I’m looking for some revenge.”

Poker Million VI is set to take place in December with the final due to be televised live on Sky Sports on December 21. Ladbrokes said that all 72 seats for the event have now been sold, reserved for sponsored players who want to buy-in or won by players who have qualified via the online route.