Victory Poker Recruits Nordqvist

Monday May 31, 2010

Victory Poker has announced that Swedish sensation Joel 'Odonkor1' Nordqvist has become the latest member of its sponsored squad of players.

Victory Poker launched in February and is a member of the Everleaf Gaming Network, which is licensed in Malta, and boasts a Team Victory squad of sponsored professionals that includes Antonio Esfandiari, Danny Wong, Brian Rast, Andrew Robl, Sander Lylloff, Keith Gipson, Dan Bilzerian, Paul Wasicka, Lee Markholt, Alec Torelli, David Chicotsky and Playboy Playmate Of The Year 2007 Sara Underwood.

The brainchild of Dan Fleyshman, Victory Poker revealed that Nordqvist first appeared on the poker community's radar after collecting $28,000 at the European Poker Tour's Barcelona Open in 2008. However, the Swede is better known online and he was nominated in the Best Online Poker Player category at last year's Poker Stars Scandinavian Poker Awards.

"I'm truly excited to sign such an online superstar and look forward to his performance at this year's World Series Of Poker," said Fleyshman.

"We'll also be keeping an eye on him in nosebleed high-stakes games online."