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POKERSTARS WELCOMES MARCEL LUSKE

Juli 10, 2009

Isle of Man, UK – JUNE 30, 2009: PokerStars (www.pokerstars.com) the world’s largest online poker
site, has announced a new addition to Team PokerStars Pro after signing Marcel ‘The Flying Dutchman’
Luske. The highly experienced Dutch poker pro, who won the European Poker Awards ‘Life Time
Achievement Award’ in 2008, has had a long and successful professional poker career, with tournament
cashes in virtually every country on the globe.
Luske is widely known in Europe for his distinctive and stylish dress sense, but he is also an incredibly
sharp poker player and was ranked the number one poker player in Europe in 2001 and 2003 at the
European Poker Awards.
It was not until the 2004 World Series of Poker however that Luske attained worldwide poker stardom,
when he came second in a Stud Event and then finished tenth in the WSOP Main Event. With an evenkeeled
temper and uncanny ability to read his opponents, he continued to excel in 2005 and 2006,
earning a coveted championship title at the Bellagio’s Five Star World Poker Classic.
Luske not only has a reputation as one of poker’s most skilled players, he is also one of the sport’s most
popular and respected faces. With his friendly personality, gracious demeanour, positive attitude and
genuine kindness, he is always a welcomed player in any card room.
During 2007 and 2008, Luske devoted himself to founding the ‘Federation Internationale de Poker
Association’ (FIDPA) aiming to standardise the rules of poker. Despite the demands of his new role, he
still managed to make two final tables at the 2008 WSOP in Omaha Hi-Lo events. At the ‘European
Poker Awards 2008’ at the Aviation Club in Paris, he received the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’.
Today, ’The Flying Dutchman’ has spread his wings to take on a number of projects – in addition to
representing PokerStars worldwide. This includes several charity projects, television work and even
music recordings. With his debut performance of ’The Poker Song’ at Bluff Magazine’s 2006 WSOP
Party, Luske’s childhood dream of becoming a singer ultimately came true and he still regularly performs
at poker events and card room grand openings.
Please see http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/ for more details about Team PokerStars Pro.

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