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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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’.