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Cristiano Ronaldo - Now a Team PokerStars Member
Posted by: James Carter. - Thu, 2015-05-28 14:21
PokerStars have been on an obvious mission lately to sign as many high-profile sports-celebrities as possible to be their brand ambassadors. Earlier this month, more precisely on May 7, they managed to sign football superstar Neymar Jr, in a move the potential significance of which would be hard to trump. Still, the
online poker site may have accomplished just that yesterday, when it was finally made official that Cristiano Ronaldo, possible the best-known football superstar in the world, has signed with the brand as well. The deal has been in the making for a while as rumors about it have been afloat since the beginning of the month.
The world's second highest-paid athlete - according to Forbes - Real Madrid's forward and the captain of Portugal's national football team, Cristiano Ronaldo is a true marketing-engine indeed. Worth about $80 million, he has raked in cash from other high-profile endorsements like Coca-Cola, Castrol, Motorola and Tag Heuer. With some 103 million people following him on Facebook, Ronaldo probably netted a few new players for PokerStars just by making the announcement through the social media platform. He also has about 35 million Twitter followers, but the marketing power he throws behind the PokerStars brand far exceeds the reaches of social media.
Sign up to PokerStars and make a real money deposit for the opportunity to one day play against Cristiano Ronaldo himself at one of the site's tables.
Ronaldo is apparently no newcomer to the world of online poker: he says he's been playing poker for years and that he is proud and happy to be a member of Team PokerStars. The Real Madrid star is ready to take on fans in various online and live poker events he will attend as a PokerStars flag-bearer.
Amaya CEO David Baazov was obviously delighted with the deal as well. Tennis star Rafael Nadal and Brazilian football legend Ronaldo are already signed with the site.
Join PokerStars now and take advantage of the opportunity to watch some of the best poker players and sports celebrities battle it out at the green felt in real time.
