PokerStars TV Commercials

[sg23]

The point of the sports analogy is to connect development of poker skill with the casual dynamic of team sport play and the skill building of individual practice. It also reinforces poker as a site of competition/bragging rights/etc. The script is intentionally quite basic to ram home the point that Stars/online poker = practice = profit. No cards or situations (which could confuse viewers) are shown.

In contrast, FTP ads often assume that the viewer knows enough about poker to get the jokes...the showboater ad, the 72o ad, the jesus suckout ad...They make a lot of sense to us but many others would be lost.

I enjoy the style and humor of the FTP ads but I would rather see more of the Stars poker-sports ads because I think they will attract more rank novices. Plus the way Hachem grabs the chips at the end is seriously hot.

[Foreverastudent]

I think the commercial with Daniel is racist. I'm shocked he did it. The ad executives assume that just because Daniel is Canadian, he must love hockey. Just because someone is Canadian doesn't mean that the love hockey...

[PokerBob]

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I think the commercial with Daniel is racist. I'm shocked he did it. The ad executives assume that just because Daniel is Canadian, he must love hockey. Just because someone is Canadian doesn't mean that the love hockey...

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i had no idea Canadian was a race. i learn something every day here at 2+2.

[WindFallProfits]

yeah hachem has one ugly jump shot. partypoker had the best commercials. it was funny and stupid but it attracted the fish. full tilt commercials are nice but they are too serious and makes people want to improve their game. i hate the one where harman folds her kings.

[mucked4u]

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I think the commercial with Daniel is racist. I'm shocked he did it. The ad executives assume that just because Daniel is Canadian, he must love hockey. Just because someone is Canadian doesn't mean that the love hockey...

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you really need to lighten up and stop being so anal.
Daniel is a die hard Maple Leaf fan.
By the way we do love our hockey passionately. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[Foreverastudent]

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I think the commercial with Daniel is racist. I'm shocked he did it. The ad executives assume that just because Daniel is Canadian, he must love hockey. Just because someone is Canadian doesn't mean that the love hockey...

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you really need to lighten up and stop being so anal.
Daniel is a die hard Maple Leaf fan.
By the way we do love our hockey passionately. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Oops, I was actually trying to make a funny here. Trust me, my tongue is firmly embedded in my cheek. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]