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Poker
Stars,
is the world's largest online tournament poker
destination, Poker
Stars
is "the place where poker players become World
Champions." Greg "fossilman" Raymer, the 2004
World Champion of Poker, qualified for the event on Poker
Stars.
In 2003, Poker
Stars
player Chris Moneymaker became the first online qualifier to
win the title of World Champion of Poker. Moneymaker turned a
$39 tournament entry on Poker
Stars
into a World Championship and $2.5 million. In 2004, Greg
Raymer has kept the title in the family by turning a $160
tournament entry on Poker
Stars
into a World Championship and $5 million, defeating over 2,500
other players.
"There is absolutely no question that Poker
Stars
players dominated the 2004 World Series of Poker,"
commented Lee Jones, Poker
Stars
Poker Room Manager. "Each year we have provided
qualifying tournaments, one of our players has become the
World Champion of Poker. This year the runner-up, David
Williams, was also a Poker
Stars
qualifier."
Dan Goldman, VP of Marketing for Poker
Stars,
feels the numbers tell the story: While Poker
Stars
qualifiers represented only 12% of the players in the World
Series of Poker, they collectively took home over 40% of the
total prize money awarded. We had 28 players finish in the
money for a total of almost $11 million in prize money. Four
of the top nine finishers in the event qualified on our
site."
Poker
Stars
, is an official member of the World Poker Tour, Poker
Stars
has earned a reputation as an innovator in online poker. Poker
Stars
was the first site to offer player notes, instant game
statistics and double and triple shootout tournaments. To
date, Poker
Stars
has run over 1.5 million poker tournaments. Poker
Stars
has also paid out over $10,000,000 in cash to online poker
tournament players.
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