[1] Established in January 2011 by founder and CEO David Jung, who previously worked for PokerStars as the “Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Senior Business Development Manager” in 2007 and “Regional Marketing Director of Asia” in 2008.

Jung at the time, set up the largest poker room in Asia that hosted APPT and Macau Poker Cup, which he established in his time with PokerStars at the Grand Lisboa Casino in Macau.

[2] Jung left PokerStars in March 2010 to set up his own online gaming company under the “Hero” brand in January 2011.

[3] At the time of its establishment in January 2011, HeroPoker accepted players from United States.

CEO David Jung stated: "Simply put, Hero and Merge weren’t going the same direction any longer and it just didn’t make sense on both sides to continue, sometimes in business and most times in life, things work out like this, but again, the priority has been the players and in this respect, Merge has put the players first in this transition process as well, so I’m thankful for that.