It was a great run, but [I'm] no longer going to be an ambassador for the company.  The six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner went on to thank some of the PokerStars staff by name before explaining that he was going to concentrate on starting a family with his new bride.

On April 15, 2011, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York seized and shut down Pokerstars and several of its competitors' sites, alleging that the sites were violating federal bank fraud and money laundering laws.