Is this news only to me?
UPDATE: Question mark removed. Williams and Selbst signage confirmed by Williams\’ agent and PokerStars marketing exec.
David Williams, 2010 WPT World Champion, apparently will be donning the Spade-and-Star of PokerStars during the WSOP main event. I\’m pretty sure you can bet on it …
Maybe I just missed the announcement, or any telltale patchwork in the Amazon room … but I hadn\’t yet heard whom he\’d be allying with, and this morning got an email invite for a little media meet-and-greet with:
Joe Cada: 2009 Winner – World Series of Poker
Vanessa Selbst: 2010 Winner – North American Poker Tour at Mohegan Sun
David Williams: As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,893,000A formal invite is below, please let me know if you would like to RSVP for this event!
Figured it had to be them or Full Tilt … maybe Victory, but probably not, as Williams, upon becoming a free agent this spring just after winning the $25k WPT Championship, seemed to be one of the very few pros with the right combination of image and cred to make him extra-marketable.
All makes perfect sense really. As powerful a duo Williams could make with Antonio Esfandiari, it seems much cooler to match him up with two other current and defending big-event champs.
Going by the meet and greet info, does that mean Vanessa Selbst will also be sponsored by PokerStars?