{{short description|Iranian poker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} '''Korosh Nejad''' (born '''Korosh Arshadnejad''') is an Iranian professional poker player based in London, England. He was born in Tehran.
Nejad has played for over 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Korosh Nejad's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=1767 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref> He first came to the public attention with three impressive performances in the Stakis Festival in London during May 1999 where he had a 2nd-place finish in a £100 Pot Limit Omaha tournament, a 1st-place finish in a £100 Seven Card Stud tournament and a 4th-place finish in a £250 No Limit Hold'em tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stakis Festival, Pot Limit Omaha |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8697 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stakis Festival, Seven Card Stud |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8698 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stakis Festival, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8700 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
He went on to make regular appearances on the ''Late Night Poker'' television show. In the third season he won a tournament featuring Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos, "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani and Hemish Shah.{{cn|date=December 2023}} He won a tournament in the fifth season, which featured Joe "The Elegance" Beevers, Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott and Julian "The Kid" Gardner.{{cn|date=December 2023}} He went on to finish 2nd to Padraig Parkinson in the Series 5 Grand Final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Late Night Poker Series 5, No Limit Hold'em - Grand Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7521 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}</ref>
Korosh finished as runner-up to Neil "Bad Beat" Channing in his heat of the 2005 World Speed Poker Open but was disqualified for not paying the 2500GBP entry fee and given a life ban from future tournaments.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
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==External links== *[http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=1767 Hendon Mob profile]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nejad, Korosh}} Category:Iranian poker players Category:Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:People from Tehran