PKR unveils "Team PKR Pros"
LONDON, England -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- After weeks of suspense, next generation online poker site PKR.com today officially announces the full line up of its new 'Team PKR Pro'; a collection of the brightest poker players plucked from PKR.com who will now represent the site at major poker events.
The inaugural six-man 'Team PKR Pro' team include TV celebrity Ashley Hames (ashleyhames1), GUKPT winner Andrew Teng (PKR username 'golfpro699') and 2008 Irish Open finalist Kai Danilo Paulsen (kingkai84), along with PKR community favourites Raymond O'Mahoney (callmebabe), James Sudworth (James666) and PKR Live runner-up Henrik Eklund ('pokey85') Full profiles and biographies are available in the Notes to Editors section.
'Team PKR Pro' will be exclusively sponsored by PKR and act as brand ambassadors at live events, as well as providing a range of content for the PKR.com website and PKR TV. They will also be available to play on the PKR.com site in both cash games and specially organised bounty tournaments.
Simon Prodger, Marketing Director, PKR said; "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. 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."