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Jeff Gross

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #13: $10,000 PLO Championship 13th $19,800 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #11: $800 Flip & Go 40th $2,400 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship 50th $52,700 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 260th $50,900 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 175th $1,305 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed) 148th $4,829 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship 78th $2,097 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty 413th $1,062 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #10: $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack 64th $1,879 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller 17th $11,768 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 31st $3,109 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 71st $1,460 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #17: $777 NLH Lucky 7s 35th $2,329 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #11: $400 PLO 6-Max 18th $1,524 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #7: $365 NLH 52nd $1,168 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack 25th $1,391 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #3: $3,200 NLH High Roller 28th $2,639 2022 WSOP OnlineEvent #2: $500 NLH Monster Stack 73rd $779 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 49th $2,627 2022 World Series of PokerOnline $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 119th $1,100 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #24: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em 72nd $2,580 2021 World Series of PokerWSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $1,000 Mini Main Event Freezeout 6th $22,640 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 7th $17,712 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 5th $106,391 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #56: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 44th $17,607 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 84th $8,040 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #7: $5,300 Main Event 33rd $23,499 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 222nd $1,775 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #78: $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 188th $2,358 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em 90th $4,397 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 109th $3,476 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #51: $400 Pot Limit Omaha 73rd $1,372 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 212th $5,225 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #42: $400 PLOSSUS Day 2, $1M GTD 511th $938 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Kick-Off 61st $1,929 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 32nd $15,018 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller 43rd €19,560 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona2,200 EPT National High Roller 73rd €6,280 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold’em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee 109th $4,021 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship 50th $14,916 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #68: $1,000 + 111 The Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em 88th $4,935 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed 132nd $4,487 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty 54th $2,384 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty 137th $1,847 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 88th $5,050 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em MILLIONAIRE MAKER 207th $6,654 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha 133rd $1,590 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold’em 137th $2,456 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North AmericaMain Event 169th 10,000 CAD 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona1,100 PokerStars National Championship 180th €3,710 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #74: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold’em 555th $1,610 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #64: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix 72nd $3,222 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 244th $2,251 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em MILLIONAIRE MAKER 963rd $2,493 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #5: THE COLOSSUS III - $565 No-Limit Hold’em 202nd $4,418 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin10,300 High Roller 16th €24,220 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 High Roller 12th $88,020 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$5,300 Main Event 68th $12,880 2015 partypoker WPT Canadian Spring ChampionshipMain Event 13th 14,130 CAD 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em 7th $53,614 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low 100th $2,541 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6th $56,549 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 13th $16,132 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Six Handed) 12th $71,071 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 High Roller 23rd $54,980 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 32 - $2,000 No Limit Hold’em 30th $11,893

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Vivian Saliba

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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. That year she also cashed four times at the WSOP Europe including a 59th place in the WSOPE Main Event for 16,710. 888poker Ambassador Vivian Saliba Hoping for “New Memories” in Retro Week However, Saliba’s best result at the WSOP, and indeed the biggest cash of her career, came in 2019 when she finished fourth in the $888 Crazy Eights for $308,888. In 2021, she made another WSOP final table, finishing seven in the WSOP Europe Mini Main Event for $39,747.

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Parker Talbot

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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. Talbot immediately lost the $100 he had before his father gave him another $100 as a present. From there, he never looked back. The origins of his popular tonkaaaa and tonkaaaaP online screennames came about thanks to his hockey coach calling him a Tonka truck and the nickname sticking. PokerStars Team Pro Parker Talbot on Educating His Community and Missing Live Poker

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Patrick Leonard

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

Biography Patrick Leonard is a British poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and former 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. Patrick Leonard says Nine-Handed Tournaments Should Be “Retired”

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Richard Sheils

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

Biography Richard “GingePoker” Sheils is a British poker player and former GGPoker Twitch squad member. As a cash game specialist, he regularly streams his content on Twitch for his legions of poker fans. In 2015, Sheils made the final table of the WSOP Europe Monster Stack finishing eighth for 20,675. He also made a deep run in Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed at the 2019 WSOP, finishing 16th for $34,422. The largest cash of his career came back in 2015, however, winning a New Year Deepstack tournament in Nottingham for 26,000.

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Anatoly Filatov

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

Biography Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov is a Russian poker player who is a former GGPoker Ambassador. 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. In 2021, Filatov finished fourth in the WSOP Online $25,000 Super High Roller for $555,720.

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Lucia Navarro

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 888poker LIVE Coventry888 Main Event 67th £1,900 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 1474th $15,000 2023 Marrakech Poker OpenMPO Main Event 17th €3,783 2023 888poker LIVE Madrid888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event 4th €27,000 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 172nd €6,110 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 241st $46,800 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship 65th $2,638

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poker-players

Kevin Hart

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

Biography Kevin Hart is an American comedian and actor. A keen poker player, he is a former PokerStars and partypoker Ambassador. He had previously signed with PokerStars three years earlier, memorably playing in the PokerStars Championship Cash Challenge Series. Read More: 15 Questions with Kevin Hart In April 2019, he was beaten by Antonio Esfandiari in a boxing match after the two agreed to a prop bet on the outcome of a bout. In April 2020, he was unveiled as a partypoker Ambassador. As of September 2022, he is no longer an Ambassador for the site.

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Ricardo Mateus

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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.” Twitch Channel: twitch.tv/mat3uspt

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Irene Albarran

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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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poker-players

Raigo Aasmaa

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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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poker-players

Mikhail Shalamov

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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

@Rooms Players @Diego Ventura

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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