PKR announced a few weeks ago the launch of a team of poker pros sponsored by the innovative poker site. Speculations have been going on since about who the pros might be. The full line up has now been revealed and it holds some of the brightest and best poker players plucked from some of the regular players are the famous poker site pkr.com. They will now represent the site in a lot of the major poker events around the world. The talented team of six includes the following players: Ashley Hames (ashleyhames1), GUKPT winner Andrew Teng (PKR username 'golfpro699') and 2008 Irish Open finalist Kai Danilo Paulsen (kingkai84), along with PRK community favourites Raymond O'Mahoney (callmebabe), James Sudworth (James666) and PKR Live runner-up Henrik Eklund ('pokey85') Full profiles and biographies are available in the Notes to Editors section. The team will be exclusively sponsored by PKR and they will be the ambassadors of the PKR brand in the events they take part in as well as contributing with content for the PKR.com website and the newly launched PKR TV. The team can also be found in the cash games at PKR as well as in special bounty tournaments. The marketing director at PKR, Simon Prodger said: "We've been following our initial 'Team PKR Pro' members for some time and are convinced that they all have the game and personality required to be genuinely world class poker players. They are also among the most recognised and respected players within the PKR community so are guaranteed to have over two and a half million people cheering them on every time they play."
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