ACR Poker has unveiled its inaugural Team Online – five streamers and creators, all promoted from the ACR Stormers team, who will represent the brand and create engaging content from online games.
The team consists of Canadian poker pro Evan ‘Gripsed’ Jarvis, Argentinian poker streamer Facundo ‘FSpadeX’ Gallo, UK high-stakes pro Mark ‘Weazel_1991’ Rubbathan, and MTT players Svitlana ‘Svetarik’ Dryha and Oskar ‘Deckflow’ Ojaveer.
The five players will have a kickstart in their quest to create "entertaining and engaging" content with the two new upcoming Venom tournaments. ACR Poker is launching its first ever Mystery Bounty and PLO versions of its flagship Venom event in August. Day 1s for both events start on August 4 and the Mystery Bounty version comes withs a huge $8 million guarantee and a $500K top bounty.
On announcing the news, ACR Poker said: “We’re delighted to have the pros join ACR Team Online, and confident they will represent ACR Poker well. The five players selected bring a wealth of talent and dedication to the team, and we’re excited to see them showcase everything ACR Poker has to offer, from the huge OSS XL Series all the way to the flagship Venom tournaments, engaging the poker community like never before.”
Meet the team
1. Mark ‘Weazel_1991’ Rubbathan
The 33-year-old pro started playing aged 16 in his dad's basement and went from playing £1 sit-and-gos to playing at the Triton Super High Roller Series in Vietnam last year, where he won the Mystery Bounty event for a cool $396,000 and another $240,00 in bounties. You can see how that went down below.
2. Oskar ‘Deckflow’ Ojaveer
The 36-year-old started playing as a student and moved from online cash games through sit & gos to tournaments. He said that joining the ACR Team Online is a "dream come true."
3. Facundo ‘FSpadeX’ Gallo
Gallo started playing poker in 2005 and started in full-ring cash games before transitioning to six-max. He started streaming in 2021 and became an ACR Stormer one month later.
4. Evan 'Gripsed' Jarvis
Jarvis started his poker journey back in 2004, after being inspired by fellow ACR Poker pro Chris Moneymaker, and turned pro in 2008. He built a YouTube channel with over 100K subscribers before transitioning from cash games to tournaments.
5. Svitlana ‘Svetarik’ Dryha
The 28-year-old pro from Ukraine started playing cash games in 2017 and switched to MTTs a year later. She said, "I’m so excited to join ACR Team Online and share my journey with poker fans worldwide. I'm eager to showcase my skills on the stream and play the full ACR schedule."
Feature image courtesy of Triton Poker/Joe Giron
