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.[...] Read more » Three New Players Have Joined Team PokerStars Online
I dont care. Even if I would play on the same limit as these guys, its still beyond my comprehension why would anybody want to play red spade players. In a knock-out tourey or whatnot I can see a reason, but otherwise I wouldnt even touch them with a stick.
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I do not see what is the benefit of other players that there will be more team pros on pokerstars?
For them it could be an appreciation for the level they got on stars and in poker in general i guess. Not sure if on stars is available but on the old ftp when one pro was at a table the rake was capped at 50 cents for every hand.
Joined: May '13
Location: Mauritius
Age: 32 (M)
Posts: 2688
Cheers at least they took a woman on, anyway to be on poker starts team online you don't need to be especially good, you need to be available for publicity so talking and bein at ease in front of the camera is good, or if you can target a particular audience will be good. Like a woman for female segment etc!
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 2219
New soldiers for the suckout machine, nice one! Gl for this three guys and i wish them luck and a suckout insurance to have a chance to be a winning player there...But perhaps they can play some hu games against Nadal & Co.
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
I dont think i'd be rushing to play any of these people. Their level of play is on an astronomical level above mine. It would be nice to check raise one out of a Tournament though
Joined: Sep '13
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 1564
and in case u guys were wondering, im not one of those players. apparently, even my mass spamming 10 cents tourneys at the start of the month wasnt good enough for ps to warrant invite to their pro team. Oh well, hope dies last... so maybe... if i start 8 tabling higher stakes (25c this time around!) games, i might get ps pro invite?
Joined: Sep '13
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 1564
nope no invite yet for me, but i wont give up just yet. Today i played one 25c tourney (by accident) but didnt cash out though, maybe thats why ps hasnt invited me to their pro team, yet?
now back to playing final fantasy, really needed this poker break
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
500 guys fighting to get 3 wonder jobs? I had no idea there would be so many supernovas around there. Once i contacted the services of one poker room (one of the first 3d playing sites, never heard about them again, it was different from PKR, but can't remember the name...) to see if they would like me to work for them... They must have laughed so much with my email that i'm still waiting for their answer What should be the main advantages for these guys in being Stars's workers? Not having to pay the buy-ins and getting all the profits in the same?
Joined: Mar '12
Location: Canada
Age: 50 (M)
Posts: 8
Good for these three players, they all worked hard to get to where they are, and now they can say they're team pokerstars players.
I don't see myself playing with the two males, because they don't play the same tournaments I do, however the girl I may play with, if she plays the same SNG's I do.
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 2219
3 from 500 supernovas get thie Chance, really not a easy Thing to be one of them. But the women are interesting, she prefer hyper turbo sng´s and is a winning player? Nice one, it is not easy to beat this game.