BECKER CHALLENGES OTHER TENNIS STARS FOR ONLINE POKER

7 March 2008

Imagine a game that reunites McEnroe and Connors!


Now-retired world tennis star Boris Becker's agreement to play online poker and live tournaments for Poker Stars.com (see previous InfoPowa report) made the mainstream media this weekend when Die Welt interviewed the German ace.

"I have already been playing intensively since last year," said the 40-year-old who won Wimbledon three times and has signed a sponsorship contract with Poker Stars. "What fascinates me about poker is the psychology; what is my opponent thinking of me and what do I think of him," added Becker, who retired from tennis in June 1999.

Becker says he learned to play the card game while on the ATP circuit, especially at Wimbledon during the rain breaks.

And the German big-hitter says he is keen to recruit other former tennis stars to the poker table.

"I would like to know how people like Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg, Ivan Lendl or even Jimmy Connors, manage to keep their cool at poker," said Becker.

The infamous but entertaining hair trigger tempers of some of the planet's top sportsmen could be severely tested around a poker table with high stakes betting.

Becker is hoping to take part in Europe's grand poker final this April which will bring together 800 professional players in Monte Carlo.

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