GGPoker hired Dan Bilzerian to be their poker ambassador in 2021 mainly because the Instagram King has a massive fan following on the social network with over 33 million followers. However, GGPoker cut ties with Bilzerian on international women’s day in March 2022.
Bilzerian Hit GGPoker With $170K Travel Bill
There were different rumours floating around as to why GGPoker and Bilzerian parted ways. Some were of the view that Bilzerian was too controversial for GGPoker with his sexist remarks on social media causing offense to many female poker players.
However in a recent podcast Bilzerian opened up and said that he wasn’t very happy representing GGPoker as he wasn’t getting the payment he was promised. Bilzerian pointed out that he wanted GGPoker to pay him $170,000 as travel expenses to attend and promote a poker tournament.
Bilzerian tends to travel to most places in a private jet and it looks like GGPoker wasn’t keen on paying that bill. Bilzerian also claimed that he drove a ton of traffic to GGPoker but did not get the millions in revenue that he was promised from GGPoker. The Instagram King said he was happy to part ways with GGPoker as he was no longer interested in promoting the brand.
