WSOP Champ and Soccer Star Max Kruse Becomes Diamond Poker Series Ambassador
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: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Ahead of the latest PLO Grand Slam stop, German soccer player and 2020 Olympian Max Kruse has been appointed as the official ambassador of the Diamond Poker Series. Kruse represented the German National Team on 14 occasions. His first goal for his country came against the United States before he found the back of the net three more times in other matches.
Kruse put together a stellar career in the Bundesliga (German First Division), registering 131 goals in 460 league appearances, alongside winning the DFL-Supercup in 2015.
At the 2022 World Series of Poker Europe, Kruse clinched victory in Event #7: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for €134,152 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.