Aced Poker Signs Former WSOP Champ
PokerHub on February 23rd, 2009
Jamie Gold, winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event, has just been signed by AcedPoker (at Aced.com) as the site’s latest celebrity poker pro endorser.
Gold, who prior to winning the big prize in the 2006 WSOP was a successful Hollywood talent agent and producer, signed a multi-year contract with Aced.com. The reported deal, somewhere in the range of $2 million, includes buy-ins at many of the most prestigious live poker tournaments around the world. Rumor has it that this is the most lucrative endorsement contract between a poker pro and online poker room in the history of internet poker.
Sponsoring Gold was a big move for little-known Aced Poker, who has only been hosting live poker tournaments since last September as is one of the flagship sites of the up-and-coming Merge Network. Gold has been patiently waiting for just the right sponsorship opportunity to come around, turning down numerous endorsement offers since winning the $12 million top prize in the 2006 WSOP main event and, shortly thereafter, parting with former sponsor Bodog.
