Bet24 Poker adds more poker pros ahead of 2012 WSOP

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Bet24 Poker adds more poker pros to its rooster which now is the biggest pro team in Europe!

Bet24 Poker adds more poker pros to its rooster which now is the biggest pro team in Europe!

Bet24 Poker recently signed four new rising stars to its Pro team, Paul Foltyn (UK), Michael Schuerpf (Switzerland), Stjepan Jokic (Austria) and Mads Åmot (Norway). Bet24s Pro Team consist now of staggering number of twenty player, and will complete the elite of 24 pro player! Bet24s Pro Team will invade Vegas with full force to the WSOP 2012!

WSOP 2012 is just around the corner and with the biggest poker pro team in Europe Bet24 is counting of getting its players making it to the final tables, winnings’ and a make a strong impact on the poker scene in Vegas and the rest of the world. The number of official players in the poker Bet24 poker pro team is now twenty and will in time to WSOP 2012 increase to the elite of 24 pro players to crush the tables at the WSOP!

Paul “Pab” Foltyn hails from Doncaster, UK and has been a dominant force on the online poker scene for years, with nearly $4,000,000 in earnings including 2 Triple Crowns. He also has 2 major live titles and live earnings approaching $1,000,000.

Mads Åmot is a 27 year-old pro from Norway who learned poker just a few short years ago with home game SNG’s for 100 NOK. He took to the game naturally and his meteoric rise saw him chop the 2010 FTOPS Main Event for $805,000 and also win the Norwegian live Heads-Up Championship that year. Mads spends a lot of time playing online cash games but has set his sights on more live titles.

Michael Schurpf of Switzerland is known as “Swisstard” online. With a first place finish in Ipoker’s $200,000 Guarantee and taking down a $100 rebuy tourney on PokerStars and major win on 888.com in the SAME night, “Swisstard” became a legend.

“Lars as the poker manager for Bet24 poker has an incredible vision for this team. All the players are very excited. These are all great young poker players and truly great people off the felt. They deserve this opportunity and I know very few people could run a pro team like Lars, so it will all be very exciting,” commented PPI Founder Randy Kasper, Poker Agent for Paul, Mads and Michael.

As a Team captain I couldn’t have picked a better group of diverse players like this with pro live players, sports stars, TV-Stars, online poker super stars and rising poker stars – says Jesper Hougard, Team Captain for Bet24 Poker Pro Team

“We are really pumped about these new additions to the Bet24 pro team. They are all great players and I look forward to working with them as they advance their careers and the Bet24 pro poker team,” said Lars Kollind, Poker Manager at Bet24.com

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