Is also served as a consultant and is a PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador To give an idea, you would need to play in 20-25 thousand tournaments with a $100 buy-in to qualify.Īmong the players who enjoy both games is WGM Jennifer Shahade who Supernova Elite is a status achieved by virtue of the volume of play done on the servers in a twelve month period, and win or lose, it means a very large amount of money was wagered during that period. Last but not least, as this tournament is sponsored by PokerStars, it should be noted that two of the tournament’s participants hold the highest PokerStars rank of Supernova Elite, namely GM Radoslaw Jedynak and IM Simon Ansell. 12, is the top seed in the tournamentĢ014 French champion Laurent Fressinet is another of the top players Besides Mickey Adams, the tournament also sees the participation of five other members of England’s Top 10: Gawain Jones, Nigel Short, Mark Hebden and of course David Howell and Jonathan Hawkins, the current British Champions.

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