Victor Ramdin Joins Team PokerStars Pro
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Team PokerStars Pro Adds Victor Ramdin to Its Roster at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Eyes Are on the WPT Millionaire As A Major Hopeful at WSOP
ISLE OF MAN (UK) – JULY 12, 2006 – Pokerstars.com , the world’s largest poker tournament Web site, announced the addition of Annand “Victor” Ramdin to Team PokerStars Pro. Ramdin, a world-class player, may have fewer years under his belt than the seasoned professionals, but he is admired around the world for how quickly he has mastered the game, winning more than $2 million, so far, in his short career.
“You can’t find a better team of players, online or off, than Team PokerStars Pro,” said Ramdin. “Aside from joining the last three World Champions and some of the best poker players in the world, I’m really looking forward to joining with over 1,500 satellite players, who started out just like me, in the hopes of winning of gold bracelet this year. We’re all part of the Team at Pokerstars.”
Ramdin a Guyanese born, Bronx, New York-based player brings a winning streak of altruism to the poker circuit. Recently, he donated more than $100,000 to enable 14 children and four adults to travel from Guyana to Chenai, India for life-saving heart treatments. Ramdin is also an avid supporter of Guyana Watch, a non-profit charitable organization that has provided medical assistance to Guyana for more than 15 years and has recently expanded its focus to improve education for Guyanese children.
His charitable donations are as impressive as his tournament successes, having finished first at the World Poker Tour Foxwoods Poker Classic in April and already finishing in the money at this year’s World Series of Poker.
“Victor is a wonderful addition to Team PokerStars Pro for both his card playing skills and his dedication to his philanthropy, “said Lee Jones of PokerStars.com. “He has exploded on the poker circuit and we believe he will be one to watch at the 2006 World Series of Poker.”
Team PokerStars Pro brings together fourteen of the top players and strategists in the sport of poker including the last three WSOP Champions, leading authors, TV commentators, and magnanimous poker philanthropists. Their full bios and photos are available at: http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/
Joe Hachem
John Duthie
Greg Raymer
Wil Wheaton
Chris Moneymaker
Steve Paul-Ambrose
Barry Greenstein
Vanessa Rousso
Lee Nelson
Luca Pagano
Isabelle Mercier
Victor Ramdin
Tom McEvoy
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
About PokerStars
PokerStars (www.pokerstars.com) is the world's most innovative online poker site. PokerStars was the first site to introduce features that became industry standard such as sophisticated multi-table tournaments, integrated game statistics, players' notes, personalized images, time bank for tournaments and big bet ring games, satellite tournaments, multi-table sit and go tournaments, and much more.
To date, PokerStars has dealt out over five-billion hands and run more than 25 million poker tournaments, awarding well over $5 billion in prize money. PokerStars is the world's largest poker tournament room, with over 5 million registered player accounts. PokerStars' support team is truly unique, as help and assistance is available around the clock from people who know and understand the game of poker and the importance of impeccable customer service.
The PokerStars.com site is also one of the most secure. PokerStars uses industry-leading security software to ensure the integrity of the system, including encryption, card shuffle randomness and preventative measures against cheating and collusion. Money covering player's balances is held in segregated accounts managed by the Royal Bank of Scotland, ensuring that PokerStars can fulfill its obligations to players at all times.
In February 2006, PokerStars.com became the first poker website ever to reach the 100,000 simultaneous player mark. That watershed achievement marked the largest poker event in history. Every week, the PokerStars.com "Sunday Million" is played, which the largest weekly tournament on the planet with a $1 million guaranteed tournament prize pool.
PokerStars is an official member of the World Poker Tour, and the title sponsor of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. In the fall, PokerStars hosts the world's largest online tournament, the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). PokerStars also sponsors major events around the globe, such as the World Cup of Poker and other exciting tournaments.
During the last three years, PokerStars.com sent more players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) than any other source or website. A whopping 1,116 entrants (19 percent of the field) qualified to play in the 2005 WSOP via PokerStars satellites. PokerStars is the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Series of Poker champions won their entries into the WSOP. The reigning world poker champion, Joe Hachem, has also been an active player at PokerStars since 2002. He joined Moneymaker and Raymer as official representatives of PokerStars.com, thus fortifying the company trademark, "Where Poker Players Become World Champions."
