At the end of 2010 from the team of Online Poker Room Professionals Pokerstars the famous Russian high-limit Omaha player left - 
Alexey "LuckyGump" Makarov... A contract was signed with him for a year, which he voluntarily did not want to renew. And the other day another Russian became a new member of the team - Mikhail "innerspy" Shalamov.
Mikhail was vividly remembered not only by the Russian-speaking poker community, but also abroad, after holding his first and brightest marathon, in which he played more than 40,000 hands at the limits NL400-NL600 6max in 24 hours playing on 24 tables at the same time.
Here is what Mikhail said after signing the contract: "I am doubly glad that what I have to do under the contract I do with great pleasure - I blog, play only on PokerStars - the most convenient poker room I've ever played".
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