Poker superstars
Poker Superstars was a TV poker tournament that invited the world's best poker players to Las Vegas from 2005 to 2007. In Germany, the event was broadcast on Sport1 and commented on by Michael Körner . In Poker Superstars 1 , Gus Hansen beat seven of the best players in the world. At Superstars 2 , Johnny Chan beat Todd Brunson in the final . Todd Brunson won the Superstars 3 .
Mode at Superstars 1
Eight players competed against each other in several duels. First they played for chips for the final table . There they again played for chips for the championship table, where the prize was played.
Mode at Superstars 2 and 3
First, 24 players in 20 preliminary round games ( Short Handed Tables ) determined the Super Sixteen , i.e. the sixteen best players.
Playoffs
In the round of 16 there were four groups of four players each. The two best in each group made it to the quarter-finals, there were two groups, the two best of them made it to the semi-finals. Semi-finals and finals were played in heads-up mode.
Buy-ins and participants
Season | Attendees | buy-in ( $ ) |
---|---|---|
1 | 8th | 400,000 |
2 | 24 | 40,000 |
3 | 24 | 50,000 |
Poker player
player | Season |
---|---|
Doyle Brunson | 1, 2 |
Todd Brunson | 2, 3 |
Mike Caro | 2 |
Johnny Chan | 1, 2, 3 |
TJ Cloutier | 1 |
Freddy Deeb | 2, 3 |
Eli Elezra | 2, 3 |
Antonio Esfandiari | 2, 3 |
Chris Ferguson | 3 |
Ted Forrest | 2, 3 |
Chau Giang | 2 |
Barry Greenstein | 1, 2, 3 |
David Gray | 2 |
Joe Hachem | 3 |
Bobby Hoff | 2 |
Gus Hansen | 1, 3 |
Jennifer Harman | 3 |
Phil Hellmuth | 3 |
Phil Ivey | 1, 3 |
Howard Lederer | 1 |
Kathy Liebert | 2 |
Erick Lindgren | 3 |
Mike Matusow | 3 |
Chris Moneymaker | 2, 3 |
Carlos Mortensen | 2, 3 |
John Myung | 2 |
Daniel Negreanu | 3 |
Scotty Nguyen | 2 |
Greg Raymer | 3 |
David Reese | 1 |
Huck Seed | 2 |
Mike Sexton | 2, 3 |
Jeff Shulman | 3 |
David Sklansky | 2 |
Jennifer Tilly | 3 |
Dewey Tomko | 2 |
Mimi Tran | 2, 3 |
Cyndy Violette | 2, 3 |
Tommy Wang | 2 |