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RedKings.com Twitters from the WSOP in VegasWed, Jun 24th, 2009 @ 12:00am RedKings.com just announced that all 23 of their Team players will be using Twitter to report on their play from the tables at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Along with the new addition to Team RedKings of Stephan Kjerstad, who was voted as the Norwegian Online Player of the Year two years in a row for 2007 and 2008, Finnish Champion Toni Ojala, Swedish duo Ramzi Jelassi and Jonas 'Molle 'Molander, Austrian WSOP Bracelet winner Ivo 'the chessmaster' Donev, German Aussie Millions sensation Christian Heich, Belgian pro Daniel Dodet and France's Sylvain "padoue23" Lanternier will all be blogging daily from Vegas and using Twitter to keep in touch with the RedKings ground crew and players all around the world. Commented RedKings Live Manager Jerry Land: "Twitter not only helps us to keep in touch with all Team members but more importantly lets the players send updates directly to our official Live Reporting blog at blogs.redkings.com. With so many players at the WSOP it's difficult to get around to all the tables and we miss big hands and chip counts, Twitter is a godsend and we now know exactly who is doing what, who is at their tables and how they are progressing every minute of the day." Along with Live Reporting 24/7 the Redkings official blog will be the home of many promotions including two major Bounty ' beat the pros' freerolls , quizzes and 'guess the chipstack competitions' making the blog a place where players can watch the drama unfold in Vegas whilst being totally entertained with some fun action and great chances to build their bankrolls. To follow Team RedKings and take part in the first $1000 Bounty Freeroll check blogs.redkings.com over the coming days and weeks. Team RedKings is made up of mix of Poker Pros and online qualifiers who have won their seats through the huge amount of Live Event qualifiers to be found daily at RedKings Poker. Future Live Events to be found online at RedKings are the Asian Poker Tour in Macau, the WSOPE and all next seasons EPT events and many more.
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