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These guys are really fool they are playing like if it was play money but it is not. I dont know if they know what heart beats is they dont have nerves.
Posted by pinotte: These guys are really fool they are playing like if it was play money but it is not. I dont know if they know what heart beats is they dont have nerves.
Well, it is play money for them. Especially 4 Isildur who God knows when made the last deposit on any of the sites he is playing at - he is playing with sponsor money. No risk but great rewards even if he's loosing.
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that is true, but also they have millions, maybe evem more than 10 mil, which is for sure.... and with that amount of money, they surely dont want to play 1$\2$ blids... they can aford even millions of downswing, and I know for sure that Ike have more than 10m$
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The weekend Viktor "Isildur1" Blom in two sessions took little more than $ s 795.000, however on Tuesday got a brand, we would all like to have, win or $ s 1,008,684 in just one day Sean "withcolor" Rafael, who literally crushed. Both were measured at four tables of $ 200 / $ 400 PLO HU and competed in 3,208 hands for a period of seven hours
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I have always wondered if this is actually real money or is this just part of their contract with pokerstars to play a certain amount of money to entice people to the big games. I have watched some of these games and it just looks crazy,obviously these pros know how to bluff but a lot of the time there is just no logic to some of the plays.
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hi yeah sometimes i watch them play too more blom than other players when they play, there are always some good action and you wonder if they are making a show out of it and i like it if they do at least we can see some good action, sometimes we don not have anyway good luck have fun at the tables and also make us proud and maybe one day we will watch you guys play lol, anyway peace out have fun and good luck guys!
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@klash yes that is actualy real money and no it isnt part of contract, because isildur1 or Viktor Blom doesnt have pokerstars contract and he isnt member of team for long time... Ike is, but I doubt it is in contract to play high stakes poker for show... I think in contract you get $ per hours playing on pokerstars... also they give you entries to big events, and maybe they have 100% rakeback, I cant tell you for sure
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yes i have to agree when isildur1 plays, he is playing with his own money and not poker stars. and not all team pokerstars members get paid, just the ones that are spokes persons. they get paid, most of them are useing their own money and depositing. They just happen to have unlimited deposits.
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Posted by crash58: yes i have to agree when isildur1 plays, he is playing with his own money and not poker stars. and not all team pokerstars members get paid, just the ones that are spokes persons. they get paid, most of them are useing their own money and depositing. They just happen to have unlimited deposits.
All pokerstars team members are payed, but they are playing with their own money... They have something like paychecks, but for example one team member get 10k$ per month, but he can lose 50k playing poker... And by the way Ike and isildur are playing again and isildur is 40k in plus, but it will be huge swings
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Thanks StheP.......I know when Victoria Coren left Pokerstars because of the introduction of casino/slots etc she said that her contract was not even that good but I think she was more the live tourney player. I suppose their view while playing with 20k is that they are confident that they will win and if they lose they will find a game where they will win it all back.
and no it isnt part of contract, because isildur1 or Viktor Blom doesnt have pokerstars contract and he isnt member of team for long time... Ike is, but I doubt it is in contract to play high stakes 
