{"id":56333,"date":"2022-12-22T16:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T16:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=56333"},"modified":"2022-12-22T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T16:47:24","slug":"pokerstars-founder-isai-scheinberg-named-as-recipient-of-wpt-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pokerstars-founder-isai-scheinberg-named-as-recipient-of-wpt-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Named as Recipient of WPT Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Isai Scheinberg<\/strong> launched PokerStars<\/strong><\/a> in 2001, online poker was in its infancy. Early platforms often suffered from outages, poor software, and other user unfriendly issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scheinberg set out to change that. When the site went live, players found a much-improved software experience<\/strong>. That helped pave the way for the company to become one of the biggest online poker<\/a> operators in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The World Poker Tour<\/strong> recently announced that Scheinberg would be recognized as part of the tour\u2019s WPT Honors<\/strong>, along with commentator Vince Van Patten.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese two men have both made transformational contributions to the poker community, Isai as a pioneer with his incredible ingenuity and boldness, and Vince with his love and dedication to expanding the game of poker,\u201d WPT CEO Adam Pliska<\/strong> said in a news release. \u201cBoth honorees are truly deserving of the award.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Recognizing an industry titan<\/span><\/h2>\n

When it comes to the world of online poker, not many people have meant more to the industry than Scheinberg. Stars was a key player in the poker boom<\/strong> era and helped increase interest in poker worldwide. The company\u2019s efforts helped grow the game all around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am very honored,\u201d Shceinberg, 74, said of the award. \u201cThe World Poker Tour is a very important poker company which made major contributions to the game. The first TV advertising PokerStars did was on WPT programming on the Travel Channel<\/strong>. It had a major impact that led to millions of players joining us.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Born in Lithuania before immigrating to Israel, the former programmer later moved to Toronto and worked for IBM Canada<\/a><\/strong>. His site resonated with players and the WPT noted that many \u201cstill consider Scheinberg to be the standard bearer for how online players should be treated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The WPT Honors Award launched in 2017 as the highest achievement from the company. The award is granted every year, honoring members of the poker industry who have made exceptional contributions to the WPT and the poker community as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n

WPT Honors recognizes those who distinguish themselves through \u201cexcellence and dedication beyond expectations.\u201d These are the previous WPT Honors recipients:<\/span><\/p>\n