PokerStars, the big boys in the industry recently signed on two big names to join their dream team of sponsored players. Peter Eastgate, World Series of Poker winner and his runner up Ivan Demidov both joined PokerStars.com as players to represent the site at tournaments, both offline and on, bringing more glam and action to an already exciting collection of players on the team.
And then we heard that PokerStars landed another two interesting players, both South Americans and both with their own tales to tell.
Take the rags to riches (well, almost…) tale of Maria Mayrinck, for example. This lass, considered to be the most successful female player in Brazil, has just achieved the windfall of her career by landing the honor of being part of the PokerStars team.
With a degree in sociology, the newly graduated Mayrinck set off to forge a career for herself in scriptwriting. But her love for poker pulled her into the online world of blogging and she soon earned herself the reputation of a connoisseur in the industry. Today, Mayrinck’s blog is read regularly by over 200,000 poker fans.
PokerStars picked up on Maria’s expertise and invited her to act as a blogger during some of their live tournaments. The rest, as they say, is history. Caught up in the action of the competitive side of poker, Mayrinck soon took to the felt in 2007, cashing out three times in the World Series of Poker event.
Last week, Maria Mayrinck – ‘maridu’ to her online fans – signed on the dotted line, together with fellow South American chess-player-turned-poker-pro Leo Fernandez, to join the PokerStars family.
In her famous blog, Mayrinck wrote:
“I guarantee on my end that I will always do my best to honor the name of the best poker site on the planet which I respect so much, and I am very aware of the great privilege this is and I won’t take any of it for granted. I would also like to thank my agency Poker Icons for their great contribution in bringing me and PokerStars together.”
