Full Tilt Poker, now less than one month away from re-launching under the watchful eyes of its new owner, PokerStars, announced the addition of Tom Dwan and Viktor Isildur1 Blom to its stable of pros known as “The Professionals.” The duo joins Gus Hansen, a Dane who was recently announced as the new Full Tilt’s very first front man.

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Full Tilt officials are expecting a reboot of high-stakes games as a result of Dwan and Blom coming aboard. A press release sent by Full Tilt on Monday heralded, “Dwan’s return to Full Tilt Poker, combined with the signing of his great online rival Blom, will re-ignite a fierce competition at the highest stakes tables on the Full Tilt Poker site and create a formidable team to represent the site at re-launch.”

Blom was the talk of the town in late 2009, when he battled at nosebleed-stakes tables on the old Full Tilt against the likes of Phil Ivey and Brian Hastings. In August of this year, Blom and PokerStars mutually parted ways, but it took just two months for the free agent to find a new home at Full Tilt.

The man known as Isildur1 commented in the same press release, “I always loved playing on the Full Tilt Poker software. It is where I made my name and enjoyed some of my greatest victories. When they approached me about joining the team, I knew this was the right fit for me.”

Blom revealed his identity to the world in early 2011during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. A PokerStars sponsored pro at the time, Blom squared off in a live heads-up match against Bertrand ElkY Grospellier in his coming out party.

Adding to his high-stakes mantra, Blom won the Super High Roller Event at this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for over $1.2 million. He then drove to a 14th place finish in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship at the 2012 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas for another $105,000.

Dwan (pictured) has been a staple of poker television shows like “Poker After Dark” and “High Stakes Poker.” Besides his nosebleed-stakes forays in the Durrrr Challenge, Dwan has hit it big in the live tournament world, finishing fourth in the World Poker Tour’s World Poker Finals in 2007 for $324,000 and taking second in a Borgata Winter Poker Open event a few months later for $226,000.

In 2010, Dwan was the runner-up in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event during the WSOP, narrowly missing out on his first bracelet, but still generating $381,000 in winnings.

He was a sponsored pro of the old Full Tilt, whose tables went dormant in June 2011 when the Alderney Gambling Control Commission suspended its license on the grounds that it had been “misled.”

Full Tilt Poker’s Head of Marketing, Sarne Lightman, welcomed both players into the fold: “The game of poker is always evolving. Through our continual innovations, Full Tilt Poker is proud to have been at the forefront of that evolution. In choosing our pros, we approached the three poker players whose unique and innovative styles have had the most impact on how modern poker is played.”

In a recent poll posted on PocketFives’ Facebook page, we asked members of the community whom they would like to see as the next Full Tilt pro after Hansen. Blom and Dwan were both popular responses, with one poster commenting about the Swede, “The one I’m sure everybody is rightly thinking is Viktor Blom simply because FTP is where he made his name. Since he’s no longer with PS directly, now would be a good time for him to come under the FTP banner.”

Other pros whose names were suggested on our Facebook page include Phil Galfond, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Antonio Esfandiari, and Joe Hachem.

Keep it tuned to PocketFives for the latest Full Tilt Poker re-launch news. What do you think? Will high-stakes games on Full Tilt occur as a direct result of the signings? Discuss the story!