PokerStars continues to change their ambassadorial cast with long-time servant Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew leaving after a nine-year stint, and European Poker Tour Main Event champion, Kalidou Sow, stepping into the fold.

There are a few ‘poker ambassadors’ you could imagine ending up on Jerry Springer, but Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew isn’t one of them. Quiet, reserved, studious, brilliant – the type of guy who has a gothic teddy bear collection sitting in a bedroom decked out like the Bridge on Shatner’s ship methinks.

Today, Lew is a free agent after becoming the latest in an ever-expanding list of PokerStars Ambassadors who have failed, for one reason or another, to renegotiate a new contract.

Lew’s had a great run, after joining PokerStars in December 2009.