Jaime Gold Signs With New Poker Room

2006 Main Event winner Jamie Gold has signed on to represent Aced.com.

Former World Series Of Poker Main Event champ Jamie Gold announced on Friday that he has signed a multi-year endorsement contract with online poker room Aced.com. The former producer and Hollywood talent agent, who won the 2006 WSOP Main Event, has not been sponsored in the online world since his break with Bodog shortly after taking down the biggest prize in tournament poker history.

According to his agent, Sean Fredericks, Gold had turned down “a slew” of endorsement requests since running over the largest field in WSOP history. “We’ve been careful and patient in waiting for the right one,” said Fredericks.

In this case, patience meant waiting for the right room to come into the market. Aced.com, a part of the growing Merge Network, has only been running live games since last September, and now they have themselves a world champion promoting them to the world.

“We are extremely excited to have Jamie on board, not only because of his obvious value as an ambassador for us within the poker world, but for the unparalleled enthusiasm, insight, and creativity he brings to the ongoing development of our brand,” said Brandon Berndt, Aced.com poker room manager. “He could have chosen so many other sites, but we share his values and vision. He is worth every penny - or billion pennies.”

At least it sounds like everyone’s getting along so far.

The press release announcing Gold’s deal contained plenty of breathless quotes from his attorney and agent, but details on the amount of money involved were scant. There are rumors that Aced.com’s sponsorship of Gold is valued somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million. What has been confirmed is that the deal includes buy-ins for tournaments in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

However large the deal may or may not be, Gold seems to be ready to take on all comers. He issued a challenge for all the naysayers who think he luckboxed his way to the most prestigious title in tournament poker to take him on at any stakes. “Here’s their chance to find out (if my run was luck),” said Gold. “I’m issuing an open invitation to anyone - come play with me.”