The advent of poker on Twitch has changed the best way that poker content is produced. For the primary time you do not have to have a military of cameras, a dear set and a host of fluffy boom mics to supply entertaining and fun poker shows. Now all you want is a laptop, a PokerStars account and a character to establish your personal Twitch poker channel.

While Jason Somerville is the undisputed poster boy for Twitch poker - with over 10 million total views and 163k followers - there's another streamer following hot on his heels; Jaime 'PokerStaples' Staples. The 24-year-old Canadian started streaming on Twitch around 18 months ago and, since then, has amassed over 3 million total views, a dedicated fan base of nearly 60,000 followers and has risen from poker obscurity to join the distinguished PokerStars Team Online.

Staples has also just begun an exclusive partnership with PokerStars.tv, so that it will house weekly video highlights from his Twitch stream. The primary three episodes are available here:

Watch Jaime Staples Twitch Highlights - March 6 2016Watch Jaime Staples Twitch Highlights - March 10 2016Watch Jaime Staples Twitch Highlights - March 17 2016

Watching these PokerStars.tv videos offers you a really perfect introduction to Twitch poker and to PokerStaples. Be sure to check back every Wednesday when a brand new video can be uploaded.

The PokerStars Blog caught up with Jaime Staples to determine a little bit more about his fascinating poker story - and the way you may get in at the Twitch action too!

PokerStars Blog: For individuals who don't know, are you able to explain what Twitch is and the way poker on Twitch works?

Jaime Staples: Twitch is a live streaming website where streamers can broadcast themselves playing games. Poker made its introduction to Twitch around 19 months ago and the community of poker streamers and viewers have been consistently growing. Anything from poker solution to just pure entertainment are available within the poker listing.

PokerStars Blog: Why is it exciting for viewers to look at people playing poker on Twitch?

Jaime Staples: It's poker in some way that hasn't been shown before! Once we take into consideration poker shows, we predict about TV. We expect about EPT events, the sector Series of Poker and the sector Poker Tour etc. Now, for the primary time, online poker has its own shows.

Just just like the differences between live and online poker the broadcasts are faster paced and feature more action than what you'll find in a live poker broadcast. You furthermore mght have a much broader collection of content. You'll be able to decide to watch someone playing 25 cent tournaments and get a feel for what their game is like. Or vice-versa, you'll watch someone streaming the $1,050 Thursday Thrill (comparable to myself.) Whether it's cash games, tournaments, Spin & Go's, Sit & Go's, No Limit Hold'em, Omaha, mixed games and more. It is all right there to be watched any time.

PokerStars Blog: Are you able to talk just a little about your journey from starting out on Twitch to now?

Jaime Staples: It's been an overly fast change in my life! I BEGAN out after I heard about Twitch on a poker forum and thought it might be interesting. I figured I'D play a little better because I needed to explain my thought process, and in addition it would make the times slightly more social and fun because I MIGHT talk with other players. I ASSUMED I WOULD make a little money at the side which was cool but mainly it was how to make poker fresh and fascinating to me. My channel really took off within the first few months and swiftly it was an entire scale production. I'VE needed to learn so much about broadcasting, business, being an employer, the creative space, and more. That's the next step in growing the stream and being better at what I do. It's been a ton of fun.

PokerStars Blog: How did signing with PokerStars come about?

Jaime Staples: PokerStars took notice of my Twitch stream around March 2015 and reached out to me one morning, via a phone call! That was a peculiar experience.

I signed my original contract in April but started off as a chum of PokerStars because I DIDN'T yet qualify for Team Online. I achieved Supernova status last year and after that PokerStars accepted me to Team Online in December. It's been this sort of great experience having colleagues that I looked as much as for inspiration after I started playing poker. I'M about to go into my second year with the company, and hope to do up to I WILL BE ABLE TO to grow the game, and act as an envoy for players.

PokerStars Blog: What do you specifically attempt to bring to the table on Twitch that others don't?

Jaime Staples: I FEEL every streamer has bits and pieces of everything. What I attempt to do is be approachable and available for questioning up to possible. I do my best to reply to as many questions people have within the chat box and add value for those that decide to spend their time with me.

PokerStars Blog: Has Twitch improved you as a poker player?

Jaime Staples: Yes, I FEEL so. Broadcasting has given me motivation that I WOULD NOT have without people behind me. The pressure to continually placed on content could be very high, and this forces me to stick focused and work flat out on my game.

PokerStars Blog: What's the future like for poker on Twitch?

Jaime Staples: The sky's the limit! I tell my friends the entire time, that is the 2003 of Twitch poker! There's such a lot room for us all to enhance our broadcasts and that i think we can continue to look that going down. We're seeing a ton of growth within the space with increasingly more streamers everyday so I'm personally excited to look what the remainder of 2016 has in store.

PokerStars Blog: Do you've any tips for PokerStars players who could be considering streaming their play? How can they be an excellent streamer and grow a following?

Jaime Staples: I BELIEVE first you simply need to start. Download Open Broadcaster Software, open up a Twitch account and just try some things in the market. are endless tutorials online that may help with the technical parts - I still use them to this day.

In terms of seeking to grow a community, it comes all the way down to providing value for the folk that spend their time with you. In case you are a streamer with ten viewers you've got the facility to follow your entire viewers' Twitter accounts, rail their deep runs on PokerStars, take a look at their streams on Twitch, get into dialogue about poker hands and so forth. These are things that gigantic broadcasters can't do for everybody so it is a real opportunity to develop deep relationships. That's how I'D recommend getting off the ground.

You can follow Jaime Staples on Twitch at twitch.tv/pokerstaples and on YouTube by clicking here. You too can follow Staples on Twitter at @JaimeStaples.

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