Make your selection within the Protege #LastLonger

The Protégés has been selected, their mentor's prepared, now it is time for things to get interesting for those folks watching from the rail.

PokerStars is offering seats to a few exclusive freerolls for players playing a brand new #LastLonger competition, by which you get to select the Protégé you think that will go deepest in all the three WCOOP events they're set to play.

Teaching the proteges: Vanessa Selbst, Andre Akkari, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Eugene Katchalov

If you remember, The Protégé promotion got down to find four players to be taken under the wings of 4 members of Team PokerStars Pro - Andre Akkari, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Vanessa Selbst and Eugene Katchalov.

Each protégé, after some personal training from their Team Pro, would then be set loose on three WCOOP events, with the protégé earning essentially the most from these three events winning a package to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January. You'll read up on all of the Protégés to get their stories before making your selection.

So while they have got their fun, you'll be able to have yours by selecting which protégé you're thinking that will perform the most productive.

Here are the events they'll be playing.

Event #1: September 7, 08:00ET NL Hold'em Kick-Off, guarantee $700,000

Event #22: September 14, 11:00ET NL Hold'em [Sunday-Warm Up Special Edition], guarantee $1,000,000

Event #66: September 28, 14:30ET NL Hold'em Main Event, guarantee $10,000,000

Making your selection couldn't be easier. Simply tweet your choice - naming which Protégé you're thinking that will go deepest using one of the vital hashtags listed below, being certain to add your personal PokerStars Player ID.

#RobLastLonger

#AllanLastLonger

#ArsenyLastLonger

#OlgaLastLonger

There can be three voting periods prior to all of the three tournaments the protégés will play. The primary of these is already open, prior to Event #1 of WCOOP which starts this Sunday, with details of every voting period below.

Voting period 1: Votes cast between September 4, 00:00ET and September 7, 07:59ET will count for The Protégés' lead to WCOOP Event #1.

Voting period 2: Votes cast between September 7, 08:00ET and September 14, 10:59ET will count for The Protégés' lead to WCOOP Event #22

Voting period 3: Votes cast between September 14, 11:00ET and September 28, 14:29ET will count for The Protégés' lead to WCOOP Event# 66

Andre Akkari's protege Allan Justino: #AllanLastLongerEugene Katchalov's protege Olga Ermolcheva: #OlgaLastLonger

If you decide the protégé who lasts longest you'll gain entry into one in all three exclusive freeroll which follow the 3 WCOOP tournaments entered by the Protégés.

1st freeroll: Wednesday September 10, 13:00ET

2nd freeroll: Wednesday September 17, 13:00ET

3rd freeroll: Wednesday October 1, 13:00ET

If you are still unsure which protégé to pick, and beauty which one is better placed to do well, why not ask them yourself? You'll send the protégés questions sooner than WCOOP during our live Google Hangout at 14.00 ET today (Friday), using #AskTheProteges on Twitter, or within the comment section below the hangout, which you will find by clicking here.

Vanessa Selbst's protege Robert Glenister: #RobLastLongerElkY's protege Arseny Shurapchikov: #ArsenyLastLonger

It's an effective way to make things interesting as we find which Protégé have been trained best, and naturally which Team Pro has proven to be the most efficient teacher.

For now good luck to everyone taking part, and when you wait to invite the Proteges about their chances, take a look at the T & Cs below to verify your selection counts.

Ts and Cs:

- To go into simply tweet your choice prior to all of the three events, making it clear which protégé you're selecting and being certain to include your personal PokerStars Player ID.

- Players should have access to either the .com or .net client so as to play

- You might be allowed to vote once in all the three voting periods, and you will change the Protege you vote for in each period.

- Just one vote can also be cast per voting period. If a fan votes for a couple of Protege throughout the same voting period, ALL votes in that period could be ineligible.

- Entrants should have a sound PokerStars Player ID to be eligible

For more general Ts and Cs click here.

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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