PokerStars has added a new face to their Team Pro lineup. Marcus Hellner, Sweden’s two time gold medalist in the Winter Olympics, now joins the burgeoning roster of professional athletes at PokerStars.
“Certainly,” commented WPTMag.com, “Hellner joins the site with a fair deal of experience playing poker and recently competed against fellow Olympic cross-country skier Peter Northug in a three-part challenge that involved a heads-up match, last-longer bet and a ski race.”
Several other big names have recently signed on with PokerStars, including racing driver Gualter Salles, field hockey’s Fatima Moreira de Melo, and Tennis star Boris Becker.
Hellner, for his part, is now free to appear both live and online under the PokerStars banner. He’ll be playing under the user name of “M.Hellner”, making him fairly easy to find. Though he has failed to cash in a live event thus far, it seems to be only a matter of time before the 25 year-old makes his mark.