Poker Tournament
Poker Ashes is a poker tournament in which Australia’s and England’s best Cricketers pair up with two of the best online poker players as 888poker wants two of its online players to participate firsthand in this tournament. Superstar Shane Warne will serve as the Aussie team captain. For those who follow it, the Poker Ashes is one of the highly anticipated events in both the cricket and poker worlds.
In fact Shane Warne likes a punt. “It’s as simple as that,” the legendary former Australian cricketer said yesterday as he embarked on his latest gamble: professional poker. Warne who will captain 888’s team reckons there are plenty of similarities between cricket and poker.
You have to be very patient playing poker just as you do in a Test match. There are times when you’ve got to press hard and other times when you have to sit back. “Poker is actually known as a game of skill. It’s about how much you bet at a certain time to maximise your hand. You do need a little bit of luck but it’s also about knowing how to read your opponent,” he said.
The Ashes is an ideal opportunity to see your favorite Cricketers play poker, and also a tournament which benefits a charity organization that is near and dear to the winning team, making the event a real personal experience for the players. This annual event has taken place over the last several years with its origins in 2002.
The 888 Poker Ashes games are all heads up, no limit, texas holdem matches that are played one on one between the two teams, until the final game. In the final, the two remaining players go head to head in a high stakes battle for the crown of the 2009 Poker Ashes. The Ashes demonstrates both teamwork and good sportsman ship as participants follow and cheer on not only their team mates but also their opponents. Shane Warne has proudly been a part of it since its inception in 2002, watching it grow from year to year.
For anyone wishing to catch all of the exciting action of the 2009 Poker Ashes tournament, the games will be filmed and broadcast in their entirety on your local Fox Sports Channel, Channel 9 in Australia as well as on Skye Sports Channel in the United Kingdom. Make sure that you check your local listings and magazines or online for the specific times and dates.
