Poker Stars signs Joe Hachem...

[BDMK]

funny thing is, since he had apparently played online on stars for a while anyway, he could have either qualified online for it or, at least, as it was apparent he was going deep into the tourney he could have asked stars for a shirt.

anywho, as we speak, stars is breaking 65k players a nite nitely. gaining on party strong...only a matter of months now.

[Talking Poker]

You must work for Stars.

No way would I ever "ask" them for a shirt. They'd be PAYING me to wear one... and quite honestly, I'd rather wear Full Tilt gear.

[eddo31]

i wouldnt really care what site i was pimping with clothing, hats, whatever.

but i agree completely. if i was deep in the tourney (say 27 left), i would have aggressively approached the reps for stars, party, full tilt, ub, etc. i would prefer to go to a big site, as there is a much better chance that you can follow up the short term deal with a long term one, but i woul dhave pimped myself to pretty much anyone if they gave me the right price to wear their gear at the final couple of tables, especially because they know that they will get a much better bang for their buck that late in the tourney.

how much do you think that you could have made at that point in the tourney, just for wearing a shirt or hat? i wouldnt be surprised if you could have made 5k or more.

[Talking Poker]

You need to be on the tv table to make any money for wearing gear. But yes, I've heard numbers of $5k and up... The people you see wearing Stars gear (for the most part) are people who qualified online. Part of the "Free lodging in Vegas" deal was that they had to wear Stars gear all week...

[BDMK]

agreed! and i heard a few rumors to that effect...so its not out of the realm of reality altogether...

also, i was following all the major sites' blogs during the series, and it always cracked me up, especially towards the last few tables, how few other sites (ahem, ahem) tried to claim some of the team stars ppl as their own, simply based on the fact that they might have played there at some point in the past.

just proves again the point of 'site representation' and how important/potentially lucrative it is late in the series...

[BDMK]

no way man, id never work for them! if i did i wouldnt be able to play there.

but seriously now, if i were in hachem's shoes, id have tried to eke out a few thou etc from stars as i was approaching the last few tables.

and most definitely the final table...

[Talking Poker]

I'm sure he's doing just fine with the deal he got... (not to mention the 7.5 million).

When they got to the "final few tables," they were already guaranteed 300k. For the final table, they were already millionairres. Why whore yourself out for a couple thousand at that point, unless it's at least for a site you believe in? Like this one.

[Tony Cheval]

I would wear a clown suit with TalkingPoker.com all over it if you paid me 4 figures.

[badblood44]

I'm sure TP would have no problem with that as long as the figures include the two to the right of the decimal point.

[Talking Poker]

Bingo!

[PShabi]

Oh come on!

I shit all over those Full Tilt hockey jerseys!!!!!! Can't stand those things!

[jillaj]

I find most of the Tilt gear I see pretty fugly and tacky. Would wear it in an instant if they paid me though.

[Talking Poker]

I like the football ones. But that's not what I meant... At the final table, they could only wear 3"x1" logos anyway. All I was saying is I'd be more proud to be associated with Full Tilt than the other sites. Who WASN'T wearing Stars gear? They sent 1100+ people last year. I'd rather be associated with the people wearing the Full Tilt gear (mostly pros).

[Reel Deal]

I'm a bit too old to be running around in one of those Full Tilt jerseys... but once I rack-up enough points I will grab one of those black Full Tilt polo shirts.

[lightfungus]

I am looking now at party lobby: 42939
stars lobby: 42406


Looks like its happening soon.

[ChipFish]

I would be willing to bet the timeline is much shorter than "months".

[JDMcNugent7]

thats ur inside info- stars is buying out party
right?

[PShabi]

It's more like Stars is starting a VIP program and are going to be rewarding higher volume players. The FFP points are supposed to be getting some real value. Not sure if that means points for cash, or tourney packages or what.

But, basically, that's what's up next.

I wouldn't exactly call it "insider information" because there are Poker Stars people posting about it on various boards,

P.S.

JD,

How the fuck would Stars buy out Party?

[JDMcNugent7]

lol well it was a little sarcastic, i didnt think that was seriously what was happening, but i thought it might be sumthin along those lines

[Ando05]

i think joseph hachem joining pokerstars is a great idea since i play at that site. i mean they signed the las 3 champions to this site. i wouldn mind play the last 3 world champions. i think that pokerstars it gonna get a lot of new people because of this deal. watchout for pokerstars being number 1

[oketz7777]

cool, if i won a wsop i would also like to work for pokerstars the seem like a respectable poker company!

[BDMK]

i was just trying to be nice.

i see stars breaking 65k nitely btw 9pm and midnite est...thats probly including the playmoney gang, but still.

i think theyre already no. 1.