Skalie joins the Team!

Skalie joins the Team!

Ladbrokes Poker has revealed its newest pro signing, Jonathan Kalmar.

Known as "skalie" online, Kalmar came fifth in last years WSOP Main Event, cashing for $1,250,000, and was the only Brit to make the final table. The sponsorship deal, which has been on the table since the beginning of 2008, was finally agreed on Tuesday night in Vegas. Jon, however had no time to celebrate as he was playing in the WPT World Championship signing the contract in his break!

skalie said: "I'm thrilled, I can't wait to take up my role of Ladbrokes Poker pro in an official capacity! I'm raring to go. As part of Team Ladbrokes in 2006 I came 82nd in the Main Event, and then I finished in 5th last year let's hope I continue to improve upon my performance."

skalie will join a core group of six sponsored players, within the 110-strong Ladbrokes Poker Team. The team will descend on Las Vegas on July 2nd ready to celebrate at the exclusive Ladbrokespoker.com party held at the Voodoo Lounge on the 3rd July. Ladbrokes Poker Is allowing players one day for recovery and has booked everyone to play in the $10,000 Main Event on day 1C (July 5th).

Edward Ihre, Ladbrokes Poker MD commented: "The signing is a formality really. Ladbrokespoker.com already considers Skalie a member of the team and Laddies has long been skalie's online home. It was only a matter of time before he joined our poker pro stable.

He continued: "skalie's multi-table expertise in tournaments such as the WSOP will be a great asset to our team's performance."

Jon in action

The Ladbrokes Poker contract will see skalie contribute to the site by way of insightful blogs and reports from major poker events worldwide, including this year's WSOP. In addition to this, he will be introducing an online poker promotion which will be coming to the site soon! Offline he will be one of our ambassadors and will host some of our key events and head tutorials for some of our more inexperienced players.

Jon 'skalie' Kalmar's 2007/2008 results

Jon's first major cash was on the Ladbrokes Poker cruise in 2006 when he came 3rd winning $170,000. He’s has been a regular player on Ladbrokespoker.com over the last few years and is key figure in the Ladbrokes Poker online community. Team Ladbrokes members at the WSOP will be able to take advantage of skalie’s expertise by signing up for his invaluable tutorial session exclusive in the Ladbrokes Poker lounge.

A major interview with skalie will be appearing in next month's Poker Pro Magazine.

We're delighted to have him on board!

The Ladbrokes Poker Team