- Jones moves from Head of Home Games to a newly created role, Head of Poker Communications.
Lee Jones, celebrated poker author and long-time PokerStars spokesperson, is moving into a new role as Head of Poker Communications at PokerStars.
Lee joins Eric Hollreiser, Head of Corporate Communications and recently promoted Michael Josem, Head of PR.
His newly created role positions him as a key spokesman on poker issues for “internal and external audiences,” according to Monday’s press release.
“This new role will allow me to serve as the community’s representative to PokerStars, as well as PokerStars’ representative to the poker community,” Jones is quoted as saying.
Eric Hollreiser told pokerfuse: “Lee Jones will be an evangelist for PokerStars products and services, staying very involved in the product teams and serving as a spokesperson and ambassador for the game” to key audiences.
Lee has held a variety of high-profile roles in the poker industry. He is well known for his entertaining commentary at the Sunday Million final tables, authoring of “Winning Low-Limit Hold ‘em” and co-developer of the SAGE system for optimal Sit and Go heads up play.
Following four years as PokerStars Cardroom Manager, Jones moved on to be Executive Host of the European Poker Tour. A short stint with Cardrunners as Chief Operating Officer was followed by time as Cardroom Manager at Cake Poker. In 2010 he returned to PokerStars officially as Head of Home Games.
Lee will report to Eric alongside new Head of PR, Michael Josem. Josem is well known within the poker community for helping to expose the UltimateBet cheating scandal. He created the infamous chart showing the improbable win-rate of the “NioNio” superuser account.
His role in this exposé led to him taking a job in security with PokerStars. Since Black Friday he has had the unenviable job of ensuring that players from the USA cannot play on PokerStars.
His new appointment should be much more friendly; Eric Hollreiser told pokerfuse that he will work “closely with industry reporters to ensure that we are providing consistent, accurate and reliable content, information and news.”
