One of the top players from this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has parlayed his success into a sponsorship from the online poker room PokerStars.
Theo Jorgensen, the veteran Danish poker pro who was one of the chip leaders at the WSOP Main Event with four tables remaining, has become the latest poker player signed by the largest room in the industry. Jorgensen, who pursued the life of a professional poker player after graduating college in Copenhagen with a business degree, becomes the latest Team PokerStars Pro alongside such European notables as Italy’s Luca Pagano, England’s Liv Boeree and Vicky Coren, and the Netherlands’ Marcel Luske.
Jorgensen’s success over his 17-year career was the major reason for his addition to the Team PokerStars Pro roster, according to PokerStars Nordic Director Michael Holmberg. “Theo Jorgensen is in every way a fantastic ambassador for poker,” Holmberg stated. “Both his impressive merits at the tables and his positive aura fall perfectly in line with PokerStars’ values. We look forward to having such an experienced player as part of Team PokerStars Pro. Theo Jorgensen is a role model for many young and older players.”
Jorgensen was understandably excited about his poker future as a new member of the PokerStars stable. “I’m delighted to be joining the world’s largest poker site,” Jorgensen added during the announcement. “PokerStars has always hosted the best poker events in the world and sponsors only the most talented players, so I am very excited to be a part of this.”
Jorgensen’s outstanding career in the world of poker began in the 1990s, when he grinded the cash tables for a living. He didn’t enter into the tournament world until the mid-2000s, however, earning his first tournament cash in a $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event during the 2004 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship schedule at the Bellagio. It was only the first in what has become a stellar run on the worldwide tournament poker circuit.
Just months after his breakthrough, Jorgensen earned his first ever tournament victory at the European Seven Card Stud Championship for a healthy $125,248 payday. Over the past six years, Jorgensen has earned cashes in several tournaments across the European continent and has scored high finishes in every one of the major tournament schedules in the game today.
2006 marked Jorgensen’s breakthrough on the European Poker Tour (EPT), when he finished in fourth place at the Tour’s stop in Deauville, France. The next year, Jorgensen once again finished fourth in an EPT event, this time during the Scandinavian Open in Copenhagen. Earlier this year, Jorgensen emerged as the champion of the WPT stop at the Aviation Club’s Rendezvous a Paris, taking home an $848,736 payday.
For all of his success on the EPT and the WPT, Jorgensen seems to have saved his best work for the WSOP stage. At the 2008 WSOP Europe £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event, Jorgensen picked up his first ever gold bracelet and £218,626 in prize money. This year in Las Vegas, Jorgensen made a tremendous run in the Main Event and held the chip lead late before succumbing in 30th place. For his career, Jorgensen has garnered over $2.8 million in earnings.
His extensive poker background make him an excellent pickup for PokerStars. Because he is well versed in all disciplines of poker, Jorgensen will be able to step into any event and be a favorite to win. Jorgensen’s first online event as a member of Team PokerStars will be during the Nordic Championships of Online Poker, to be held on November 4th.