Introducing PokerStars Pro “TalonChick”

Check out the latest short film by Team PokerStars, introducing the Canadian female player Adrienne ‘talonchick’
Rowsome, who became a member of Team Online in July 2011. Poker fans can watch the film online from Thursday, November 17.

Like many successful poker players, Rowsome combines a full-time career with part-time play at the poker tables, working as an occupational therapist in Edmonton, Canada during the day and raking in the cash at the virtual tables at night. Over the past few years ‘talonchick’ has become a ferocious competitor at PokerStars, reaching the mid-stakes levels of the Omaha Hi-Lo cash tables, and achieving some notable success in online tournaments.

Her best result to date is a final-table appearance in a 2011 World Championship of Online Poker $320 8-Game tournament, where she won more than $13,000. She has also final-tabled the PokerStars Women Sunday event five times, and has accrued more than $250,000 in PokerStars’ online tournament winnings.

In the documentary, Rowsome explains how she balances work and poker, saying: “Online poker was an obvious choice for me with the time constraints I faced having a full-time career and a social life… I take great pride in my jobs, whether it’s taking care of patients or representing PokerStars.”

Rowsome also places an emphasis on how much fun poker can be when it’s not a job. She sees poker as a way to afford some of the luxuries in life like purses, jewellery, a car and even down-payments on a house. She’s also proud of the way women are represented on PokerStars, and the special tournaments laid on for them.

“The PokerStars Women’s Sunday is the tournament I make a real effort to get to every week. I love that PokerStars provides a tournament like this and as well offering different incentives to welcome female players to the site,” says Rowsome.

Rowsome’s next big challenge will be playing the PokerStars Canada Cup, live on television at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2012, having qualified for the final table. To learn more about ‘talonchick’ check out the short film here on YouTube from Thursday.

PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker site and serves the world’s largest poker community, with more than 49 million registered members. It’s the first choice of the world’s top players, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else, and with the best security online. More hands have been dealt on the PokerStars download than any other site; that’s over 70 billion hands and more than 450 million tournaments played.

PokerStars.com operates worldwide under license from the Isle of Man government. Recent additions to the PokerStars family include PokerStars.fr, which operates in France under the French government license, as well as PokerStars.it, which operates in Italy under the Italian government license, and PokerStars.ee, which operates in Estonia under the Estonian government license.

PokerStars.com stages some of the biggest online poker tournaments in the world, including the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), and is the official sponsor of some of the biggest live poker tournaments in the world, including the European Poker Tour (EPT), the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT).

PokerStars.com is also home to a team of sponsored players known as Team PokerStars Pro. This elite group of players travel the world competing in international tournaments. For a complete list, visit the Team PokerStars.com Pro home page.