Party Poker reaches deal with Dragan Galic

Party Poker is delighted to announce that they have agreed a sponsorship deal with top European professional Dragan Galic. Dragan is currently rated as the number one player in Europe by pokerineurope.com and was recently invited to play in the Team Party heat as a special guest at the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Though he didn't make it through the play-off stages, PartyPoker.com were suitably impressed to sign him to their ranks. He joins Mike Sexton, Tony G, Kara Scott, Ian Frazer, Felipe 'Mojave' Ramos, Bodo Sbrzesny and Remy Biechel in Team Party.

Galic is a 35-year-old Croatian/German from Schneverdingen, near Hamburg and has over $900,000 in live tournament winnings and a great online record. He recently won the Casino Austria Poker Tour finishing with the highest overall ranking and finished fifth in the EPT San Remo Main Event, making history when he maintained the chip lead from day one through to day four. He is a big contender for the European Player of the Year title and a member of PartyPoker.com's VIP club Palladium Lounge. He was a service engineer for BMW before hanging up his overalls to become a professional poker player in 2006.

Dragan said: "After spending time with the other members of Team Party in Vegas I am delighted to join. PartyPoker.com was the very first site I played on so in many ways it feels like coming home. I find games suitable for me on there and am excited by the opportunities this sponsorship deal will offer."

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "It is great to sign Dragan – he has great qualities as an ambassador and an amazing game to go with it. We are excited about our partnership."

Dragan will be playing online under the name 'DraganGalic' – try and slay him today!

Mike Sexton invaded popular US culture this week as he was quoted in James Hibberd's The Live Feed column in The Hollywood Reporter. In a piece about top chat show host Conan O'Brien's fight with NBC, Hibberd stated:

The prospect of O'Brien going to the top-rated Fox is like what "World Poker Tour" commentator Mike Sexton says during a tournament whenever a card player loses chips to a talented pro: "You don't want to put fire into that dragon."

PartyPoker.com ambassador Mike Sexton welcomed Dragan to Team Party by saying: "Dragan is a fantastic all round player. I have sat on the table with him - you don't want to put fire into that dragan!"

Tony G said: "Dragan is a great guy and I welcome him on board – the guy's a winner. One things for sure, he don't need a trike!"