Team Pro Tuesdays

It seems like PokerStars is going to better use its host of poker pros to bring in players. PokerStars has declared Tuesday evenings to be Team Pro Tuesdays from here on out, where players will find their favorite PokerStars Pros playing over a wide swathe of buy-in levels, and they won’t just be restricted to Texas Hold ‘Em.

Team PokerStars is a prestigious group, featuring WSOP Main Event winners like Joe Hachem, Chris Moneymaker, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer, and the 2009 champion Joe Cada. Other major pro players of Team PokerStars include Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand ‘elkY’ Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, and many more from all around the world.

It will be interesting to see exactly which pros are featured on Team Pro Tuesdays as it goes on, and which games and prices they will be playing, exactly. It’s good that PokerStars is trying to use its stable of pro players more actively, as most people just don’t get an opportunity to chat or play with the stars of the game. Setting a specific day each week for increased poker pro activity is also a smart idea, as people interested in talking to the pros will know the best time to hang around.

I really hope that Full Tilt Poker goes to war with PokerStars by responding with some kind of crazily overboard counter-promotion, like Team Full Tilt Week every second week of the month, or something. Maybe it’s me, but I like the idea of playing with some of the top Team Full Tilt pros like Patrik Antinous without trying to take him on in million dollar hands. I don’t expect to beat the pros; just being able to play against some experts on a semi-regular basis would be nice. It’s not always about winning you see – sometimes you just need to get manhandled by a master of your sport to really understand that there is a whole other level to reach.

Who would you like to play against? Do you think you could beat them? Tell us all about it in the comments.