Star Poker Signs Maria ‘dr4gonLady’ Kirloskar and Sabyasachi ‘Infusion_leo’ Chakraborty As Brand Ambassadors!

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  • PG News October 9, 2015
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Maria ‘dr4gonLady’ Kirloskar and Sabyasachi ‘Infusion_leo’ Chakraborty are the first two brand ambassadors to have been signed up by the newly launched online poker site, StarPoker.in.

Lina Wang, Marketing Director, StarPoker.in announced the same, “We are proud to welcome Maria Kirloskar (dr4gonLady) and SabyasachiChakraborty (Infusion_leo) into the StarPoker.in family. Starpoker.in is primarily a brand that would promote the game of poker as a form of recreation to the casual entertainment seeker and the budding poker pro as well. Both Maria and Saby with their corporate backgrounds, are a perfect fit for our brand identity and will also be available for mentorship programs offered from time to time by our poker room, apart from actively participating on ring games and poker tournaments with other players. They will also promote the card room’s mission statement and help to bring poker home to the masses.

The 20-day old site has shared information on the two new ambassadors.

 

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Sabyasachi or Saby, as he is popularly known is an MBA graduate from the Asian Institute of Management Manila (Philippines). He first discovered poker during his college days, in his hostel dormitory.Since then boardroom meetings and final tables alike, have been a consistent part of his life.

Saby started grinding $2.5/180s and quickly moved playing from smaller to mid-stakes MTT. A consistent performer having an impressive poker resume, Saby has accumulated more than 80 cashes, 3 titles and several final table finishes to his credit. He already has crossed the $350K mark in online tournament cashes and his largest win came from a 2nd place finish in the Sunday Kickoff.

Sabyhas recently started focusing on live events since this year and has already made a 13th place in the IPC April Main Event for ₹93,000. He also made a 4th place in the ‘House of Spew’, March edition in the KO event for ₹65,000 and a 7th place finish in the ‘Dark Knight’ freezeoutfor ₹28,000.

At the moment, Saby is focusing on both live cash games and MTTs alongside online MTTs.

 

Maria Kirloskar

Maria Kirloskaris an avid poker player, who has been playing the game recreationally for six years now.Since 2015, she decided to play poker more seriously.

Maria has attended all the IPC events in 2015, winning satellites at a number of IPC tournaments, on Spartan Poker and another online site. She made an 11th place in the 10k freezeout for ₹44,000, during the August 2015 Edition of the IPC.

Over the years, Maria has played low stakes Sit & Go’s on PokerStars and her primary goal for the last few years has been to practice so she can beat her Home Game buddies! She has recently begun playing more MTTs such as the smaller ‘Hot`s’ and ‘Big’s’ on PokerStars and self admittedly makes the money 20% of the time.

In her corporate career, Maria has spent over 24 years in the fields of research, publishing, communications, and knowledge management.Maria heads Marika Research, providing Sales Intelligence and related business research services to companies around the world. Prior to launching Marika Research, Maria was the Director of Corporate Communications and Knowledge Management at i2 Technologies, the global leader in supply chain management. Previous to i2, Maria held Marketing Communications positions at various leading technology companies.She has also worked at Unitus Advisors Pvt. Ltd., turning her hand to non-profit microfinance to understand the industry and contribute her experience to a company at the forefront of poverty alleviation.
Maria completed her education at Kodaikanal International School and she has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania.

Maria is also a co-author of “Leading with Knowledge: Knowledge Management Practices in Global Infotech Companies”, edited by Dr. Madanmohan Rao and published by Tata-McGraw Hill (2003).

Here is wishing both these players all the best in their journey with StarPoker.in!

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