Patrik Selin
Patrik Selin is one of the pioneers of the online poker industry and was the President & CEO of Ongame, one of the industry’s biggest success stories with both the then largest poker network, Ongame Network, and a then major poker operator, pokerroom.com. At Ongame, Patrik Selin made a number of decisions to make the company more transparent and fair; he introduced responsible gaming and he initiated annual reporting by stock market standards despite being privately owned. Bwin’s acquisistion of Ongame in 2006 is still one of the biggest acquisitions the industry has seen.
Patrik Selin loves poker and has played in a number of major events, including EPT, WPT, and WSOP. He finished in the money in the WSOP Main Event in 2006, and he has reached two televised final tables in Europe.
Patrik Selin believes that the more you train, the luckier you get. It’s a message he likes to pass onto all poker players – both beginners and professionals alike.
C.V.
- 2009 Bodog Network, President & CEO
- 2006-2009 Gnuf/Betway, President & CEO
- 2003-2006 Ongame, President & CEO
- 2000-2003 Avanza Bank, Head of Sales
Patrik Selin has worked online since 2000. First three years with Internet banking, and then three years at Ongame, which owned PokerRoom.com, Ongame Network, etc.
In 2006, Patrik Selin was the founder of Gnuf, a successful poker and casino operator based and licensed in Malta. In 2008, Gnuf bought Betway.com, a sportsbook brand using the same poker and casino software provider as Gnuf.