A total of 500 PokerStars Supernovas applied to be part of Team PokerStars Online this year. It sure wasn't an easy task for Team Online manager Chris Jonat and the rest of his crew to pick three new representatives who will be under the flag of the big red spade...
"We had a number of fantastic candidates during the open application process, many of whom we'll be keeping tabs on going forward. Ultimately, we chose people who represented game types and countries that were new to our Team," said Chris Jonat.
So, who did they pick? Continue reading and you will find out! (all text from pokerstarsblog)
Katerina 'Katerina289' Malasidou
Oh, you know this name already, do you? So do we. Malasidou happens to be Team Online's Andre Coimbra's girlfriend. He convinced the woman from Greece to quit her job and focus on poker. And wouldn't you know it? She rocks. She's already made enough money to survive on her poker winnings and spends a lot of time in the hyper-turbo SNGs.
Matthias 'Mati312' Brandner
Matthias 'Mati312' Brandner is a specialist. How special? Well, not too many years ago, there were online players who didn't know Badugi was a game. Brandner now knows that game better than most and can now boast of being Team Online's Badugi ringer. The IT graduate from the University of Vienna now makes bank playing as big as $100/$200 in all the lowball games.
Luka 'LukaSteel' Kovač
Every team needs a good Limit Hold'em specialist. That is now Luka 'LukaSteel' Kovač. The one-time competitive skier switched to poker after getting off the mountain. It sated his competitive jones. He has paid his way through college, never lost his first deposit, and never had a 9-5 job.source: pokerstarsblog
