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01-26-2017 , 10:07 AM

WeRnIS

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https://www.888poker.com/magazine/am...oins-team-888/

I saw this coming, just did not know which poker room it will be. Glad it is not Stars, however, does that mean only 888 MTTs on stream from now on?

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01-26-2017 , 10:29 AM

shanest

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Would suck if only 888 streams from now on. But it's prob a great deal for him and he deserves it.

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01-26-2017 , 10:41 AM

SB12

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Definitely well deserved however like stated above going to really be less exciting if he is only streaming from 888 from now on. I cant imagine he would of made the deal though with 888 to completely stop playing/streaming PS but guess we will just have to wait and see..

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01-26-2017 , 10:45 AM

WeRnIS

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I believe he will be not playing in other poker rooms or he will simply hide those tables when on stream.

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01-26-2017 , 10:57 AM

AJF82

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they let dominik nitsche play pokerstars tournaments on twitch so they will probably let tonkaaaa play any site just as long as he promotes them more and have all homegames and giveaways on 888.

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01-26-2017 , 10:58 AM

.isolated

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Tonka's way too intelligent to take a deal where he can no longer play on Stars and is restricted to 888.

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01-26-2017 , 11:18 AM

Loctus

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I'd give it close to zero percent chance that this means he will only show 888 tables. Don't be stupid guys

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01-26-2017 , 11:47 AM

jayme87

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wonder if he will put an aussie accent on during stream ?

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01-26-2017 , 12:54 PM

thecantonkid

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Originally Posted by jayme87

wonder if he will put an aussie accent on during stream ?

G´day Bruce.

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01-26-2017 , 01:03 PM

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mojojo16

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The guy works hard to make an entertaining stream. Glad he got the attention of 888. Awesome job tonks!

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01-26-2017 , 01:05 PM

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HeroStory

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maaa maaan

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01-26-2017 , 01:20 PM

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QuickStealJR

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wam bam thank you mam

Happy for him

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01-26-2017 , 04:07 PM

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adam levine

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Congrats,you are one of the few who make entertaining videos.

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01-26-2017 , 04:37 PM

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Esa_Perse

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Originally Posted by .isolated

Tonka's way too intelligent to take a deal where he can no longer play on Stars and is restricted to 888.

Can he even get enough action and big mtts / sngs playing only 888? Probably not but just guessing.

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01-26-2017 , 04:43 PM

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.isolated

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That's what led me to say that. He's probably more profitable not signing with 888 and playing Stars' tournaments/sngs.

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01-26-2017 , 05:01 PM

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p0kercasual

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I was a big Tonkaaaa fan when he first started streaming and then I felt his popularity got the best of him. I only watch his stream when he runs deep in a tournament. Now that being said, it's a crying shame he wasn't signed to Pokerstars. I don't know who makes the decisions to sign ambassadors, but they've had 2 years to sign this guy.

This signing is huge for 888poker.

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01-26-2017 , 05:29 PM

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SrslySirius

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The fact that Stars tries so hard to have a presence on Twitch, but lets a top 3 streamer fall to 888, makes zero sense to me.

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01-26-2017 , 05:59 PM

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Uhrenknecht

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well some guys might read the MTT threads of 888 and stars and feel like they're more welcome on 888.

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01-26-2017 , 06:16 PM

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AEAB1105

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Good for him, it takes a tremendous amount of effort to do what all the top streamers do.

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01-26-2017 , 06:51 PM

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Cooozy

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I like how he plays higher stakes and he makes it entertaining with his commentary, a little bit too bro-ish for me but still watch from time to time. Definitely seems like a good move for 888, surprised stars wouldn't want him given he plays there primarily.

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01-26-2017 , 09:29 PM

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TreadLightly

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Originally Posted by Cooozy

He has said on stream before stars has offered him partnerships but they require exclusivity and they could not pay him enough $$$ to make it worth ( considering he plays all high stakes mtts on partypoker + 888 + some ACR/WPN etc on top of stars.

Bparis, another streamer and mtt pro is sponsored / ambassador with 888 and is allowed to play on any site so I presume that is the same deal Tonka got with some sort of deal to hype up 888 and recommend it to people and have home games etc on only their site but can show any sites and play any sites on stream.

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01-26-2017 , 09:50 PM

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Shmoove

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01-26-2017 , 10:01 PM

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fml95

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Good investment by 888. Tonkaaa will certainly give them plenty of brand exposure and I expect his channel to only continue to grow. There really isnt much for quality streamers on twitch that rival Tonkaaa outside of Jcarver imo. He will absolutely lock down that #2 spot if he maintains his consistency into 2017.

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01-26-2017 , 11:05 PM

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LOLCh1pPorn

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Originally Posted by SrslySirius

The fact that Stars tries so hard to have a presence on Twitch, but lets a top 3 streamer fall to 888, makes zero sense to me.

I'd like to think tonka wouldn't sign with stars anyway

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01-26-2017 , 11:15 PM

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yellowfever

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Good for him and good signing for 888. I dont watch twitch streams much anymore but when i did i felt him and Polk were a cut above the rest as far as skill and entertainment value.

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