Door HansytheKing, geplaatst op donderdag 14 april 2011, 11:00. Views: 5.

Voor het eerst sinds zijn vertrek bij PokerStars heeft Greg Raymer uitleg gegeven over dat vertrek bij PokerStars en de kleine flirt/needle met Full Tilt Poker tijdens het NBC National Heads Up Championship.

PokerNews.com heeft een uitgebreid interview met Raymer gehad waarin zijn vertrek bij PokerStars en mogelijke nieuwe sponsoren besproken worden.

What is the story behind your split with Pokerstars? Was it an amicable split?

Well, it was amicable, but we just failed to agree on a contract. They decided when my last contract expired, and when we were negotiating my contract, they were offering less money. They seemed to be focused right now on their members of Team Pro mostly being non-American players and mostly very young players. So they want twenty-somethings, preferably early twenty-somethings, and people who are from countries where they feel they have a current opportunity to gain lots of new customers. They're losing customers in the American market right now, I think everyone is, so they're just not that interested in American pros.

You're known as one of the best ambassadors of the game and most people in the industry agree that your representation is highly sought after. We saw you wearing the Full Tilt patch at the NBC National Heads-Up Championship. Is there a possible future there or do you have any other sponsorship opportunities before you?

If Full Tilt wanted to open a dialogue and make me an offer, and it was a good offer, I would probably say yes. They're a good company also, but really, when it comes to the American market, it's pretty much PokerStars and Full Tilt. The other companies are way, way down in market share compared to those two, so I really don't expect anything to happen online immediately, not because I would say no, or that I'm not interested or anything like that, I still like playing online poker, I'm just not doing it at the moment.

If the American market ever opens up and the World Series of Poker launched an online poker room endeavor, do you feel that would be a good fit for you?

Oh yeah, it'd probably be a good fit for any Main Event Champion.

Het volledige interview met Greg Raymer kan je hier lezen.