One of the crucial entertaining reveals in poker is stepping it up a notch as PokerStars introduced that the following season of Massive Recreation on Tour will characteristic 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 Massive Recreation on Tour season alongside the professionals, Free Cannons and sports activities media persona Nick Wright, whose look was additionally confirmed on Thursday.
“I’m at all times up for a problem, and diving into the world of poker goes to be a tremendous new journey for me,” Gronkowski stated in a press launch. “I’m past excited to play alongside a number of the finest within the sport and deal with the high-stakes motion. Identical to on the soccer subject, I’ll be bringing my aggressive edge and giving it all the things I’ve received 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 execs. The sports activities persona misplaced a $50,000 buy-in heads-up match in opposition to Phil Hellmuth in 2021 and performed a couple of no-limit Maintain’em and combined sport occasions on the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) this summer time.
“I’ve liked taking part in poker since my grandfather taught me, and taking part in in The Massive Recreation, certainly one of my all-time favourite poker reveals, is actually a dream come true,” Wright stated 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 Massive Recreation shall be filmed at NAPT Las Vegas, which is going down Nov. 1-10 at Resorts World Las Vegas.
To offer gamers an opportunity to play with Gronkowski and Wright, FanDuel Every day Fantasy Sports activities, a sister model of PokerStars, is providing two NFL contests for the primary two weeks of the season that may see two winners earn NAPT Gold Passes. Moreover, the fortunate move winners will get to bypass the qualification part for The Massive Recreation on Tour and go straight to Free 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 Free Cannon. Free Cannons will play 150 fingers and are allowed to maintain any revenue they make within the high-stakes money sport.
Try a number of the highlights from Season 1 of The Massive Recreation on Tour.
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