The Run it Once online poker platform, founded by professional poker player Phil Galfond, is heading to the US market, after it was acquired by the software group, Rush Street Interactive.
The exact details of the deal are yet to be disclosed, but it is understood that Run it Once will integrate its software on the Rush Street platform.
Galford confirmed that deal, which he said had been 18 months in the making. He said that he had spoken with many different potential partners, before settling on collaboration with Rush Street.
“RIO Poker created a platform that people loved, with features and innovations that the poker world was excited about, but we also heard things like ‘if only they could iterate on their software faster’ or ‘I’d move all my volume to RIO if they were bigger’,” said Galford.
“Well, now we are bigger – much bigger. And now we add to our existing tech team the expertise and experience of those who have built huge poker platforms in the past. I’m extremely excited about what we’ll be able to accomplish together.”
Run it Once (RIO) claims to be the world’s leading poker strategy community where players can follow pros as they’re walked through hands they’ve played to reveal both cards and strategy behind their moves.
Some of the biggest names in the online poker industry are part of the platform, including Jason Koon, Sam Greenwood and Patrick Cronin.
