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After a breakout year in 2021 that saw her winning the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Player of the Year race, Kyna England has landed a partnership with GGPoker’s ClubGG .
England, a Poker Power instructor with $840,953 in live earnings, according to The Hendon Mob , becomes the first ambassador for the club app where members can win seats to live events around the world — another milestone for the first woman to be named the MSPT POY. Introducing our first ClubGG ambassador @Kyna_CooL ! Welcome to the Club! https://t.co/ADYxwNqJub — ClubGG (@ClubGG_Poker) Working With ClubGG
In an interview with PokerNews on Sept. 26, England credited her 2021 MSPT performance for landing her the ClubGG partnership.
In January 2021, England finished 25th in the $1,100 buy-in MSPT South Dakota Main Event for $3,161, a deep run that she followed with a third-place finish in the MSPT Riverside Main Event for $73,782 a few months later. The Illinois native who now lives in Las Vegas then closed out the year by taking down the MSPT Minnesota Winter Poker Classic for $186,709 and to lock up the POY race.
“ClubGG partnered with MSPT … and being the MSPT Player of the Year, it seemed like a good fit for me to also be the ambassador,” England told PokerNews . “And I’ve been playing on ClubGG a little bit, too. It’s really fun, I like it. It’s really addicting, too, once you get started to try play for a small amount of money and work your way up to bigger buy-ins and bigger tournaments. It’s a great way to get started.” Kyna England’s ambassador page on the ClubGG website Global Poker Reflecting on Breakout Year
England, who worked in the insurance industry for eight years before making the jump to professional poker, reflected on the run that put her on the US poker map.
“It was a great year,” she said. “It was my first full year playing poker, traveling around a little bit playing poker. I was fortunate enough early on in the year to get a big score (at […]
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