Let me guess: He played while holding the cards with his feet.
Anybody wanna see Neil's stats from the poker realm when he was a professional poker player? I know that you're dyin' to learn what a professional poker player like Neil makes. I know I was, hence taking almost three minutes of my time to hunt it down. It's probably a lot of money to some, so don't be surprise if myriad users leave this forum to pursue the sport, leaving behind their lucrative Twitter and Facebook campaigns for others coming up through the ranks.
Here are Neil's stats: http://www.playerscope.com/elpaon/pokerstars/any/2010
BTW, so you know, just like with Mr. Dai using Steven and Patrick (and already proven that he used both at the same time during separate ventures) because we Americans would be more comfortable with said names, Mr. Neil Mahi also opted to forego using his full name, perhaps for the exact same reason: Mohamed Neil Mahi. Personally, I didn't think he looked like a Neil:
Ranked 1,086,728 of 1,922,695 -> http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/elpaon/poker/results/F5041495F5234A3B9239FF8C7E67FB66.html?t=2
Hilarious, this is what they call him professional poker player? Maybe he is weaker than me, a part-time poker players. They exaggerated the truth.