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Pokerstars sign another "live" pro but why not sign online players???

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  1. tigertonkin tigertonkin is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:36pm)

    JC Alvarado has just been signed up to pokerstars.

    his career highlights are as follows:

    <H2>Career Highlights</H2>
    <TABLE class=wins2 width=440><TBODY><TR><TH class=event>Event</TH><TH class=date>Date</TH><TH class=place>Position</TH><TH class=prize>Prize</TH></TR><TR class=altRow><TD>2006 WSOP $1,500 No Limit Holdem </TD><TD>August 2006</TD><TD>6th</TD><TD class=money>$28,665</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007 L.A. Poker Classic $2,500 No Limit Holdem</TD><TD>February 2007</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD class=money>$108,275</TD></TR><TR class=altRow><TD>WPT L.A. Poker Classic $9,900 No Limit Hold'em</TD><TD>February 2007</TD><TD>15th</TD><TD class=money>$72,140</TD></TR><TR><TD>WPT World Poker Challenge $5,000 No Limit Holdem</TD><TD>March 2007</TD><TD>2nd</TD><TD class=money>$366,798</TD></TR><TR class=altRow><TD>WPT Mandalay Bay $9,700 No Limit Holdem</TD><TD>June 2007</TD><TD>8th</TD><TD class=money>$43,720</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008 WSOP $5,000 Limit/No Limit Holdem</TD><TD>June 2008</TD><TD>28th</TD><TD class=money>$10,922</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
    90% of the pros on pokerstars never play on their except for weekends. Or if they do its for an hour or two.

    why not sign up people like AJKhoosier1, moorman1 and gboro780, who play on their every night????

    with all respect to JC Alvarado;

    AJKhoosier1 has cashed for $400,000(wcoop ME) more than JC's best live win and moorman1 and Gboro780 have both had plenty of five and six figure cashes online.
  2. wandigo wandigo is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:38pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    lol @ not considering JC to be an online player. do some research, well deserved for the spot imo. he doesn't play online as much anymore but he certainly crushed when he did
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  3. kportune kportune is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:42pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    One word: advertising
  4. mhoddi mhoddi is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:43pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    stars just signed him so they could put PrtyPSux in bold
     
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:44pm) in reply to kportune

     
    Originally Posted by kportune View Post

    One word: advertising

    This. The people who know who AJKHoosier, Moorman, etc are generally already have accounts.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:44pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    Mexico.

    Congrats JC I love you.
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  7. tigertonkin tigertonkin is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:45pm) in reply to wandigo

    LMAO the comment isnt about him becoming a pro, that doesnt bother me, good for him. its about the best online players in the world struggling to get sponsorship on the sites they play on.

    I bet if u log on tonight you might be lucky to get 3 pros playing. I dont see how u can "represent" pokerstars when you hardly ever play on there.

    i could name you ten poker pros who 90% of the time only go on pokerstars on a sunday!
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  8. miamigreen miamigreen is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:45pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    isn't J.C. PrtyPkrSUX ? Crazy skills!
  9. tigertonkin tigertonkin is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:50pm) in reply to miamigreen

    What about SCTrojans: hes no different to j.c

    to cashes at the wsop 2009;

    plus as far as im aware at least 3 triple crowns!!

    surely it would make sense to have someone advertise the site who actually plays on it.
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  10. mhoddi mhoddi is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:52pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    Scott already answered your question "Mexico".

    stars is more interested in signing players from around the world where the market is not as tapped as the US.
     
  11. SCTrojans SCTrojans is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:53pm) in reply to tigertonkin

     
    Originally Posted by tigertonkin View Post

    What about SCTrojans: hes no different to j.c

    to cashes at the wsop 2009;

    plus as far as im aware at least 3 triple crowns!!

    surely it would make sense to have someone advertise the site who actually plays on it.

    I'm white and am from the US.
    JC is Mexican and is actually moving back to Mexico.

    Duhhhh, pokerstars doesn't sponsor players as a reward, they sponsor players as a business decision to help attract more players to their site, and JC is a great opportunity to attract the hispanic/latino market whereas there are 32849 players already sponsored from the US.
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  12. tigertonkin tigertonkin is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:55pm) in reply to mhoddi

    aaah, i understand, now SC. i didnt know what you meant when you put "mexico". Ithought you was a mexican descendant or something and was chanting your country.

    So what countries do you think pokerstars might be looking at next?

    spain? france? south africa?
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  13. DiMzZ DiMzZ is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 1:58pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    I am still waiting for stars to sign David "Whooookidd" Baker. Sick online player and has some juicy live cashed as well.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 2:00pm) in reply to tigertonkin

     
    Originally Posted by tigertonkin View Post

    LMAO the comment isnt about him becoming a pro, that doesnt bother me, good for him. its about the best online players in the world struggling to get sponsorship on the sites they play on.

    I bet if u log on tonight you might be lucky to get 3 pros playing. I dont see how u can "represent" pokerstars when you hardly ever play on there.

    i could name you ten poker pros who 90% of the time only go on pokerstars on a sunday!

    AGREE 100%. BINGO STATEMENT.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 2:01pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    why would they sign players that do not play live full time? Im pretty sure there only interested in players getting good tv spots
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:02pm) in reply to tigertonkin

     
    Originally Posted by tigertonkin View Post

    aaah, i understand, now SC. i didnt know what you meant when you put "mexico". Ithought you was a mexican descendant or something and was chanting your country.

    So what countries do you think pokerstars might be looking at next?

    spain? france? south africa?

    well, time to sign busto_soon from the Netherlands.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:05pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    I thought ftp had signed him or at least was a friend of ftp already I might be mistaken though
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:06pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    you idiots do realize the purpose of signing someone is to promote there site the best, not the best players.
  19. SCTrojans SCTrojans is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:06pm) in reply to aad

     
    Originally Posted by aad View Post

     
    Originally Posted by tigertonkin View Post

    aaah, i understand, now SC. i didnt know what you meant when you put "mexico". Ithought you was a mexican descendant or something and was chanting your country.

    So what countries do you think pokerstars might be looking at next?

    spain? france? south africa?

    well, time to sign busto_soon from the Netherlands.

    They already got Noah
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  20. bluffslv bluffslv is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:13pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    It's about advertising to people who don't already play online. So therefore sponsoring an online player who hasn't crushed live is pointless. This is why they signed pretty much the whole WSOP ME Final table.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:21pm) in reply to bluffslv

    I can think of another J.C. that is way more deserving of this sponsorship, esp. given he's won a bracelet from both the WCOOP and the WSOP. Not saying Alverado isn't deserving, just maybe a little less so than Tran.
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:35pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    think about it--if they signed AJK or gboro who would be influenced to play online poker that doesn't already play a ton?
     
  23. wny2nyc47 wny2nyc47 is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 3:40pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    You could always invest/offset the overlay for new guaranteed MTTs between 2 - 7pm EST. But that would appeal more to the people who actually play on the site now as opposed to the specious investment in talent that might land a couple first-time depositors. Assuming they could tell JC Alvarado from any other random jerkoff sporting your logo. Someone please explain the payback on sponsored players?
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 4:49pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    congrats JC
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 5:35pm) in reply to scarface_79

    Congrats to JC. Nice to see a South Texas Poker player making some noise. Dale' Gas Senor!
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 6:41pm) in reply to trailrated

    come play with the #1 ranked payer online in the world. seems like a solid tv commerical to me to bring in new players. but guess not to many others
     
  27. Dead Money Dom Dead Money Dom is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 9:02pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    pokerstars pro is person who they think will help draw customers to the company not an award for shipping mad tournies and bein a balla.
     
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 9:47pm) in reply to tigertonkin

     
    Originally Posted by tigertonkin View Post

    LMAO the comment isnt about him becoming a pro, that doesnt bother me, good for him. its about the best online players in the world struggling to get sponsorship on the sites they play on.

    I bet if u log on tonight you might be lucky to get 3 pros playing. I dont see how u can "represent" pokerstars when you hardly ever play on there.

    i could name you ten poker pros who 90% of the time only go on pokerstars on a sunday!

    6 pros on including alvarado...
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    Feb 26th, 2009 (2/26/2009 10:56pm) in reply to tigertonkin

    They take the players who get to televised FTS, they also select regional pros to encourage players from the players home country to play. They also sign up the main event winners frequently. Exposure exposure exposure. They use the main event guys to advertise with after the main event.
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    Feb 27th, 2009 (2/27/2009 2:11am) in reply to tigertonkin

    They sponsored Vanessa Rousso... I am no longer surprised by the people stars scoops up. Then again, Alvarado is definitely a good signing for reasons already cited by SCT and the fact that he is actually a regular live and online player with good results.

    Is Eastgate sponsored yet? Or is it just Phillips (lol) and Ylon Schwartz (much better)? On another note, how the hell did they not sponsor Demidov? He took 2nd in the ME, FTs WSOP Europe and is Russian? He must run bad.
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