Two new 888Poker Ambassadors have been added to Team 888 Poker, Xuan Liu and Sofia Lövgren. The two female poker pros combined have more than $1.5 million in live tournament earnings in their careers.
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.
The 888poker Shane Warne Poker Classic is a new live poker tournament scheduled for the 8th March 2014 at the Grove Hotel & Spa, UK.
Players can qualify for the live event by playing online poker satellite tournaments on 888poker where there are 100 prize packages worth $1,250 to be won.
There are only three ways to get to the live tournament, daily satellites, weekly qualifier or by purchasing a Shane Warne Poker Classic prize package directly from the lobby.
Shane Warne is a 888poker ambassador, meet and play poker against the legendary Australian ex-cricketer in this exclusive live poker experience.
November Nine chip leader JC Tran has officially joined Team 888 Poker and will be representing the brand as an ambassador at future live poker events like the 2013 WSOPE Paris.
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.
The new 888poker+ software is out with some outstanding new features that could possible make 888 Poker software one of the most advanced poker rooms in the World. 888Poker have gone one step beyond by combining something similar to Pokerstars Home Games known as 888 Poker lounges with their 888 PokerCam technology.
This allows players to create their own private cash games or tournaments to play against their family and friends, with the use of web cams for the ultimate online poker experience, 888 Poker Plus turn it on.
But that’s not all, to celebrate the release of the new 888poker+ software several promotions are running where players can win $50,000 in prizes and play bounty tournaments featuring Shane Warne, Santiago Canizares, Sam Holden (2011 WSOP November Nine) and many more.
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