No they shouldn't Isildur is a goose and if you said yes so are you

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Agreed. Would be better than giving all of our rake to those weird sport stars.

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i think he would decline

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+$2.5m in 10 days.. thats insane..

in b4 hastings MA's all his monies again.

I havent gave single **** about the poker pro/celebrity scene in years

it's sad because i really used to love it

yeah but it still means amaya would have to spend money and we all know that's not going to happen

Link?

Not totally true, jcarver, the other twitch guy and lets not forget the big expensive sportstars, neymar, c ronaldo and real ronaldo.

If they had to do some shakeup with some of their others pros that barrely play online to get space for Viktor its not the end of the world either.

pay the man his sponsorship

Definitely add me to the list of people signing this; Blom's the main catalyst for the high stakes action online, and his swings are legendary.

Although, it's highly doubtful that Stars would re-sign him as he's gonna play there anyway now that F/Tilt is essentially dead.

And a massive LOL at idiots here saying that he might turn down the sponsorship if it was offered to him again

Stars: "Hey Viktor, would you like us to renew your sponsorship deal and send you free money every month, just for doing what you're doing now. We'll throw in some all-expenses-paid trips to some of the biggest live events in the world with multi-million dollar prize pools for free too..."

Blom: "No thanks, no poker player wants free money; and as I'm probably the guy most likely to go broke three times a year it would be better for me to have nothing each month, rather than guarantee a secure income of over a million dollars a year that would ensure that I can play every month..."

Hmmm... it could happen...
It won't obviously, but it could.

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from highstakesdb THE IMPACT OF ISILDUR1

I dig it.

Poker needs [its] heroes. That can make powerful marketing. The first time I looked into making a deposit and start playing for real money online, was after hearing/reading about these online legends. I wanted to see what I can do too and stuck around. I didn't sign up because someone famous in another field also plays poker online (although I see the value that also brings). The telling and retelling of these stories of unknown guys dominating a card game online, and working their way up to battle at absurd stakes, is inspiring for any newcomers to say the least.

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I think we are pissing in the wind in this thread. Pokerstars no longer care what we think on this site tbh.

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Signing non-pros as "Sponsored Pros" is obviously the way to go as you get all the marketing upside without the downside of a good chance of your Pro being involved in a cheating scandal of one kind or another sometime during or after your sponsorship.

Sports pros attract new players, isildur makes em stay. +1 forsure

Maybe if he starts to play Heartstone or broadcast on twitch.

You're making me fantasize about how amazing it would be if twitch streaming was possible in the rail heaven glory days...

This is the only thing that matters to them