Updated on 21 Feb 26 by

bwin Sponsors BlackMember Party 6

Our new partner platform bwin will introduce itself personally at the beginning of our cooperation, and will be present with eight staff members at the next BlackMember party!

No less than eight staff members of bwin
from the business area poker will be present at the sixth BlackMember party in Düsseldorf on February 6th to 8th. Together with the BlackMembers and the Diamonds, they will not only party, but also answer any questions.

Furthermore, they will participate in the big BlackMember Soccer Battle, and not only as spectators: Besides the shirts, they also put forth their own football team!

 

Bwin: Facts to the bwin VIPs

In this news article, we want to introduce some of the bwin VIP's in detail:

Stefan Streit: Chief Marketing Officer of bwin

Chief Marketing Officer Stefan Streit joined the team only recently, and is responsible for the worldwide Distribution & Marketing at bwin. His main tasks include design, development and execution of the whole Sales & Marketing strategy of bwin.

Originally, Chief Marketing Officer Streit comes from the mobile phone industry, and can look back on numerous executive positions in the Senior Executive Sales & Marketing area at one of the worldwide market leaders.


Hendrik Knopp: Head of Marketing Development of bwin

Hendrik Knopp is the Head of Poker Marketing &
Marketing Development at bwin. His area of responsibility includes poker marketing campaigns and events, as well as the development of new interactive marketing tools for each bwin product.

With a Master of Laws, Head of Marketing Development Knopp
began his career as a lawyer specialised on Gaming Law in Hamburg, Germany. As of 2003, he worked for the RTL Group as a person responsible for interactive games and diversification projects, before he started working for bwin in 2006.

Jan-Erik Schuch: Section Head Games B2C Development

Jan-Erik Schuch leads the Poker Applications
Development Team in Stockholm, Sweden. As the Section Head Games B2C
Development, he is responsibe for the further development and maintenance of bwin's poker label. In the focus are the improvement and enhancement of the poker features, as well as poker promotions and campaign management.

In 2004, he joined the bwin team as a developer. Prior to this, he worked on the development of online trading systems and -websites.

Even more bwin VIP's

The further bwin VIP's at the BlackMember party will be Douglas Griffin (Affiliate Communication), Gerhard Falb (Section Head,
Affiliate Marketing), Markus Schleich (Team Leader CRM - Customer
Interaction Conception), Kristian Svensson (Hospitality Coordinator),
Fredrik Kjell (Poker Manager Trainee) and David Nelson (Promotions
Manager).

bwin: participating at the big BlackMember Soccer Battle

Furthermore, bwin will show up with its own football team at the big BlackMember
Soccer Battle. Naturally, our camera team will be present to record this moment in sports history for all times.

Here you see 6wismaster6 - who will of course participate at the big Soccer Battle as well - in one of bwin's sponsored shirts:

 

 

Until February 1st: registration for the diamonds

Diamonds have another three days to sign up: If you want to take part, please write an e-mail to vip@pokerstrategy.com to sign up for the party.

 

Please include the following in the registration mail:

  • "Diamond-Party" in the subject line;
  • Your username here on PokerStrategy;
  • If you are coming alone or with a guest.

Not sure yet if you should come to the party? Here are some impressions from the previous ones:

 

17.08.07:
The first BlackMember Party takes place - Pictures
01.12.07: Our Elite are, once again, guests in Hamburg - Pictures (German only)
05.04.08:
Hamburg, the third time. For the first time also with the Diamonds - Pictures (German only)
12.07.08:
Black and Diamond members celebrate in Munich
Pictures - Video
3.-5.10.08:
Goal #5: The capital!
Pictures - Interview with PartyPoker's Jim Ryan