Lock Poker Signs Pedro "pls3betme" Maia! LockPRO Reaches Across the Globe!

    GEBOUW, CURACAO, February 08, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Lock is excited to announce the new addition to their LockPRO ELITE team.

Hailing from Espinho, Portugal, Pedro discovered poker through friends at the end of 2007. His poker career started by playing a tournament for the first time, the side event of the Espinho 2007 Main event, and he eventually won the same tournament. After that win he devoted himself to learning MTT strategy and never looked back. At that time, Pedro worked in a security company in Portugal, and later on, he started to fully dedicate himself to poker, becoming a professional in 2009. In 2010 he became the only player to reach ITM in all 3 Portuguese Main Events and he won one of them, the Figueira Poker Tour Main Event.

While at the same time as becoming a familiar face in the Portuguese Poker scene, playing live cash games and tournaments, with his professionalism he started investing in playing online, and grinded his way up, becoming a winning player in all limits played so far. His multi tabling abilities, while at the same time remaining extremely focused, allowed him to become one of the biggest rakers worldwide.

"Pedro is an excellent addition to our incredible team of players!" says Jennifer Larson CEO of Lock. "As we reach across the world with our Pros we continue to get a deeper grasp of what becoming the top online poker room worldwide really means. We are determined to be the number one choice worldwide!"

"I am delighted to join Lock Poker, a professional team of the highest level, with the Top international and Portuguese players, counting in its ranks with players of international reputation," says Pedro. "Lock Poker is a room of the highest quality, to which I hope to bring my best contribution, at the same time as the exchange of experiences in this vast team will allow both personal development, and to Lock Poker itself as a poker room, continuing its growth and increasing brand awareness."

"Pedro is a pure young blood "horse". He knows what he wants, he sets his goals and he goes after that with passion and determination and this is what Lock stands for," says Francisco "yuranpt" Santos. "Pedro is a close friend of mine and I feel honoured to have him with us. We have the same dream to be the 1st Portuguese to win a bracelet."

LOCK

Lock is the world's most innovative online gaming brand. Lock launched their first masterpiece, Lock Poker, over four years ago and recently launched their ground breaking Casino. They exploded into poker industry by introducing the Bluff Online Poker challenge, becoming the first company to develop a Mac download casino, introducing Sharkscope integration, live stats and a custom hand re-player and last but certainty not least, hiring Eric Rizen Lynch as their Poker Room Manager. Lock continues to bring a fresh perspective to this exciting industry and its mandate is to drive innovation through superior design and initiative. www.lockpoker.com and www.lockcasino.com.

MERGE GAMING

Merge Gaming is the fresh new face in the online poker world, growing rapidly and providing a solid, secure, gaming platform for its partners. We are dedicated to providing users with the best possible online gaming experience, and providing our operators all the tools necessary to run a successful poker business. Merge Gaming accepts players worldwide and is focused on catering to all player groups through active promotions, game variety, quality software and security.

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