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UltimateBet Pumps Up
Star Players Team
with Signing of
James “POKERPRO33”
Campbell
One
of online poker’s
most respected
players joins newly
created team of
respected players
UltimateBet has
scooped up another
one of Texas
Hold’em’s best. The
online poker site
today announced that
James “POKERPRO33”
Campbell will join
Cliff “JohnnyBax”
Josephy on its
month-old Star
Players team.
"UltimateBet is now
home to a couple of
online poker’s most
talented and most
respected players,”
stated Annie Duke,
UltimateBet’s
Cardroom Consultant.
“Our growing Star
Players team is
proof that
UltimateBet is in a
class of its own.”
The
married 25-year-old
poker player from
Worcester,
Massachusetts wasn’t
always one of the
biggest forces in
online poker. Armed
with a degree in
finance, Campbell’s
business card read
“financial planner”
for six months prior
to discovering a
better way to make
money with numbers.
After
finishing first and
third in two
tournaments one
random Sunday for a
combined win of
$50,000—a figure
greater than his
yearly salary at
work—Campbell made
the decision to
switch careers.
Campbell cites
leaving his career
in financial
planning to pursue a
fulltime poker
career as one of the
biggest risks he’s
ever taken. A review
of his
accomplishments
reveals that this
particular risk has
paid off.
In
2007, Campbell
earned approximately
$500,000 playing
professional poker,
including $200,000
in an online
tournament that
featured over 7000
players. Since
starting his career
in poker, POKERPRO33
has won over
$200,000 in live
tournaments and
millions of dollars
in online
tournaments.
In
May, UltimateBet
signed Cliff
“JohnnyBax” Josephy
and created the new
division of players
reserved for those
who possess a high
level of skill,
exhibit lots of
integrity and are
well respected in
the world of online
poker. Like Josephy,
Campbell is one of
poker’s most revered
players.
Campbell can be
found playing online
poker at UltimateBet
under the name
POKERPRO33 and will
be featured in a
variety of future
promotions on the
site. Online poker
players can employ
UltimateBet’s free
UltimateBuddy
software to discover
where POKERPRO33 is
seated and instantly
join him at the
tables.
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Gambling911.com News
Wire
Originally published
July 1, 2008 8:50 pm
EST
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