A CHANCE TO BATTLE WITH BORIS
26 December 2008
World famous former tennis star to play in
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
PokerStars marketers have come up with a crowd-puller as
a sideshow to the online poker site's 2009 PokerStars
Caribbean Adventure scheduled for early January - a
chance for online players to take on the former world
famous tennis star Boris Becker, who plays as a
celebrity for the site.
The idea is for seven PokerStars players to compete with
Becker in a heads up match, with the main prize a
sponsored seat in the $10 000 buy-in main event of the
Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. The match will be
played in a Battleship format, which means that
participants play each other heads up and online, using
laptops instead of in front of a live dealer.
In a company statement, Becker said: "Battleship poker
gives you all the fast play luxuries of online poker,
but also allows you to look your opponent in the eye.
It's an exciting game to play and I'm really looking
forward to competing against these players."
Four North American players have so far been chosen for
the confrontation: Itsik Oknin of Ottawa, Canada; Joshua
Miloy of Oley, Pa.; and Keith Anderson and Michel Dion
of Quebec, Canada.
PokerStars is still offering 40 main event sponsored
seats for the Caribbean Adventure as prizes in
tournaments running through December 27 - 28, where a
$650 buy-in secures a chance to win a package many time
that value and a week in the Bahamas.
Online Casino News courtesy of
InfoPowa
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