Nic Szeremeta

Nic Szeremeta was an English poker player, publisher and television creator of English and Polish descent, born in 1943 and raised in Letchworth Garden City. He formed his own newspaper, The Weekender, and a magazine publishing group around 1980, selling it in 1989. In 1995 he became secretary of the European Poker Players' Association, and from 1998 he edited Poker Europa magazine. In 1999 he created the television series Late Night Poker, which he is credited with helping to drive the poker boom in the United Kingdom, and he commentated on its first three series with Jesse May before leaving over a money dispute. He also helped create the World Heads-Up Poker Championship, was poker correspondent for The Independent from 1999 to 2016, and died in 2021.