The New Breed

There’s a new kind of player taking the world of poker by storm – not just a new school, but a whole new breed. 

Who are they? 

People who approach poker in a completely different way from the old-school Stetson-and-mirrored-shades brigade.  

Bluff is the epitome of poker. With the New Breed, their whole lives are a bluff – on the surface, quite ordinary and unassuming; underneath, razor-sharp and dangerous. 

The skills they’ve learnt online give them direct access to their opponents’ minds. 

Why join them? 

Because you can! Anyone can play online and it’s the perfect way to develop the skills of poker – you learn to see the player from the way they play, not from the way they appear. 

The potential is huge – some are already World Series of Poker champions in their teens. Others have earned millions. 

Team Betfair Pros 

Four players currently lead the New Breed: 

Annette Obrestad aka 'Annette_15' – the quiet, unassuming Norwegian won the World Series of Poker Europe at the age of just 18. 

Sorel Mizzi, aka 'Imper1um' – could that relaxed, laidback Canadian really be the terror of the poker tables – winning over $ 1,000,000 offline in 2008 alone? 

John Tabatabai aka 'kunku wap' – meet him face to face and you’d trust him with your Granny; face up to him at the tables and you can expect a poker lesson you won’t forget. 

Peter Jepsen aka 'PeterJepsen' – Team Betfair Pro's newest member was involved in one of the largest online hands in history when he scooped $ 499,000 in under a minute.

Watch this space

There’s going to be a whole lot more here soon, telling you all about the New Breed – who’s winning what and how they’re doing it.

We’ll be featuring everything about the best of the New Breed. You never know, you could find yourself on here!