Posts Tagged ‘poker pros’

Poker Pros Removed from PokerStars Team

Thursday, September 25th, 2014

file4741238088930Every top online poker site has an official team made up of poker pros or uses professional team players as ambassadors to promote their product. PokerStars is the best when it comes to offering events with pros involved so you can take part in gaming action among your favorite players. It is not uncommon to see new pros added to the team list as young players begin to make a name for themselves. It is also not uncommon to see players taken off the top poker teams and PokerStars now seems to have lost three players from Team PokerStars.

Joe Cada is the first to go from the PokerStars pro team with his recent confirmation of not being part of the team anymore. The pro was removed from the team page at PokerStars and will no longer be associated with the site.

Also removed from the family page of PokerStars is Alex Kravchenko of Russia. Marcel Luske is another casualty of Team PokerStars as his information is also missing from the site. Both Kravchenko and Luske have not confirmed being removed from PokerStars, nor has PokerStars commented on removing the info from the website, according to information at F5Poker.

Since PokerStars was acquired by Amaya, the pros have been dropping left and right. Last month, Jose Barbero was released from the site, a Latin American poker pro. It is surprising that so many players have been removed from the site, especially Cada. With Cada being a top World Champion of the WSOP, one would think that the site would want a top pro on their site.

For now, PokerStars seems to be making changes when it comes to poker pros. It will be interesting to see what changes will be made with the poker pros at the site as Amaya begins to get ready for a re-launch in the United States.

Ultimate Poker Drops Several Team Members

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Online poker pros are a common occurrence at top online poker rooms. Poker operators sponsor top players to compete online at the site and represent the brand during live events. In most cases, a pro can stay at an online poker room for years, earning nice compensation and playing the game they love. This week, several pros received bad news and lost their spot on an online poker team. It was recently reported that several pros sponsored at Ultimate Poker will no longer be working with the site.

Team U is the sponsored pro team at Ultimate Poker and now the site has removed several pros from the Team U player page. William Reynolds, Jeremy Ausmus, Brent Hanks and Phil Collins have all been removed from the website as members of Team U. When a player profile is removed from an online poker team web page, it usually means the player is no longer a part of the website.

The site still seems to be working with Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Somerville, Dan O’Brien and Danielle Anderson. According to F5Poker, Randy Dorfman, a former pro of Ultimate Poker, Tweeted about the news stating:

“Ultimate Poker drops Pros Will Reynolds, Jeremy Ausmus, Phil Collins & Brent Hanks. Maybe time 4 Stations to drop people running UP? #toolate”

Ultimate Poker has yet to officially announce if the pros are no longer members of the site but most likely the pros are no longer working with UP. With the news of Ultimate Poker, there was also a case of a pro leaving PokerStars. Humbero Brenes is no longer associated with PokerStars and will not be working with the site even after the poker room is now part of Amaya Gaming. This week has not bee the best for poker pros. It will be interesting to see in the coming days if Ultimate Poker announces the reasoning behind the change at the poker pro page of the website.