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Lock Poker Adds Foreign Flavor to Pro ProgramTue, Sep 15th, 2009 @ 12:00am Just weeks after annointing Eric 'Rizen' Lynch Director of Product Development and adding a group of ten pros, including our own Jason Young, Lock Poker has announced the signing of a dozen online pros from around the world. The new members of the Lock Poker Pro Program: Stephen 'allinstevie' Devlin (Ireland, UK), Bjorn Andre 'bjolla' Hovden (Norway), Dan 'Ladbrokes/danloulou' Smyth (Ireland, UK), Vincent 'Diamond8' Gabel (Belgium), Elmar 'EmmiV' Masson (Iceland), Joe 'Conno!!y' Connolly (UK), Francisco Costa (Portugal), Robert Jan Hoogendoorn (Netherlands), Brendon 'brendoor' Rubie of Australia, Maximilian Bassil (Norway), Bolivar Palacios (Latin America) and Jose Raul Severino (Latin America) "Online poker has no borders," said Jennifer Larson, owner and CEO of Lock Poker, a part of the Cake Poker Network. "It is a global community, we are very excited to reach out to the entire world with our product." "We have a very different approach, not only with respect to the partnerships we have formed, but in the way our pros will reach out to our customers," added Lock VP of marketing Derrick Maloney. "As we roll out our Pro Program initiatives, we believe the poker world will be intrigued and find many compelling reasons to play at Lock." The 12 new signees, along with 'Rizen', Young and the previous American signees, are clients of Poker Players International. "We are proud to Lock arms with a room that is passionate about the player experience and is willing to explore uncharted waters," said PPI's Agency Leader Randy Kasper. "Lock and PPI are clearly of similar mindset, and we together hope to bring some new lifeblood to the poker world. Time for change."
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