888Poker Loses Longtime Pro Jackie Glazier
9 years ago

10 Jun
Jackie Glazier, Australia’s top female player and WSOP bracelet winner, has announced her departure from 888Poker.com this week, bringing to an end her three-year role as brand ambassador for the online giants.
After 3 great years, JackieGlazier is leaving #Team888. We want to wish her the best in all future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/F2s0euQsMq
— 888poker (@888poker) June 7, 2016
888Poker.com have now changed their ambassador team completely since the Aussie joined in 2013, Glazier being the longest-serving member of the team.
She responded to her well-wishers with:
Thanks @888poker it was filled with amazing times! Wish the company and all the team every success in the future xx https://t.co/Tvl2mYSUB7
— Jackie Glazier (@JackieGlazier) 7 June 2016
Her three year stint with 888 began after Glazier was ‘poached’ from the Phil Ivey training site following her excellent showings in the World Series of Poker that year and the previous. She emerged as the ‘Last Women Standing’ in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, eventually finishing 31st for a $229,281 payday.
The previous year had seen her finish runner-up in the $3k NL event, pocketing $458,996 – her overall lifetime earnings standing at $1,323,493 – but recently she has struggled to find her form at the tables, despite working hard on the game.
The last two years I have been disappointed with my results on the table,” said Glazier. “I have put in more work than ever, and that makes it even harder to take. I did a lot of training and spent a lot of time on forums but wasn’t getting the results.”
Described as a “prolific tournament player” when she joined forces with 888, featuring alongside cricketing legend Shane Warne and UFC champion George St.Pierre as well as other home-grown pros looking to market the site in Australia, she immediately proved her worth by taking down the Ladies Event at the 2013 WSOP Europe in Cannes for €21,850.
Recently, however, tournament success has been hard to find and her 888Poker departure will allow her to focus on her newly-created Dynamic by Design podcast which she co-hosts with husband Jamie, a mental performance coach.
In the debut podcast Glazier explained:
I was super excited for the Aussie Millions, but then ran super-super bad during that time. It’s hard not to get a little bit jaded in poker because you can’t control the results. The past two years have been a little hard on me emotionally and mentality. I was in a bad place both physically and emotionally. I know a lot of people would love to do what I do, and so feel I don’t have the right to whinge about my situation. I didn’t want to be the skinny friend who talks about how fat they are. After 7-8 years of playing professionally, I needed some time out.”
888Poker have been busy looking for replacements this year already, with last week seeing them sign Jeff Gross during the WSOP, while in March they snagged footballer Denilson as a brand ambassador for his home country Brazil.
Kara Scott, poker presenter and accomplished player, signed up for them in February and joined the likes of Sofie Lovgren and Dominik Nitsche.
As Glazier departs, it was Nitsche who took to Twitter to welcome the latest signing, Chris Moorman, posting this evening:
Excited to hear that Moorman1 joined @888poker can't think of anyone I have played more hands with in the past 10 years welcome mate!”The revolving door at 888Poker ended the day with Moorman tweeting:
So excited to announce that I've joined @888poker as their newest ambassador! #888pokerpic.twitter.com/XCf8gPA2VD
— Chris Moorman (@Moorman1) 9 June 2016
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