Benjamin Pollak Latest Player to Join Team partypoker

Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
3 min read
The former WSOP Main Event final tablist joins the likes of Roberto Romanello and Josip Simunic

partypoker have announced that yet another poker superstar will join their ranks, with Frenchman Benjamin Pollak the latest member of Team partypoker.

Pollak is the latest player to join Team partypoker after Kevin Hart in April, and will join a stellar line-up of Sponsored Pros including Roberto Romanello, Josip Simunic, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Ludovic Geilich and Day Kotoviezy

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The former WSOP Main Event final tablist will join the site in the middle not only the WPT World Online Championships, but the partypoker EU network POWERFEST which runs until Wednesday, September 23rd.

“I’m thrilled and very excited to join the partypoker team," said Pollak. "They’ve supported players from the beginning and see the game as I do. I couldn’t be happier to support them and be part of this great adventure."

Pollak will play under the name 'Magicdeal88' on partypoker, and is looking forward to taking to the tables as soon as possible. The partypoker EU POWERFEST will pay out a minimum guarantee of €5 million in France and €4.5 million in Spain. Just like with the POWERFEST on .com, there will be High Roller, Medium and Low tiers for players to partake in.



Pollak burst onto the global poker scene with a third place finish at the 2017 WSOP Main Event, which landed him a $3.5 million score. Pollak began playing poker in 2006 and then confidently progressed through the stakes, stating: “I immediately felt that I was able to go far. With hindsight, it may be because I had spent 10 years in magic and I was therefore used to cards and bluffing. Poker was a revelation. I felt it was made for me.”

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Pollak's Impressive Poker Resume

With almost $13m in life time earnings, Pollak sits second on the French all-time money list behind former partypoker Ambassador Betrand Grospellier. Pollak says he is keen to remind people that poker remains as fun as when he first started playing back in 2006, before swiftly progressing through the stakes.

“I immediately felt that I was able to go far in poker. With hindsight, it may be because I had spent 10 years in magic and I was therefore used to cards and bluffing. Poker was a revelation. I felt it was made for me.”

Top 10 Poker Results

DateTournoiPlaceGains
July 2017$10,000 WSOP Main Event3rd$3,500,000
August 2018€50,000 High Roller EPT BarcelonaWinner€979,000
August 2017€10,300 High Roller EPT Barcelona3rd€688,701
May 2019€25,500 HR EPT MonacoWinner€705,840
November 2017€25,500 WSOP Europe HRRunner-up€460,622
August 2018€100,000 SHR EPT Barcelona5th€445,300
October 2018€25,500 WSOP Europe HR3rd€370,219
February 2018€25,500 US Poker OpenWinner$416,500
August 2014€10,300 HR EPT Barcelona5th€219,000
July 2013$10,000 WSOP Main Event27th$285,408

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Will Shillibier
Managing Editor

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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