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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1136467, member: 23910"] ^ this. TV time is infinitely more important than poker skill when it comes to landing a site sponsorship. As for what the perks are, I don't know 100% what any given player gets but it'll be like sponsorship arrangements in any other industry - what you get depends on the level you perform at. The abovementioned Russian pro will [I]not[/I] be getting the same perks as, say, Mike Matusow. Most will get what Belgo mentioned above: rakeback + an hourly rate for the time they spend at the tables. They might get live tournament buy-ins funded too. The bigger names likely get a real salary and their travel etc to live games funded too. Then there's the ones who own a piece of the site's action (Lederer, Ferguson and the like on FTP - don't know that Stars has equivalent players?) and will be making money from that as well. [/QUOTE]