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10-24-2007, 11:01 AM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] signing Ray Rahme did make me laugh, he hardly typifies online poker. [/ QUOTE ] I LOL at some of their names but the strategy is clear, they are targeting every countries with potentiality. [/ QUOTE ] I agree with what you said but Africa (as stated previously) I don't think is on the verge of a poker boom [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I don't get Tuan Lam either, no one signed Danneman because he came second. And Lam has the personality of a pencil so I wonder what their reason was. [/ QUOTE ] As usual I expect only an insular American to presume that South Africa is just like Ethiopia in terms of wealth and technology. Get some geography lessons you idiot. Poker could be huge in South Africa, there is nothing stopping it.... [/ QUOTE ] Except for Apartheid. 
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10-24-2007, 11:10 AM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
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As usual I expect only an insular American to presume that South Africa is just like Ethiopia in terms of wealth and technology. Get some geography lessons you idiot. Poker could be huge in South Africa, there is nothing stopping it.... [/ QUOTE ] English actually, but I agree with you Americans are stupid Geog wise
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#14
10-24-2007, 01:17 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
I agree that the comment was not flattering, but how do you know he is an American? And even if he is, you now have insulted him like he insulted you and therefore are no better then him.
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10-24-2007, 01:29 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
lol, Tuan Lam iirc is a big winner at 200/400 limit on stars.
Honestly, Stars PR department is [censored] genius. They signed people that represented all demographics: 1. Raymond Rahme. I know what you're all thinking, why would stars represent this guy. Let's look at demographics, not only is he representing another country (south africa), he's also representing the age demographic. If signing Rahme brings the 50+yo crowd over to Stars, then signing Rahme has done it's job. 2. Tuan Lam. Already an established pro before the WSOP iirc. Stars signed him because he finished second (and yes, David Williams got signed as well for finishing second, just not on stars..) He brings the asian demographic as well. 3. Hevad "Rainkhan" Khan. *shrug* act like a goofball on tv, go deep = money obv. It's not like he wasn't a person that played a ton on stars anyways, so I don't see what they have to lose by signing him. BTW, there is a big difference between signing a person to exclusive play/represent on their site then being a spokesperson. I guarantee you that neither one of these 3 will be on a pokerstars commercial.
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#16
10-24-2007, 01:43 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
"I guarantee you that neither one of these 3 will be on a pokerstars commercial. "
if any of them, i see hevad since he's marketable the other 2 aren't marketable obviously
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#17
10-24-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
what benefits do the players get for signing with stars?
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#18
10-24-2007, 02:09 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] signing Ray Rahme did make me laugh, he hardly typifies online poker. [/ QUOTE ] I LOL at some of their names but the strategy is clear, they are targeting every countries with potentiality. [/ QUOTE ] I agree with what you said but Africa (as stated previously) I don't think is on the verge of a poker boom [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I don't get Tuan Lam either, no one signed Danneman because he came second. And Lam has the personality of a pencil so I wonder what their reason was. [/ QUOTE ] Or perhaps Dannenman didn't choose to sign with anybody. The Rahme thing is lol because I really wish that ESPN had shown him tilt major and try to bust only to fail when his intentionally bad plays worked out. Some selective editing kept him from looking like a pretty major douche and now has made him some money.
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10-24-2007, 02:16 PM
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"I guarantee you that neither one of these 3 will be on a pokerstars commercial. " if any of them, i see hevad since he's marketable the other 2 aren't marketable obviously [/ QUOTE ] Tuan Lam has already been in a commercial, so there goes that theory detective
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#20
10-24-2007, 02:44 PM
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Re: Why are so many [censored] wsop finishers getting Stars contracts?
Steve - Paul ambrose? Yeah he won the stars big tourney but that was what 2 years ago? And he luckboxed his way through the final table. Go it in with the worst of itmost of the time and drew out.
But stars must know what they are doing, so lets not question their business decisions. I doubt ANY business in the world has grown as much as they have in last 5 years.
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