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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!

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Hristivoje Pavlovic

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

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. just setting up my twttr — jack (@jack) !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=“https://www.pokernews.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");Want to stay up-to-date on all the latest GGPoker news right here on PokerNews? Why not try out the GGPoker Hub! Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry!

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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.

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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. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMu0SgNgKU9/ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=“https://www.pokernews.com//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,“script”,“instagram-wjs”);Want to stay up-to-date on all the latest GGPoker news right here on PokerNews? Why not try out the GGPoker Hub! 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.

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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.

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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 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 Hold’em Players Championship 40th $69,100

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Fintan Hand

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

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.

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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.

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Richard Sheils

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Biography Richard “GingePoker” Sheils is a British member of the GGPoker Twitch squad. As a cash game specialist, he regularly streams his content on Twitch for his legions of poker fans. So when I signed with @GGPoker we brain stormed how we could grow poker. — GingePoker (@GingePoker) !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=“https://www.pokernews.com//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");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.

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Lucia Navarro

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

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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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. Want to stay up-to-date on all the latest GGPoker news right here on PokerNews? Why not try out the GGPoker Hub!

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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. Sign up to GGPoker Don’t have an account with GGPoker yet? Don’t worry!

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Kevin Martin

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

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.

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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.

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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. Sign up to 888poker Don’t have an account with 888poker yet?

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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. What Can Poker Learn From The Queen’s Gambit?

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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.

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Jukka Juvonen

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2010 PokerStars.net APPT CebuMain Event 7th 805,000 PHP 2010 PokerStars.net APPT MacauMain Event 26th 76,400 HKD

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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. Habegger has signed with Upswing Poker to join their team of coaches, where he’s specializing in PLO strategy advice.

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Raigo Aasmaa

@Rooms Players @Georgina James

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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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