The Uruguayan professional footballer Luis Suarez joins Team 888 poker and will represent the brand as a global ambassador.
Luis Suárez will be playing live poker events and online poker at 888poker when his football schedule allows him to do so.
Suárez will be joining the list of 888Poker Ambassadors which consists of sportsmen: Shane Warne & Georges St-Pierre. The team of 888poker pros includes: JC Tran, Sofia Lövgren and Xuan Liu.
The Uruguay football legend was recently named 2014 Player of the Year and is currently preparing for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
Suarez enjoys playing poker and is eager to be part of upcoming promotions when he gets a break from his busy football schedule.
The list of 888poker Ambassadors now includes: Luis Suarez, Shane Warne, Georges St-Pierre, JC Tran, Sofia Lovgren and Xuan Liu.
Team 888poker consists of poker pros and former sports stars with Shane Warne as the captain of the team which now includes: JC Tran, Jesse Sylvia, Jake Balsiger, Russell Thomas, Georges St-Pierre, Jackie Glazier and Jessica Dawley.
Sam Holden has just left the team and announced his semi-retirement from poker and is taking time out to get a degree in philosophy.
Mateos battled it out heads-up with Fabrice Soulier for more than four hours to defeat the french player in his own country.
This is the third bracelet won by a Team 888poker player throughout the WSOPE series.
There will be three $2,000 Gold Bracelet Freerolls to celebrate Team 888poker victories at the World Series of Poker Europe 2013.
JC Tran will represent 888poker as the chip leader at the 2013 WSOP Main Event on 4-5 November.
November Nine players Jay Farber and Michiel Brummelhuis have also joined Team 888Poker which consists of Padraig Parkinson, Shane Warne, Sam Holden, Jake Balsiger, Jackie Glazier and Jesse James.
As 888Poker continues to expand so does the team of poker pros that represent them at the major live poker tournaments around the World.
