Is There a Secret PokerStars VIP Loser’s Club???

It’s either an elaborate and extremely well-played troll, or the world’s biggest poker site PokerStars have decided to share the wealth with their biggest losing players, a member of the 2+2 forum posting how he won $25,000 in a ‘losing players only freeroll’!

‘Poiulkjh’ started a thread entitled ‘Being a losing player is VERY profitable on PokerStars‘ which says that he was ‘invited to play a losing players only 9 players sit&go freeroll’ and where he claims the prizes were…

7th-9th: $1050

4th-6th: $2100

3rd: $5200

2nd: $10300

1st: $25000

…the original poster stating: ‘I finished 1st and won $25000 which is my biggest score ever  ‘

So, an elaborate troll to get up the noses of all the PokerStars players who had their money taken when the Stars Group (formerly known as Amaya Inc.) changed their VIP status, costing their SuperNova and SuperNova Elite players hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Or a new weapon in the PokerStars armory to give back to those who give them the most money anyway knowing full well they’ll be getting it back – and more – in the months to come, the OP claiming to have lost ‘around 30-40k in last 12 months’ and stating: ‘this is where supernovas money is going  very smart idea from PokerStars’.

Other posters on the thread have reacted in disbelief, ‘Monteroy’ writing:

Step 1: Lose $40,000

Step 2: Claim to win $25,000 in a made up tournament

Step 3: ????????

Step 4: Profit

…while ‘niminator’ was offended by the very idea…

 ‘WTF is this ****?!? If it is real then:

1st) **** you AmayaGambolCasinoStars

2nd) **** you all of you AmayaStars-signed Poker pros’

Madlex was less angry about the thought of a ‘secret loser’s club’, posting:

"Encouraging losing players to continue playing (and depositing) sounds like a very good idea to me. I am perfectly fine with everybody who loses 10k+/year getting 10-20% of that back through promotions. That money lands in other players accounts eventually anyway."

Amid posts about the OP ‘photoshopping screenshots showing his apparent freeroll game and an authentic-looking message from Stars’ which read:

"Dear *******, You are invited to the *******, a new initiative reserved for our most loyal and valued players."

‘Poiulkjh’ added:

"It’s a secret club on homegames so I think it’s something to please the big spenders and not something to marketing", adding: "although it has a name and a logo’ before making the claim that ‘there are ~400 players right now on the secret club, sngs free with 25k for first are running everytime but each player has just 1 ticket to use."

At the time of writing, Pendaflex89 wrote what the vast majority including myself are thinking: ‘Not sure if you are telling the truth because it's the Internet but very plausible’, although it surely won’t be long before someone adds ‘plausible because it’s Pokerstars’ into that quote.