Towards the end of July, CoinPoker made waves in the poker industry by collaborating with the Argentina National Football Team, marking a bold move to intertwine the worlds of sports and poker.
In a quick follow-up, the crypto poker site has now strengthened its brand presence by signing prominent poker players Mario Mosböck and Patrick Leonard as ambassadors. Both these players will be taking on key roles within the poker site’s leadership group. This dual-pronged approach showcases CoinPoker’s ambition to blend global appeal with poker expertise and excellence, aiming to engage a broader audience while reinforcing its commitment to the poker community.
Founded in 2017, CoinPoker is a crypto poker site that has quickly grown to become a leader in the online poker industry. The platform boasts over 200,000 active users and operates on a blockchain technology-based platform. It promises instant and secure transactions via several cryptocurrencies.
Mario Mosböck is an Austrian footballer who retired at the age of just 21 and has made £1 million from playing poker. He has over 80 live cashes to his name, including two big victories and several final table finishes. He made big headlines last year when he won the $42,400 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty Seven Max at 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Monte Carlo for $718,000 and then followed that up with two seven-figure scores that year, including the $4,663,950, which he won for his runner-up finish in the $1,000,000 WPT Big One for One Drop at the 2023 WPT World Championship. He continued his momentum into 2024 and won the $25,000 GG Million$ No-Limit Hold’em at 2024 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju, claiming a seven-figure $1,191,196 payday.
Most recently, he was seen grinding at 2024 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro where he finished ninth in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max, claiming an impressive $178,100.
Mario Mosböck’s strong following and consistent high-stakes performances makes him an ideal ambassador for CoinPoker, perfectly aligning with the brand’s innovative, competitive spirit.
On the other hand, Patrick Leonard is a British professional poker player who represented partypoker for almost seven years. The WSOP bracelet winner brings a wealth of expertise as a representative of the broader poker community to CoinPoker and has a reputation as a strong advocate for responsible gaming practices from online operators. He currently ranks 38th in England’s All Time Money list and has over $3,190,602 in live cashes. He won his first live title in 2012 when he won a No Limit Hold’em event at WPT National Marbella, Marbella. His best live cash to date is $475,940, which he earned for his victory in the $10,400 Bellagio Cup XIII in 2017, a remarkable of his career when he won three titles all coming for six figure scores. Most recently, he made waves at the WSOP 2024 for his final table finish in the $5K NLH – 8-Handed (Bracelet Event #87) where he finished 8th for $82,862.
As he posted on his on X/Twitter, Leonard will be in “strategic ambassador” role within the company.
Other Prominent Poker Players Signed As Ambassadors in Recent Past
There has been a massive surge in poker brands signing renowned ambassadors, reflecting a strategic push to connect more deeply with the poker community and bolster their presence in the market. Prior to these collaborations, WPT Global brought Pete Chen on board at the end of July. Chen is a prominent poker player from Taiwan who currently sits in second place on his country’s all-time money list with over four dozen first-places finishes and $4,750,285 in live tournament cashes.
In India, PokerStarsIndia recently made waves for roping in four new ambassadors, namely Siddharth Karia, Neel Joshi, Goonjan Mall, and Kanchan Sharma, each bringing a wealth of experience and a proven track record in both online and live poker.
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