It was a snug Sunday afternoon in Germany and PokerStars player SanchoHH decided to play a 1000 Frequent Player Point buy-in VIP Club satellite. The highest 200 players within the event were slated to receive a global Series Step 4 ticket worth $215.
The 29 year-old from Hanover, Germany isn't any pro poker player. He works as a software consultant and it is just in his spare time that he gets free to dabble in his hobbies, poker and bridge. When he does get an opportunity to play cards, he plays $1/$2 NL online and the occasional $27 SNG. He poked around on the planet Series Steps events but never had much success.
"I have tried some but can't recall ever making it past Step 3," he said.
The decision to play the VIP Club satellite put SanchoHH ready he'd never been before. He picked up the Step 4 ticket and recouped 187 Frequent Player Points. So, he moved directly to the Step 5 event, something that will cost $700 for an instantaneous buy-in.
You see where that is going, right?
Within 24 hours, SanchoHH had won a Step 6 ticket plus 250 more Frequent Player Points...and then within the Step 6 he won a $12,500 package to the arena Series Main Event and another 1,250 Frequent Player Points.
So, let's do the math, eh?
SanchoHH buys into an event for less than 1000 Frequent Player Points. Within 24 hours, he's sitting with a $12,500 World Series package and 1,687 Frequent Player Points.
Said one PokerStars official, "We paid him 687 FPPs for the WSOP package."
Nothing like getting paid to visit the sector Series.
Read More... [Source: PokerStarsBlog.com :: PokerStars VIP Club]
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