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Monday 4th May 2009 PKR.com Signs Up Rising Stars
Leading online poker room PKR.com has announced the first six members constituting its first sponsored team of professional players that will serve as brand ambassadors at major events around the world.
The members of Team PKR Pro will also provide a range of content for PKR.com’s website and PKR TV while also participating in cash games and specially organised bounty tournaments.
Team PKR Pro is made up of the sport’s hottest rising stars including television celebrity Ashley ‘ashleyhames1’ Hames and 2008 Irish Open finalist Kai Danilo ‘kingkai84’ Paulsen.
Presenter Hames is known for his Sin Cities series, which still ranks as one of Bravo’s highest UK rated shows, and has been playing poker since 2000. The Londoner has participated in a World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and reached the final of Celebrity Poker Club.
Trondheim native Paulsen has the finest live tournament record of any PKR.com regular with more than $322,000 in offline earnings. The 25-year-old Norwegian had two cashes at the WSOP including finishing 18th out of over 3,000 competitors alongside a fifth placed finish at the 2008 Irish Open, taking home $250,000.
The runner-up at the inaugural PKR Live event in November and champion of the subsequent APT Manila Headhunter side event, Henrik ‘pokey85’ Eklund, is also in Team PKR Pro. The Stockholm resident is only 24 but stated that his ambition this year is to make the final table at a major event even though he has only been playing poker for four years.
The remaining trio include PKR.com favourites Raymond ‘callmebabe’ O’Mahoney, James ‘James666’ Sudworth and Andrew ‘golfpro699’ Teng.
“We’ve been following our initial Team PKR Pro members for some time and are convinced that they all have the game and personality required to be genuinely world-class poker players,” said Simon Prodger, Marketing Director for PKR.com.
“They are also among the most recognised and respected players within the PKR community so are guaranteed to have over two and a half million people cheering them on every time they play.”
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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