Poker Sites with Professional Players
One of the ways in which poker sites promote themselves and garner publicity is by signing well known pros to play at the tables. On this page, we have listed a few poker sites that have signed noted professionals. Each of these poker sites has a roster of professionals that you just may have seen on TV before.
If you play often at any of these poker sites, there’s a chance you’ll play against one of the pros. The pros usually play high stakes poker online, but they occasionally drop down in stakes to make themselves more accessible to the average player. Sometimes your poker site will host tournaments in which the pro is guaranteed to play and may have a bounty on his head.
1. UB Poker
UB Poker has the strongest lineup of pros on this list. They have 12 professional poker players who grace the tables at UB on a regular basis. Their most noted pro, Phil Hellmuth, has made quite a name for himself on the live tournament circuit. With 11 WSOP bracelets to his name, Phil Hellmuth is one of the highest earning poker players in the world.
In addition to Phil Hellmuth, UB Poker also sponsors noted pros Annie Duke, Adam Levy, Brandon Cantu, Bryan Devonshire, Debo34 (Gary Debernardi), Eric Baldwin, Hollywood Dave, Joe Sebok, P0ker H0 (Mark Kroon), Scott Ian and Tiffany Michelle. You can play against these pros at the tables from time to time and in the weekly $200,000 Guarantee that UB hosts every Sunday.
2. Bodog Poker
Team Bodog consists of two pros. One of them is a well known live pro and the other one is an internet sensation who started with nothing and built a six figure bankroll playing online. First up is Evelyn Ng. She got started with poker at the age of 14 and has since made quite a name for herself in the live tournament scene. She has made several notable cashes in major tournaments and is known as one of the most beautiful poker players in the world.
Amanda Musumeci is an internet professional who caught Bodog’s attention by turning a small deposit into a six figure bankroll online. Bodog Poker liked what they saw in her and decided to elevate her to pro status as a member of Team Bodog. She is a big supporter of internet poker and wants to see more women take up the game online.
3. Absolute Poker
Team AP also consists of two professional poker players. Mark Seif is a very skilled poker player who got his first taste of poker at the age of six. He grew up to become a successful lawyer but left his career to play poker professionally. Since then, he has earned more than 2.5 million dollars playing poker. If you see this guy at the tables, you better hold onto your chips.
The second member of Team AP is more of a celebrity than a poker pro. Her name is Trisha Cannatella and you may know her from reality TV. She began her celebrity career on MTV’s Real World Las Vegas and has since made appearances in many magazines (Playboy, Maxim, etc) and TV shows.
Playing Against Professional Poker Players
You probably already know that it’s not a good idea to play against professional poker players on a regular basis. However, there is something alluring about the idea of facing off against one of the biggest names in poker and living to tell the tale. Plus, the chance of knocking a pro out of a tournament is just too good to pass up.
The good news is that not all of these “pros” are actually pros. Some of them are just celebrities in general. Against those people, you might stand a real chance. But don’t get too confident – the fact that they are willing to sign up with a poker site means they have at least some interest in poker.
If you’d like to test your luck against a big name professional poker player, we recommend you check out any of the sites on this list. Play long enough and you’ll eventually run across a couple of pros on the internet. The next time you see that person on TV, you can tell your friends you played against that pro for real money.