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also who knows patrick antonius? no one will...only way anyone actually knows him if he wins the WSOP Main Event..but still I don't think anyone would know him..because 1) he's not American and 2) less and less lay people of poker or paying attention to who wins the WSOP


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I'm not sure I understand this thread then. Are you trying to market players who have already been marketed?

If Antonius has decent english, any serious PR agency can make him a household name in 6 months, with a decent budget to sepnd on it and his willingess to devot himself to this goal.

He is young, rich, successful and good looking. It doesn't take a PR genius to market that.

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He's not going to be a household name in 6 months...I don't know how popular he is in Europe, but if you're a newbie trying to break into poker mainstream popularity, you need to either win the WSOP or keep presenting yourself as a villain/douchebag type on tv. Most of poker's demographic is male..do you think they're going to watch Antonio because he's rich and good looking? Females won't flock to their tv screens for one guy...the Anna Kournikova effect doesn't really pertain to females.

Also have you seen him talk in interviews and his douchey comments to Doyle? The guy's boring...I'm sorry he's not going to be a household name...he's definitely good but he's not going to be in any commercials anytime soon or ever.