Mikhail Shalamov
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Biography Mikhail Shalamov is a Russian poker player who is a member of GGPoker’s Team Russia alongside Anatoly Filatov and Mikhail Semin.
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.
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Daiva Byrne
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Biography Daiva Byrne is a Lithuanian poker player. She is the Outreach and Community Advocate for GGPoker.
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.
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Kevin Martin
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Biography Kevin Martin is a Canadian poker player who first appeared on reality TV series Big Brother Canada. Originally from Calgary, Martin is best known as one of the earliest adopters of the Twitch platform, having streamed his play since 2015.
He is currently a member of the GGSquad on GGPoker, having joined in October 2020.
Background After appearing on Big Brother, Martin originally signed as a member of Team PokerStars Pro Online in May 2016. During this time he racked up over $200K in live cashes included four tournament wins in Calgary and his biggest-ever live cash of $48,210 for finishing runner-up in the Run It Up Reno VII Main Eventbefore quitting in 2019.
Benjamin Spragg
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Biography Ben “Spraggy” Spragg is a British poker player and PokerStars Ambassador.
After graduating in 2012, he started playing poker and streaming on the internet. Spragg started as a cash game player, but after grinding those tables he moved over to tournament poker.
He first joined PokerStars as a member of Team Online in 2017. Over the course of his career he has won numerous online titles, including World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) titles in 2020 and 2021.
Alexandre Mantovani
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Biography Alexandre “Cavalito” Mantovani is a Brazilian poker player and 888poker Ambassador.
“I cant speak for others, but ever since Ive started my career as a poker player, Ive always dreamed of being a professional representing a poker site. And Im very happy to have reached another goal in my career!” said Mantovani.
Be sure to follow Mantovani on Twitch, Instagram or Twitter.
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Jen Shahade
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Biography Jen Shahade is an American poker player, chess player, commentator and author. She is a two-time United States Women’s Champion and holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is also a PokerStars Ambassador.
The largest cash of Shahade’s poker career came in 2014 after winning the Open-Face Chinese Poker World Championship High Roller, the largest Open-Faced Chinese poker tournament in history, winning 100,000.
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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.
Fernando Habegger
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Biography Fernando “JNandezPoker” Habegger is a Swiss poker pro and member of theGGPoker Omaha Squad.
An online grinder since 2006, starting in 2011 Habegger began concentrating more specifically on pot-limit Omaha, and after enjoying sustained success as a player and coach became a PLO instructor for Phil Galfond’s Run It Once coaching site.
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Raigo Aasmaa
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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
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.
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.
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!”
Vivian Saliba
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Biography Vivian Saliba is a Brazilian poker player and 888poker ambassador, having joined the site in November 2017.
She first played live poker at 18 years of age when her father brought her to a poker club in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba’s New Passion for Poker Streaming
World Series of Poker In 2017, Saliba at 24 years of age, played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Saliba cashed in five events at the WSOP, including the 2017 WSOP Main Event, and narrowly missed out on making the final table in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, finishing 11th.
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.
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Parker Talbot
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Biography Parker Talbot is best known in the poker world for his exploits online with more than $3.4 million in online tournament cashes. His popularity soared with his popular Twitch stream under the handle tonkaaaaP.
He is a PokerStars Ambassador having joined in June 2016.
Intro Born in Ontario, Canada, Talbot became interested in poker at a young age of 13 after watching the World Poker Tour on television with his parents. He played against his dad for many years before he first played in a casino on his 18th birthday.
Rafael Moraes
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Biography Rafael Moraes is a Brazilian poker player and PokerStars ambassador. He sits with over $1.8 million in cashes and is in the top 10 of the Brazilian all-time money list.
According to fellow Brazilian and PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari, Moraes is one of the best poker players in the world.
Moraes: “Neymar Doesn’t Play Poker for Money; He Just Wants to Win!”
Live Poker Achievements The largest cash of Moraes’ career came in 2016, finishing third in the EPT Monte Carlo 25,000 High Roller for 568,200. The following year, he won a WSOP Circuit ring in Sao Paulo for $94,321.
Patrick Leonard
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Biography Patrick Leonard is a British poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and PartyPoker Ambassador.
He won Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team at the 2022 WSOP alongside eventual Main Event winner Espen Jostad to win $148,067 and his first WSOP bracelet.
Over the course of his career he has amassed over $2 million in live cashes, which is dwarfed by the more than $17 million he has won on the online felt.
Andre Akkari
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Biography Andre Akkari is a Brazilian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and PokerStars Ambassador. He is also the CEO and founder of FURIA, a Brazilian eSports organization.
Akkari won his WSOP bracelet back in 2011, winning Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $675,117. In 2022, he narrowly missed out on a second finishing second in Event #52: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed for $135,848.
Brazil Home to Online Poker “Elite” says PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari
Felipe Ramos
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Biography Felipe “Mojave” Ramos is a Brazilian poker player and GGPoker Ambassador. He has over $2.6 million in lifetime earnings as a professional poker player.
A close friend of Brazilian poker superstar Neymar, Ramos has a fanatical following of Brazilian poker players who follow his success on Instagram, Twitter and Twitch.
Felipe Ramos: A Friendly Face in the “Sport” of Poker
Background After graduating from college, Ramos’ first experience playing poker was playing against his boss. He didn’t have to wait long for his first success, after winning the first 8-handed Sit & Go, and finishing runner-up to his boss in the second!
Anatoly Filatov
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Biography Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov is a Russian poker player who is a member of GGPoker’s Team Russia alongside Mikhail Semin and Mikhail Shalamov.
He has won several live titles including the Eurasian Poker Tour, partypoker MILLIONS Live and World Poker Tour.
In 2019, he narrowly missed out on a World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) bracelet when he finished third for $1,009,279 in the 100,000 Diamond High Roller.
During the WSOP Online on GGPoker, Filatov made the final table of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker, again finishing third for $772,251.
Wiktor Malinowski
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Biography Wiktor Malinowski is a Polish poker player and member of GGPoker Team Poland.
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.
Sam Grafton
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Biography Sam Grafton is a British professional poker player and PokerStars Ambassador.
Grafton has over $12 million in live tournament earnings, with his biggest cash coming in the $200K Coin Rivet Invitational for $5.5 Million
He previously finished as the runner-up in the 100,000 EPT Barcelona Super High Roller to Sergi Reixach for 1,303,950.
The Brit and also has tournament wins at the 2021 EPT Prague, as well as on the GUKPT, Aussie Millions, Australian Poker Tour and PokerStars Festival.
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.
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