Full Tilt Cuts Ties with Tour Ambassadors

Full Tilt has parted ways with its remaining sponsored pros, more than a dozen players who had been representing the site at a number of live events such as the UKIPT.

Sin Melin, who was one of 14 pro players who signed on last year to represent Full Tilt, told CalvinAyre.com recently that no more tour ambassadors remain. That information comes as no surprise following the demise of "The Professionals" last month, as it was revealed that Gus Hansen and Viktor Blom would no longer be retained as Full Tilt sponsored pros.

The third Professional, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, parted ways with Full Tilt in December 2013. The end to pro sponsorships is part of Full Tilt's new marketing strategy focused on "sharing the experiences of players."

Those experiences will also include online casino games, with Full Tilt in the midst of a re-branding under Amaya's ownership. Sister site PokerStars has too announced its intentions to roll out online blackjack and roulette, to be followed by additional casino games and sports betting in 2015.

In addition to Melin, Martins Adeniya, Hana Soljan (pictured top and below), Robert Cezarescu (pictured top left) Andras Nemeth (pictured top right),Ben Jenkins and Dermot Blain are some of the former Full Tilt tour ambassadors who will be without FTP patches at future live events.

Pro sponsorship deals with online poker sites have decreased industry-wide as of late, a trend that may not change course until regulated online poker spreads throughout the U.S.