Internet Poker Executive
The online casino poker industry is a highly competitive industry that, while
not a completely saturated market, certainly has a large amount of competing
brands and options. For that reason, Ladbrokes has wisely appointed a seasoned
online poker executive to head up the company’s internet poker brand. Edward
Ihre was appointed as the first Managing Director of Ladbrokes Poker. Ihre has
experience in the online casinos poker industry with other popular – and now
competing – brand names.
Ladbrokes in well known in the online casino, internet gambling, and online
betting industries, and the company moves into internet poker industry with
strong brand recognition and a rusted brand name. Ihre’s job is to now continue
establishing the Ladbrokes brand in the online casino poker industry while
ensuring that Ladbrokes stays on the leading edge of innovative poker sites and
respected live poker events. Ihre elaborated that his “focus will be on
continuing the innovation and growth that Ladbrokespoker.com has demonstrated in
recent years and establishing a market-leading affiliate network.” Ihre
recognized that ““Ladbrokespoker is a strong brand in the online poker world and
also operates some of the best offline events," so his work is less about
establishing a name than it is continuing to reinforce the brand.
And as for his role as Managing Director of the Ladbrokes online casino poker
brand, Ihre will have extensive control over the brand and future developments
as his job is directly under the Betting and Managing Director, John O’Reilly.
Ihre had great success at his previous internet poker companies, Poker Stars and
Poker Room, and it is anticipated that do well with managing the Ladbrokes
brand.
|