Your Poker Career (2) How to Gain Sponsorship

Friday, July 3, 2009

Your Poker Career (2) How to Gain Sponsorship

A question I asked myself some time ago was “How Do Poker Players Gain Sponsorship?” Of recent times this is a question I have been asked a lot by other people! By a lot, I mean a LOT! So why are people asking me this question? Aiding Cindy QUEEN-BEE Morgan to alter the path in her life and gain sponsorship as a brand ambassador from raidbet.net has made this question a big one! This appears to have made me a contact everyone wants to have. Not surprisingly, it is every poker players dream to step into the world of poker sponsorship. There are certain paths and requisites that need to be full filled for this to happen for anyone. Before giving out any hints however, I ask you; my readers; Do you need sponsorship?

There are many well known poker players in the world that have no sponsorship. There are many players who make hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, again without sponsorship. Sponsorship is not a necessary tool for making it big in the world of poker. This is one aspect I suggest everyone take into consideration. As you read my blog remember you are reading the blog of a fairly well known player, possibly the most well known female player in Australia (Closely followed if not now following Queen-Bee LOL). I am not sponsored. I am making a great living from poker. I am not taking down huge tournaments and winning big in live ring games at major casinos worldwide. But indeed I have made it big (in different ways) and on my own. This is my point to this paragraph.The most obvious way for any player to have online poker rooms crawling over them begging them to be part of their team is to win big. Take down the WSOP, WPT, Aussie Millions, EPT and the like. One may say they cannot afford the buy-in, there can only be one winner. Indeed, this is right. Again I state this is the obvious way and until this year when online gaming companies such as raidbet.net started changing the way player sponsorship works. This was the only way. I took a big part in making this revolutionary concept happen, a change in the outlook of player sponsorship. It has taken a revolutionary company such as Cybertech Holdings International to hear my voice. One can only hope that other companies will follow this world leader! Perfect Yet Changing! Recently signed Erik Aude shows other companies have started following Cybertech. Erik was snapped up by Ontilt Clothing without any major event win.Performing a miracle such as Chris “Jesus” Ferguson has, is another way to get needed sponsorship. Fight your way from nothing to something. Rack up against the big guns. Another example is Brandy Hawbaker (god bless her heart). These people took grinding to the next level. In doing so (I refer to my first blog of this series) became a professional poker player big time! They made themselves known this way. Until this day I am unaware if Brandy was ever sponsored, if not indeed she was a good contender prior to her death. Chris Ferguson was by FTP.

The final way is to be known to gain sponsorship. Cindy QUEEN-BEE Morgan is a classic example. Queen-Bee made herself known. She was passionate, poker was her life. She made others need her, she supported. She became an APL ambassador. She was her own voice. Be your own voice. Those who speak out get noticed. Cindy spoke, spoke to the world. This must not be confused with talking to thousands of people. By speak, I mean with all tools available to communicate who you are. Who you are is what makes you marketable. Marketable is what companies require. Hence, be marketable. QUEEN-BEE packs a sting! This is a marketable name and phrase. Cindy stuck with this. She also stuck with her favorite hand to accompany it AQ. This may seem like nothing but when 500 people call AQ QUEEN-BEE it becomes something. Quite possibly one day equitable to the dead man’s hand A8. Let’s continue on these self promoting tactics. Play the same online poker site, play at the same internet gaming place, write on the same poker forums. Make yourself a well known player and use the same name everywhere you go. I made an immediate mistake with my name. My screen name was Danielle Angel, hardly marketable for any company and something that would not stick in the minds of poker associates. Regardless, I was becoming well known and fast due to my online communications in that name. Suddenly my name changed, an article changed it for me! “It’s All About Poker for Hot Aussie Chick”. From the day of the article print this was my poker name, Hot Aussie Chick (See Blog Hot Beyond Hot). Again as Marketable as a Queen-Bee who packs a sting.

So, I now ask you, my reader, my friends – Do you need to be sponsored in order to make it big in the poker world? If so I have hopefully given you some ideas to help you make this happen. Regardless of Sponsorship or being a professional poker player as the world sees one, you CAN live your poker dream. Stay tuned for my next blog which is exactly that! Living your poker dream! A life of poker and not necessarily only playing! In depth knowledge from me – to you!