PokerStars launches search for proteges in 2014 World Championship of Online Poker contest

PokerStars today announced an exciting new competition for the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker that will see four lucky players become protégés of Team PokerStars Pros.

The winners will receive training from four of the world’s best poker players – Andre Akkari, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov and Vanessa Selbst, who have four World Championship of Online Poker titles between them – and receive free entry into three World Championship events, including the $5,200 Main Event. The four finalists will also vie to win the Grand Prize of a 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure package.

Team PokerStars Pro, Vanessa Selbst, who will be a mentor to one of the protégés, said: “This is going to be a fun and incredible experience for four players. They’ll get some great training with in-depth strategy discussion from four Team PokerStars Pros that should really help their games going into the World Championship events.”

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS
The Protégé competition will take place from July 20 to August 3, with four daily $5.50 tournaments as follows:

13.00 ET – Eugene Protégé Qualifier
14.00 ET – ElkY Protégé Qualifier
17.00 ET – Vanessa Protégé Qualifier
18.00 ET – Andre Protégé Qualifier

In addition to the normal prize pool, the top two finishers in each tournament will be invited to make a one-minute video, directed to the Team Pro mentor, giving reasons why they should be given the chance to become a protégé. Each Team Pro will then shortlist their two favourites and the eight videos will be uploaded to Facebook and YouTube for the four protégés to be decided by a public vote. PokerStars will chart the progress of the protégés throughout the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker.

The protégé that wins the most amount of money in the three events they are bought in to, will go on to win the Grand Prize of the 2015 PCA package.

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imma play elkys qualifier for sure

^

If I had to choose, I'd pick Elky for the cool factor, and Selbst for the actual poker training. Selbst has been owning shit up ever since she finished school some years back, and I assume she'd be a better teacher than Elky. Elky is obviously a top notch player though.

Never heard of Akkari. He looks similar to Gus Hansen with his massively shaved skull.

On July 18 2014 15:00 PuertoRican wrote: If I had to choose, I'd pick Elky for the cool factor, and Selbst for the actual poker training. Selbst has been owning shit up ever since she finished school some years back, and I assume she'd be a better teacher than Elky. Elky is obviously a top notch player though. Never heard of Akkari. He looks similar to Gus Hansen with his massively shaved skull.

Katchalov is the best player of the 4 imo

its fkn elky loooooooooooooooool stfu

it could be elky, phil ivey, phil ivey on steroids, phil ivey using 100% of his brain potential and the answer would still be play elkys freeroll

I wish I could participate from the US.

On July 19 2014 12:24 FrinkX wrote: its fkn elky loooooooooooooooool stfu it could be elky, phil ivey, phil ivey on steroids, phil ivey using 100% of his brain potential and the answer would still be play elkys freeroll

this^^ unless mig had one

I'd go Selbst (for plolol training), katcthalov, elky, then stranger.

even though i feel like i'd hate selbst personally, i'd pick her. elky for the bw 1v1's we'd play, maybe...

>tfw no bw 10 12 gate rush
>tfw can't micro a rush in poker

Frink we side together there man.

Elkys the legend of the SC/PokERlIFE Period. Others contend, Elky Reins supreme, chicken supreme, cutless supreme, supreeeemeeeeeeeeeee.

If i was just a random cg player that had no history with the Elkantor (which is limited), then I'd pick Eugene, Only because he crushes MTT's as much as he crushes his cashgames, and I've seen Vanessa make lots of biggggg errors (WSOP ME bluffjam) (pokerstars.net biggame into Prahlad)

holy shit to have aakari in there is pretty fucking dumb, hes better than me i guess as a whole, but hes not even that good. on my stars trips i play vs him and i don't think hes extremely talented or anything, at all.