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Ricardo Mateus

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Biography Ricardo Mateus is a Portuguese poker player and member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Mateus made the switch from recreational player to poker streamer in 2018 by setting up his own Twitch channel. Since then he’s grown a small community from his streams, and has begun taking more time away from streaming to study and improve his game. Read More: Introducing FIVE New Members of the 888poker StreamTeam “I am extremely flattered and excited to represent a brand like 888poker. I think that together we will be able to do fantastic things and raise the game of poker in Portugal in a fun and responsible way.”

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Irene Albarran

@Rooms Players @Ricardo Mateus

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 704th €2,290 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em 359th $2,678

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Andrei Cosmin

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Biography Andrei “andreicoz” Cosmin is a Romanian poker player and member of 888poker’s Stream Team. He became a Twitch partner in November 2019, and successfully completed a bankroll challenge from $100 to $10,000 one month later. “I am really happy to be part of the 888poker StreamTeam, as I already know and follow my great new team members. Im sure we are going to make a great team together and promise to bring my best to the team. “My personal goal for the next year is to reach high stakes cash games. So, if you want to see my journey and join my community, Ill be streaming almost daily on Twitch.” Be sure to follow Cosmin on Twitch, Instagram or Facebook.

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Patrick Tardif

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Biography Patrick ‘Egption’ Taridf is a Canadian poker Twitch streamer and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. Having graduated from the University of Western Ontario, Patrick relocated to South Korea to teach English as a foreign language. However, he quit his career as a teacher in 2017 and transitioned full time to Twitch poker streamer. Tardif has amassed more than $112K in tournament earnings including a career-best $56,800 for finishing 65th in Januarys $25,000 PSPC PokerStars Players Championship. He also placed third in the RIU Reno V $600 Main Event for $21,840. Players in Ontario, Canada are now allowed to play on several online poker sites including GGPoker. Check out the online poker rooms in Ontario for more details!

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Wiktor Malinowski

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Biography Wiktor Malinowski is a Polish poker player. In September 2021, he won the Super High Roller Bowl Europe Main Event for a career-best $3,690,000. Malinowski famously took down one of the biggest pots in online No-Limit Texas Hold’em cash game history, beating Michael Addamo to win $824,000 in a single hand. He is also a three-time GGPoker Super MILLION$ champion, triumphing in May 2021, June 2022 and July 2022. In April 2021, Malinowski also won a SCOOP title in SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE 8-Max to bank $241,957

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Lex Veldhuis

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Biography Lex Veldhuis is a Dutch poker player and PokerStars Ambassador. A popular Twitch streamer, Veldhuis regularly broadcasts his play to thousands of viewers on his Twitch channel. “Ive been fortunate to have a few deep runs in COOP in the last few years, but my word, it feels like youre in a stadium full of people,” he told PokerNews in 2021. “At a certain point, thats kind of what it is as well. Its just really crazy. You stream for those moments, you really do. In terms of poker results, you really want to have top-three finishes or win a tournament to have that insane absolution of the end. But in a stream, even if youre in the last seven or eight and have an insane stream with 20-30,000 watching, it can already make you feel like youve won the Champions League!”

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Raigo Aasmaa

@Rooms Players @Ricardo Mateus

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2020 Kings of Tallinn1,100 Main Event 63rd €2,280 2018 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn1,100 Main Event 30th €2,110 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo BOUNTY 176th $1,142 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona5,300 Main Event 115th €12,050 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 275th $1,937 2011 PokerStars.com EPT TallinnMain Event 3rd €110,000

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Hristivoje Pavlovic

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Biography Hristivoje “ALLinPav” Pavlovic is a GGPoker Twitch squad member. With plenty of experience, Pavlovic is a former partypoker Team Pro and streams regularly on his Twitch channel. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 100% up to a maximum of $600! The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

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Fintan Hand

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Biography Fintan Hand is an Irish poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. He plays online under the username “EasyWithAces” He joined PokerStars Team Online in 2017. Five Tips to Become a Successful Online Poker Twitch Streamer Live Poker Achievements Hand is a well-known figure on the United Kingdom and Ireland live poker circuit and has amassed just shy of $55,000 in live tournament winnings. The largest cash of his career came in in the 2017 Irish Open in Dublin for 19,445 while sporting a shamrock emblazoned suit. Fintan Hand: Grinding WCOOP From His Childhood Playroom

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Jordan Banfield

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Biography Jordan Banfield is a Canadian poker player and streamer. In 2021, he joined 888poker as part of their Twitch StreamTeam. I’m very excited to work with 888poker!," he told PokerNews “I aim to provide great content through this collaboration and proud to rep the brand as one of their online pros. 888poker Stream Team Member Jordan Banfield Sets Sights on $100k Bankroll Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/jordanbanfield_ Sign up to 888poker Don’t have an account with 888poker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive exclusive welcome offers including deposit bonuses, free-play and tournament tickets!

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Jaime Staples

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Biography Jaime Staples is a Canadian poker player and PartyPoker Ambassador. The popular Twitch streamer joined PokerStars back in 2015, but parted ways in 2019. Later that year he joined PartyPoker. The Staples Brothers Have Some Tips for Streaming on Twitch - Check Them Out! In 2018, Staples famously won a $150,000 Weight Loss Bet against Bill Perkins. In 2021, Staples finished third in the WPT Online Series WPT500 for $74,227. However, winner David Afework was subsequently disqualified, with Staples receiving the second-place prize of $108,795. “Even though this pushes me up the pay scale, it’s not a happy thing to see broken rules in poker,” he told PokerNews. “I trust the Game Integrity teams have made the correct decision. Working with various companies in poker now over the last six years, I know what they do is well reasoned, and not a decision made lightly.” partypoker’s Jaime Staples Talks Twitch and His Desire to Win a WPT WOC Title

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Felix Schneiders

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Biography Felix Schneiders is a German poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. Schneiders plays under the username “xflixx” on PokerStars, and joined PokerStars Team Online in 2013. Sunday Million Where Poker Dreams Are Made says Felix “xflixx” Schneiders A former math student and “Magic: The Gathering” player, Schneiders began playing poker in 2005 and has since become a small- to mid-stakes six-max no-limit hold’em specialist. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris1,100 FPS Main Event 477th €2,170 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague1,100 Eureka Main Event 73rd €6,850 2023 UKIPT Edinburgh1,100 Main Event 29th £1,720 2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta1,100 Main Event 25th €4,490 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$1,050 Main Event 500th $2,521 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 PokerStars NL Hod’em Players Championship 40th $69,100

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Mikhail Shalamov

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Biography Mikhail Shalamov is a Russian poker player who is a former member GGPoker Ambassador. A former member of PokerStars Team Pro Online, Shalamov has been playing since 2008 and is one of Russia’s most popular and entertaining players. He regularly streams on his Twitch channel. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 100% up to a maximum of $600! The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

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Ian Simpson

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Biography Ian Simpson is a British poker player and 888poker ambassador, having joined the site in May 2022. He had previously served as an ambassador for Unibet Poker. 888poker: Ian Simpson’s Top Tips for Transitioning to Live Poker from Online Poker In 2012, he finished fourth in the Irish Open Main Event taking home 107,500, before winning the same event the following year for 265,000. Ian Simpson Wins 2013 Irish Open; Proposes to Girlfriend

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Josh Manley

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Biography Josh Manley is a British poker player and member of the 888poker StreamTeam. Manley has been playing poker since he was 18 years old, graduating from play money into real money cash games and tournaments. “Streaming Was My Girlfriend’s Idea!” says 888poker Stream Team’s Josh Manley “I am very happy to be joining 888poker to team up with one of the best sites out there is a dream come true for me,” said Manley. “I am hoping to continue climbing stakes and having a great time on stream!” In 2022, Manley played in the WSOP Main Event and enjoyed rubbing shoulders with some of the biggest names in poker. Read More: Introducing FIVE New Members of the 888poker StreamTeam Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/joshmanleypoker

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Arlie Shaban

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Biography Arlie Shaban is a Canadian poker player, Twitch streamer and PokerStars Ambassador. In 2022, Shaban won an astonishing five ONCOOP titles while streaming his success on Twitch. Did you know? PokerStars Ontario - check out more online poker sites in Ontario here! Joining Team Online In 2017, Shaban quit his job to become a full-time online poker player. He turned to streaming and eventually achieved a record of 125 consecutive days streaming - a total of 1,000 hours! He also completed the ‘12 Labours of Arlie’ en-route to becoming a member of PokerStars Team Online. Twitch Legend Arlie Shaban Ready for PokerStars Anniversary Sunday Million

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Kara Scott

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Biography Kara Scott is a Canadian-British poker player, presenter and broadcaster best known for presenting on some of poker’s biggest shows. In 2016 she was named as the latest 888poker Ambassador, having previously served as an ambassador for partypoker. She left 888poker in 2023. Over the years, Scott has appeared on Poker Night Live, Sky Poker, the European Poker Tour, High Stakes Poker and the World Series of Poker. At the tables, Scott has nearly $700,000 in live tournament cashes. In 2009 she became only the second female poker player to cash in back-to-back WSOP Main Events. Read More: 888poker Ambassador Kara Scott Launches ‘Heart of Poker’ Podcast

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Jan Wagner

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Biography Jan “HansiWurst” Wagner is a German poker player and DJ. He is also a member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid550 Main Event 69th €1,000

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Andrijana Gligoric

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Biography Andrijana Gligoric is a Serbian poker player and member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em Go Stage, $1M GTD 156th $1,876 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 1112th $211

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Bertrand Grospellier

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Biography Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier is a French poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. His is also a Triple Crown winner, having won a World Series of Poker bracelet, as well as World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour titles. He is also a former PokerStars Team Pro, having represented the site from 2006-2018, and a former partypoker pro having represented the site from 2018-2020. Biography Grospellier was born in Melun, France. Before he started playing poker, he was a world-famous StarCraft player under the name ‘ElkY’. In 2001 moved to South Korea to pursuit his passion for StarCraft. He took part in a number of competitions beating thousands of his opponents and collecting top place finishes. Grospellier says that his gaming experience is one of the main reasons why he’s so successful at the poker tables. Read More: Bertrand ElkY Grospellier: I Got Super Lucky! He started playing poker professionally in 2005. Since then, Grospellier has countless cashes in the world’s biggest poker tournaments and more than $14 million in live tournament cashes. At the online felt, he is became the first player to reach PokerStars Supernova and Supernova Elite statuses. First he earned 100,000 player points in just two weeks and then collected another 1,000,000 points in four and a half months.

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Mikhail Yakovlev

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Biography Mikhail Yakovlev is a Russian poker streamer who is a member of the GGPoker OmahaSquad He streams on his Twitch channel and also uploads regularly to his YouTube channel. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and you will receive a welcome bonus worth up to $600. Your first deposit is matched 100% up to a maximum of $600! The bonus releases into your account in $10 increments each time you earn 6,000 Fish Buffet Points, which is the equivalent of $60 in rake or tournament fees.

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Daiva Byrne

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Biography Daiva Byrne is a Lithuanian poker player. She is also the owner of the Fantastic Ladies in Poker (FLIP) Global Female Community Daiva Byrne on Exploring Australia and Encouraging Ladies Poker In 2022, she made the PSPC Women’s Platinum Pass Tournament Final Table at EPT Barcelona, finishing third. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry! Sign up through PokerNews and to receive an exclusive bonus. With so many exciting offers, games and features there’s something for everyone on GGPoker.

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Matt Staples

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Biography Matt Staples is a Canadian poker player and PartyPoker Ambassador. The popular Twitch streamer joined PartyPoker in 2019 and is mid & high stakes MTT regular. The Staples Brothers Have Some Tips for Streaming on Twitch - Check Them Out! In 2018, Staples famously won a $150,000 Weight Loss Bet against Bill Perkins. “The Audience Loves the partypoker MILLIONS” says Twitch Streamer Matt Staples PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #7: $5,300 Main Event 145th $11,217 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #32: $210 WSOP Bounty Double MILLION$ Final Day, $2M GTD 27th $4,048 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $50 The Return NLH Final Day, $1M GTD 320th $568 PokerStars SCOOP 2021SCOOP-33-M: $530 NLHE 8-Max, Sunday Million SE, $1.25M Gtd 449th $1,264 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD 44th $9,600

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Sebastian Huber

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Biography Sebastian Huber is an Austrian poker player. Since 2022, he has been a member of PokerStars Team Online. He won the ‘Dare2Stream’ contest to become the newest PokerStars Ambassador. Dare2Stream Winner Huber Joins Twitch “Idols” Lex and Spraggy as PokerStars Ambassador In September 2022, Huber won his first WCOOP title in Event #44-L: $5.50 NLHE 7-Max PKO for $2,818. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$1,050 Main Event 185th $3,772 2022 PokerStars EPT London1,100 UKIPT Main Event 144th £1,860

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