Poker news tagged with 'leaves'

Last Sunday, rumors that John Duthie, the man who created European Poker Tour and has $2,7 million in career tournament winnings, was no longer part of Team PokerStars Pro started circulating in different poker forums. It didn't take long before Duthie confirmed that he didn't sign a new contract after the last one expired in December 31, 2011. Duthie's departure comes just a few months after that JP Kelly left Team PokerStars Pro. This leaves only Liv Boeree, Victoria Coren and Jude Ainsworth representing Team UK and Ireland.

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David Yu, who has been the CEO at Betfari for over 6 years, has resigned and will be leaving the organization very soon. Yu's contract ends in October 2012, but yesterday he said that he wants leave earlier than that. The reason for this might be the strict & tough regulations in Europe and USA.

Apart from that, the company's stock price has dropped 47% since October last year. It remains unclear what David Yu will do after leaving Betfair. But one thing is for sure though: Yu isn't in a hurry to find a new job as he earned about half a million british pounds per year working for Betfair.

The swedish poker pro William Thorson has been a Team PokerStars Pro for 2 years and been PokerStars face on the swedish poker market during this time. However, his contract with PokerStars expired some time ago and according to the world's biggest poker site it was just a matter of time before he signed a new one. Now, William Thorson announces that he wont sign another contact with PokerStars and that he has other plans.

"After 2 years in PokerStars colors as a member of Team PokerStars Pro I have decided to move on. I have decided to to quit and move on with new projects and challenges.", says William Thorson to a swedish poker magazine.

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