Team PokerStars Online Pro Dale "Daleroxxu" Philip Dropped For Excessive Celebration...of Football

Team PokerStars Online Pro Dale “Daleroxxu” Philip Dropped For Excessive Celebration…of Football

PokerStars cutting ties with longtime site representative after UKIPT dustup.

Details are coming out right now, and F5Poker has confirmed, that longtime Team PokerStars Pro Dale “Daleroxxu” Philip is no longer a member of Team PokerStars Online. It looks as if Dale was sacked from his promotional position on Team Online for over celebrating the Netherlands domination over Spain in the World Cup….at the PokerStars UKIPT event in Marbella, Spain.

Just been dropped from PokerStars for the goal celebration against Spain. Not the best news before an 11 hour flight.— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 17, 2014

The Netherlands squad dismantled the Spanish club and all the while Dale was, seemingly, pretty vocal about his anti-sweat of the home team. Things got a little rowdy…

Probably not a good idea to cheer for Holland crushing Spain at a big screen party in Spain. Oops.— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 13, 2014

Dale seemed to rile up the Spaniards as there were multiple “mean-spirited” tweets sent his way about his allegiances and his supposed form of celebration. You see, someone thinks that Dale used the “two-finger solute” in his celebration, which when used palm in…is the big F.U.

Dale seemingly apologized for riling up the audience and tried to move on.

Spaniards, sorry you lost a game of football and sorry I was cheering loudly for the other team, but you really need better tilt-control. gg— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 13, 2014

Insulting me and threatening me on twitter when you are 10 metres away from me is ridonkulous. Just a game, cheer up and lets be friends.— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 13, 2014

@daleroxxu don’t think the 1st person that insulted somebody were u with u multiple two fingers?Sure people from PS don’t stand ur behavior— Alex Hernando (@hernando_alex) June 13, 2014

@daleroxxu and finally.Maybe you should think about the patch u were wearing.I’m 200% sure that PS would not stand your “celebration moves” — Alex Hernando (@hernando_alex) June 13, 2014

@hernando_alex Yes I admit that it is rude, but in the context of a football match celebration it’s very normal.— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 13, 2014

@daleroxxu are you serious?? I really thought that with the time, you would admit that was 100% out of situation. Now I have no words…— Alex Hernando (@hernando_alex) June 13, 2014

@hernando_alex But I am sorry because my only intention was to have fun and banter during the football match, not to offend you.— Dale Philip (@Daleroxxu) June 13, 2014

For the entire heated breakdown of this Twitter exchange, check out this link.

The situation eventually blew over and the Dale went on to perform his PokerStars dutites. Apparently though, PokerStars did not appreciate the dust up at all as he announced today, he is now no longer a Team Online Pro.

While some thought the penalty was too harsh:

@Daleroxxu Many sponsored pros have kept their patch for much much worse.— Barry Carter (@Barry_Carter) June 17, 2014

Ludicrous @Daleroxxu getting dropped by @pokerstars over celebrating a goal— Rupert Elder (@ruperte) June 17, 2014

At least one person, Alex Hernando from Poker Red, was happy with the result.

#UltimaHora: Dale Philip @Daleroxxu deja de formar parte del Team Online por sus faltas de respeto en el gol de Holanda. ¡Bien hecho PS!— Alex Hernando (@hernando_alex) June 17, 2014

Dale, for his part, is headed back to Thailand, where he lives, and promised his full side of the story in a day or two. We’ll be on the lookout for it.

Read Dale’s PokerStars Bio (while it’s still available).

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published 9 years, 10 months ago • by Jeff • permalink

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