Meet Our Ambassadors

Eric Baldwin is a long time poker pro and Las Vegas resident. As co-captain of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team, he helped lead the Warhawks to the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2005. Playing under the screenname “basebaldy”, Baldwin began his poker career online and quickly  moved up the tournament ranks.  Success in the live arena followed shortly after his online debut as Baldwin won the 2009 CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year Award. Shortly after this prestigious recognition  he had his biggest career score to date, finishing 2nd in the 2010 WPT Championship for $1,034,715.  A true grinder, Baldwin has amassed over $8.3M in live earnings, 2 WSOP gold bracelets, 95 WSOP cashes (24th all-time), 435 total cashes (8th all-time), and is  #1 on the all-time money list at the Venetian Poker Room.

Chis Hunichen is a high-stakes professional poker player hailing from North Carolina where he sits 1st on the state’s all time money list (ahead of 2005 main event champion Greg Raymer). No stranger to the digital felt, Chris was formerly ranked the #1 online player in the world by PocketFives. In addition to being one of the most respected online tournament players, Chris has amassed $10.9M in live tournament earnings and is a staple on the high roller scene and can often be seen playing at the most prestigious events around the world.

Joseph Cheong is a Korean-American professional poker player known on the digital felt as “subiime”. Cheong is a long time grinder in both the live and online arenas and has amassed $17.3M in live tournament earnings. Perhaps best known for his run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event (finished 3rd for over $4.1M. In 2019, Cheong topped a field of 6,214 players to capture his first WSOP bracelet; He has also won 3 WSOP circuit rings and made the final table of the WSOP Europe Main Event (2012). Joe splits his time between Las Vegas and Korea and can be found playing in high stakes tournaments across the globe.

Brian Rast is a professional poker player currently residing in Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro (originally from Poway, CA and born in Denver, CO).
A true legend of the game, Rast began his career as a cash game player playing both live and online poker.  Online he battled under the screen name “tsarrast” and quickly proved himself to be a rising star in the online cash game arenas. After Black Friday in 2011, however, he mostly stopped playing online and moved solely to the live poker arena where he quickly rose to the top and stayed there. During the 2010s, Rast branched out and started playing more tournaments as well, and his now $25.4M in live tournament earnings include 6 WSOP bracelets, 3 of which are in the prestigious Poker Players Championship event which features a $50,000 buy-in and many of the top poker players in the world. Rast’s best live cash to date is his win in the inaugural $500k buy-in Super High Roller Bowl in 2015, where he topped a star-studded field to take home a massive $7.5M.

Like most players, Brian started out as a Holdem player, but his curiosity and penchant for taking on new challenges saw him first learn Omaha, and later all the mix games.  At this point, he's a well-rounded player who plays all the poker variants in both cash games and tournaments. Rast has been a staple in some of the highest stakes cash games in Vegas for years.
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Rast was voted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Sergio Aido is a high-stakes professional poker player originally from Aviles, Spain. Since bursting onto the poker scene over 10 years ago, Sergio’s success has been nothing short of remarkable. Already #2 on Spain’s all time money list, Sergio has amassed $4.7M in online earnings and almost  $16.0M in live tournament results. His results include victories on the World Poker Tour, UK and Ireland Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, and PokerGo Tour. Additionally, Aido is a feared cash game player and can oftentimes be found playing the highest stakes cash games around the world.

Ari Engel is a professional poker player originally from Toronto, Canada. A true grinder, Ari spends his time traveling throughout the year playing in tournament circuits across the world. Ari currently holds the record for most WSOP Circuit Rings with a whopping 17 titles, 6 of which came in the online arena. Known for his prowess in mix game poker variants, Ari also holds 3 WSOP bracelets and has appeared on 15 WSOP final tables. With $8.5M in live tournament earnings, Ari has shown consistent success in the live arena while also being a strong supporter of legalizing online poker in the US.

Justin Young is a Las Vegas based professional poker player originally from North Carolina. With three WPT final tables, including a WPT title win at the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Championship, he's recorded $6.5mm in live tournament results which include 17 live titles. Despite the success in tournaments, Justin is best known as a cash game player. An active member of the Vegas poker community since 2007, he helps organize popular high stakes no limit holdem games and co-hosts the Table 1 Vegas poker podcast. Justin can also be found mixing it up with some of poker's best on popular livestreams and shows such as No Gamble, No Future on PokerGO.

Ben Heath is a professional poker player originally from Brighton, England. After turning pro in 2014, Ben immediately had a number of impressive results in live tournaments including a 2nd place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event worth $755,000. Since then, Ben has been a staple in the high-stakes tournament scene around the world, playing the largest buy-in games available. Widely respected among his peers as an absolute top-tier player, Ben has over $21M in live tournament results. Some of his career highlights include winning the $50K High Roller event at the 2019 WSOP for $1.48M, a 3rd place finish in the 2019 Triton London £100,000 Main Event for $1.64M, and a 2nd place finish in the 2021 WSOP Super High Roller $250k event for over $2M. Away from the felt, Ben is married to a Spanish actress and splits his time with his wife between Madrid and London.

Alec Torelli is a professional poker player from Los Angeles, CA. Alec started playing poker in 2007 and quickly found success. At age 19, playing under the screenname “traheho”, Alec won the FTOPS event that was the largest online poker tournament at that time and reached $1M in winnings for the year. He has been seen playing in high stakes cash games all over the world ever since. Despite being primarily a cash game player, Alec has also managed to add $2.2M in live tournament winnings to his resume which include an 11th place finish at the 2023 WSOP Main Event for over $700,000.

Alec has been a regular in televised high stakes cash games such as The Party Poker, Poker Night in America, Live at the Bike, Hustler Casino Live and others.

Alec is also the founder of the poker training site Conscious Poker and enjoys investing in startups.

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Nathan Gamble is a professional poker player originally from Texas but currently living in Las Vegas, NV. He is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and a mixed-game specialist. He can often be found playing cash games in Vegas and playing various mixed-game tournaments.

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Outside of playing he is well-known for his work in media with articles written for Cardplayer and extensive hours of commentary for organizations such as the WSOP and The Galfond Challenge.

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Farid Jattin is a Colombian professional poker player. With $8.4M in career earnings, he sits #1 on Columbia’s all time money list. Known for his aggression and relentless style, Jattin has an impressive resume with numerous high-profile tournament victories. In recent years these wins include: the 2019 Potomac Poker Open Main Event ($247,950), the 2020 25,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions (A$983,646), and the partypoker MILLIONS South America High Roller ($200,000). 2022 was a stellar year for Jattin. He started it off with victory at the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event for $306,832 and then added a Venetian DeepStack title for $272,357. Jattin was looking to win his first WSOP bracelet, but despite holding a heads-up chip lead in Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Holdem, he would have to settle for second place and $334,747. In 2023 he kept up his consistency by winning the $5k main event at the SHRPO series for $655,000 which was the highlight of a year full of final tables and success. 

“Poker has helped me become who I am today and for that I will forever be grateful. Dealing with the extreme ups and downs of the game - Poker can become way more than a game for your journey. For me, it has been the UNIVERSITY OF LIFE”

Angela Jordison is originally a Portland, Oregon native who has been playing poker for as long as she can remember. Angela had a breakout year in 2022. After narrowly missing out on winning the GPI Female Player of the Year award as well as the GPI Mid-Major Player of the Year awards (she finished 2nd in both categories), she was still recognized as the GPI Breakout Player of the Year for 2022.

Angela is a fixture on the mid-stakes poker circuit and can often be found on the tournament scene with a smile on her face and a mountain of chips in front of her.

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Francisco Benitez is a professional poker player from Uruguay. Known as “Tomatee” on the digital felt, Francisco has been a prolific online player for many years, amassing $15.7M in online tournament earnings. A beacon of consistency, Francisco has more than 5,000 recorded cashes online and numerous titles. In recent years, Francisco has been more active in the live arena, already collecting an additional $2.8M in tournament scores and claiming the #1 spot on Uruguay’s all time money list, according to Hendon Mob. That includes a display of poker brilliance during the 2022 EPT Barcelona series where Francisco won back to back events and final tabled 2 more high roller events for a total of $1.1M in winnings during the Spanish festival.

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