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