Former 'Canadian Big Brother' contestant Kevin Martin becomes PokerStars Team Pro

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Kevin Martin, from Calgary, Canada, is the latest poker player to join the world's leading online poker players at Team PokerStars Pro Online, and will represent PokerStars.com, an Amaya Inc. brand.

As well as loving the game of poker, Kevin Martin was a contestant on Season 3 of the "Canadian Big Brother" TV show, and formerly a radio host on stations Rock 106 & 107.7 The River.

Martin has risen to prominence in the online poker world recently, and in the last six months, he has managed to build a Twitch audience of more than 1,000 average viewers per session, peaking at 4,000 viewers on his best streams.

Martin focuses predominantly on low buy-in tournaments, with viewers impressed by his engaging style and audience interaction. Many report that he is one of the most fun and entertaining people streaming poker on Twitch today.

"I'm excited to welcome my friend Kevin to Team PokerStars Pro Online," said Jaime Staples, a member of Team PokerStars Pro Online. "In a short space of time, Kevin has built a fun and entertaining online poker stream, and shown that by focusing on excitement and engagement with audiences, any Twitch streamer can become a big success with some hard work."