Ben Poole is a British blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His musical style is original and can be described as an energetic blend of blues, rock, and soul. Poole's musical ability has been praised by none other than Jeff Beck and Gary Moore! As early as the age of nine, Poole lived only to play the guitar. He thus learned Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile. He then started performing regularly and was named the guitarist to watch in 2010 by Guitar World Magazine. The following year Poole was nominated in three categories for the British Blues Award. In 2012 Poole was chosen to represent the UK at the European Blues Challenge held in Berlin, where he finished third. In the same year, Poole was voted 'Best Newcomer of 2012' by Blues matters magazine!  His first album 'Let's go upstairs!' was self-produced in the same year. Several albums followed, including Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2014). Jeff Beck has said he loves Ben Poole's sound. In 2021 Poole released another live album, Acoustic Duo Live, in acoustic format and in collaboration with Dutch bluesman Guy Smeets.

Throughout Europe, The Gamblers have been the backing band for such A-list artists as Jerry Portnoy (harmonica player for Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton), Otis Grand, Guitar Ray Scona, Big Pete Pearson, Paul Reddick, Deitra Farr, Jumping Johnny Sansone, Sonny Rhodes, Keith Dunn, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Marriner and Tony D of the Monkey Junk, and many others. Among these collaborations some have generated not only strong professional and personal relationships but also highly successful products such as Otis Grand's "New Sensation," "Poorman Blues" and "Hipster Blues" records (2004, 2005, 2007), the Cazorla Blues Festival concert together with Jerry Portnoy (2005), the European tour with Canadian Paul Reddick (2010) with the latter involved in the artistic production of the album "Photograph" (2015) and with U.S. Big Pete Pearson (2011, 2012) and subsequent studio recording work that sees the '2012 release of the album "Choose". A new tour with Paul Reddick, Steve Marriner and Tony D sees the release in the year 2020 of the album "Alive in Italy" published by the Canadian label Stony Plain. Currently active The Gamblers work passionately to make their own contribution to the international blues scene.

"Don’t take any chances when you want to hear the blues played to win. The Gamblers are a band that guarantees good music, good times and good luck. They are the real deal, steady rollin’ and a hot streak. The Gamblers are long-time big-time blues money in the bank!" Paul ReddickAnd