Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle Becomes Latest PokerStars Ambassador

Benjamin Rolle PokerStars Ambassador

PokerStars have announced their latest Ambassador with Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle being unveiled today.

The German poker pro and Raise Your Edge founder joins the likes of Sam Grafton, Parker Talbot who both joined early in the year.

Alongside working with Ben, PokerStars will also be partnering with Raise Your Edge to provide players with exclusive content, live training, and courses to improve poker strategy. More details on this partnership will be revealed soon.

$100m GTD in 2021 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Schedule

"Ben is arguably one of the world’s top Multi-Table Tournament players and has been crushing high stakes for many years," said Scott Goodall, Associate Director of Communities and Partnerships at PokerStars.

"Working with Ben and Raise Your Edge, PokerStars will be able to provide top standard content and gain valuable feedback and input from Ben, the RYE community, as well as our existing ambassadors and partners, to ensure we can continuously improve and provide the best experience for all our players and communities."


Related: Grafton, Coimbra and Talbot Join PokerStars Team Pro Roster


Hugely Successful Online Pro

A former Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Main Event champion, Rolle said that he was thrilled to be working alongside PokerStars.

"Working together with PokerStars I will be able to work on new content and become even more creative when trying to introduce more players to the game," said Rolle. "I am very excited and grateful for this opportunity. I see it as a great responsibility to represent PokerStars, to remain a voice of the community and act as a bridge between them and the platform."

The SCOOP Main Event isn't the only event Rolle has tasted success in. Five years ago, Rolle - then known only as "bencb789" - defeated Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz in the very first online $102,000 buy-in poker tournament. Rolle won the WCOOP $102,000 High Roller for $1,172,461.

Rolle joins PokerStars just in time for the start of the 2021 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), and will be regularly streaming WCOOP content on his Twitch channel throughout the festival.

Select Benjamin Rolle PokerStars Online Cashes

YearEventPlacePayout (USD)
Sept-16$102,000 WCOOP Super High Roller1st$1,172,361
Aug-19$2,100 Sunday High Roller1st$20,507
May-20$5,200 SCOOP High Roller4th$92,014
Nov-20$10,300 EPT Online High Roller10th$27,629
Nov-20$25,000 EPT Online Super High Roller3rd$302,837
Nov-20$5,200 EPT Online Main Event28th$33,380
Apr-21$25,000 SCOOP Super High Roller5th$147,914
Apr-21$1,050 SCOOP PLO Main Event10th$12,996
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Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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