Aced Poker and Jamie Gold Go Seperate Ways
May 12, 2009
When Aced Poker came into the online poker world, they decided that they needed a well known spokesperson in order to be able to compete with some of the bigger names in the online poker room community.
Thinking carefully about their choice, they finally decided that they should approach none other than the 2006 World Series of Poker world champion, Jamie Gold.
After speaking to the former world champion the two drafted up a contract for the professional and Jamie Gold was announced as the face of Aced Poker.
This undoubtedly fired the Aced Poker name way up into the sky and onto the radar of online poker players all over the world.
The taste seemeed to be so sweet until the bubble burst, with the next announcement set to rock the world of online poker.
Jamie Gold had stated at the time of signing the contract with Aced:
Aced and I plan to leave our mark, not just on poker, but on the world.
With that statement out in the public eye, Gold got off to a great start by winning the Dream Team Poker title within weeks of signing the contract.
The taste suddenly turned sour when players noticed that the Jamie Gold Bounty tournament schedule was removed from Aced Poker’s tournament scheme and rumours started to circulate about the reasoning for this.
The reason claimed by Jamie Gold’s management is that Aced Poker did not honour its financial responsibilies that were outlined in the contract that Jamie Gold signed.
This has sent huge concerns to Aced Poker members, feeling that they are now going to be part of a site that is going to take a turn for the worst after all the promotion and work that had gone into the site to launch it as high as it has reached so far.
Aced Poker are now having to rethink their spokesperson carefully, knowing that another mistake like this could cost the site dearly.
It should be noted though that Aced Poker are considering placing a law suit to the courts regarding comments made by Jamie Gold’s mamnagement team, claiming that they had made slanderous comments about the site in order to reduce the sites popularity.
Gold doesn’t seem to upset by the split from the site though, signing up with Poker Icons, a poker agency.
Jamie Gold said:
I’m very excited about joining Poker Icons. Their international presence and expertise in poker makes this relationship fit perfectly. I’m really looking forward to this partnership.
Gold has now been part of two online poker rooms with Bodog Poker been his first home. They cut him loose from his contract due to an ongoing legal suit that was going on with the player, with the questions been related to if he made a hand shake agreement with a friend before the World Series of Poker in 2006, saying that he would share his winnings.
So i guess the question is, how long will this one last Jamie?
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