Top poker pro Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu has signed on to represent Team PokerStars and in a separate agreement all player accounts on his online poker site, Full Contact Poker, will be transferred to PokerStars.

Although FCP will be shutting down its casino and poker operations, the site will continue to host Negreanu’s blog, the forum, and a new video poker school. The transfer of accounts will happen as soon as next week.

On Monday, all software functions associated with the FCP cashier were turned off. Players wishing to cash out who were unable to do so prior to Monday will be able to once their accounts at PokerStars have been established.

PokerStars also becomes the new host for other events formerly located at Full Contact Poker, such as the “Weekend at Daniel’s” and Negreanu’s ongoing “Protégé” contests.

The same thing happened between Doyle’s Room and Full Tilt Poker. In February, Doyle’s Room announced it would stop taking U.S. bets and allow its U.S.-based customers either to cash out or transfer their accounts to Full Tilt Poker.

But unlike Doyle’s Room, which continues to operate outside of the U.S., Full Contact Poker will totally cease its gaming operations.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Poker Stars, Full Contact Poker

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