One of the biggest football stars ever, Brazilian Luis Nazario Da Lima Ronaldo and multiple Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal will play a special heads-up match, on November 6th in London.
“The Duel”, as they called it, will not be the first contest where the two sports legends and PokerStars ambassadors met, they have already played European Poker Tour Prague Charity Challenge, in which participated Daniel Negreanu too.
– It was my first live tournament – Nadal says – but now a year later, I have a lot more knowledge. I really enjoy when I play poker, the big challenge is to learn and honestly, I can not wait duel with Ronaldo.
In the meantime, Ronaldo says he has improved his poker knowledge, so he hopes to win this review match.
– The last time we met, Rafa won, but now it will be different, because in the meantime I learned a lot of things. I have mastered some strategies and want to see how much they can be used – said Ronaldo.
Anyway, as part of the preparations for the match, Rafa will play on September 22nd six-max zoom on PokerStars, and opponents will have the opportunity to ask him whatever they want by using the #AskRafa.