One of the crucial entertaining reveals in poker is stepping it up a notch as PokerStars introduced that the following season of Large Recreation on Tour will function four-time Tremendous Bowl champion and NFL star Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski.
Gronkowski, who spent 11 seasons as a decent finish within the NFL and is now a sports activities analyst, will compete on the upcoming The Large Recreation on Tour season alongside the professionals, Unfastened Cannons and sports activities media character Nick Wright, whose look was additionally confirmed on Thursday.
“I’m all the time up for a problem, and diving into the world of poker goes to be a tremendous new journey for me,” Gronkowski mentioned in a press launch. “I’m past excited to play alongside a number of the finest within the sport and sort out the high-stakes motion. Similar to on the soccer discipline, I’ll be bringing my aggressive edge and giving it every thing I’ve acquired on the tables.”
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Whereas Gronkowski, who’s a FanDuel ambassador, could also be a newcomer to the poker desk, Wright has loads of expertise battling with the poker professionals. The sports activities character misplaced a $50,000 buy-in heads-up match towards Phil Hellmuth in 2021 and performed a couple of no-limit Maintain’em and combined sport occasions on the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) this summer season.
“I’ve cherished taking part in poker since my grandfather taught me, and taking part in in The Large Recreation, one among my all-time favourite poker reveals, is really a dream come true,” Wright mentioned within the press launch. “I am unable to wait to be competing with a number of the finest gamers on the planet — and Gronk. This can be a bucket listing second for me, and I am past excited to get to Vegas and get the playing cards within the air!”
Just like the earlier season, Season 2 of The Large Recreation will probably be filmed at NAPT Las Vegas, which is going down Nov. 1-10 at Resorts World Las Vegas.
To present gamers an opportunity to play with Gronkowski and Wright, FanDuel Each day Fantasy Sports activities, a sister model of PokerStars, is providing two NFL contests for the primary two weeks of the season that can see two winners earn NAPT Gold Passes. Moreover, the fortunate move winners will get to bypass the qualification section for The Large Recreation on Tour and go straight to Unfastened Cannon auditions.
One of many passes has already been given away, however there’s nonetheless a shot to win the second for an opportunity to play as a Unfastened Cannon. Unfastened Cannons will play 150 fingers and are allowed to maintain any revenue they make within the high-stakes money sport.
Take a look at a number of the highlights from Season 1 of The Large Recreation on Tour.
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