Joshua Bolton is a British poker player who is best known for winning the $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $311,349 and his first gold bracelet.
Boulton first appeared in the live poker arena in March 2015 and mostly frequented low-stakes tournaments for the next three years. A trip to the 2019 WSOP in Las Vegas proved fruitful. Boulton cashed in four events, including a tenth-place finish in the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Stack for $19,601 and a 578th-place finish in the $10,000 Main Event for $24,560. During his trip to Vegas, Boulton also finished tenth in a $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Venetian for $27,063.
Back on home soil, Boulton helped himself to a £40,960 prize in the £1,100 UKIPT London Main Event in April 2022 after finishing fourth. He returned to Las Vegas in June 2022, where he finished fourth in a $1,100 NLHE event at the Venetian for $86,805.
Several five-figure prizes followed before he won the $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty event at the 2025 WSOP for $311,349 and his first bracelet. Boulton's victory came only a few hours before he was due to board a plane back to the United Kingdom.
Joshua Boulton's Top Five Poker Results
| Date | Event | Rank | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | $1,979 PHOF Bounty WSOP | 1st | $311,349 |
| Jun 2022 | $1,100 NLHE | 4th | $86,805 |
| Jun 2023 | $1,600 NLHE | 6th | $61,566 |
| Apr 2022 | £1,100 UKIPT London | 4th | £40,960 |
| Jun 2023 | $3,500 NLHE | 11st | $44,323 |
