ONCHAN, Isle of Man,
February 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Celebrities compete on the beach
and at the poker table in new video series
PokerStars has launched the finale of its current #GameOn
series, continuing the poker-based feud between the world's fastest
man Usain Bolt and Hollywood
comedian Kevin Hart. The final
challenge in this phase of the series is designed to test the core
qualities and skills of poker, by opening with the two mis-matched
celebrities competing in a 100-metre sprint followed by a heads-up
poker match.
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Daniel Negreanu, the world's
highest-earning live tournament poker player and member of Team
PokerStars Pro, will once again join Bolt and Hart as the game's
commentator to provide expert insight and analysis. The stars will
also put to the test the poker skills they've been honing since the
campaign started in June 2017.
"Usain may be fast on the track but I'm going to be fast taking
his chips at the table," said Hart, one of the most successful
comedians in the world and star of Jumanji : Welcome to
the Jungle.
"The little funny man won't be laughing much longer when I take
all his chips at the poker table," said Bolt.
The nearly year-long competition has seen Hart and Bolt try to
out-do each other by posting videos to their combined 140
million-strong social media following. The most recent series saw
them complete a set of challenges to test the core qualities and
skills of poker, including reading opponents, emotional control,
and bluffing.
"The #GameOn competition highlights the variety of skills it
takes to be a good poker player including endurance, street smarts,
bluffing, strategic thinking and reading your opponent," said
Eric Hollreiser, Vice President of
Corporate Communications at The Stars Group. "At the same time,
Kevin and Usain show the tremendous fun and friendly social
competition at the heart of poker."
For further information, please contact:
press@pokerstars.com
About PokerStars
PokerStars operates the world's most popular online poker sites,
serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001,
PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the
world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the
best online security. More than 178 billion hands have been dealt
on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
PokerStars is the flagship brand of The Stars Group Inc.
(Nasdaq: TSG; TSX: TSGI), which owns gaming and related businesses
and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full
Tilt, and the PokerStars Festival, PokerStars MEGASTACK, PokerStars
Caribbean Adventure, European Poker Tour, Latin American Poker Tour
and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour live poker tour and event brands.
PokerStars is the world's most licensed online gaming brand,
holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17
jurisdictions.
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gaming please visit our website at
http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/
Eric Hollreiser:
Press@pokerstars.com
SOURCE PokerStars