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Alex Goulder and Rob Yong to Face Off in a 10K Table Tennis Match
- Updated: October 11, 2016
Poker players are well-versed in making weird and wonderful prop bets with one another and it appears another such bet is just around the corner judging by the chatter on social media this week.
While the majority of poker players planning to play in the £3 Million Guaranteed World Poker Tour UK Festival will be spending their precious time brushing up on their poker skills, Alex Goulder will dedicate his time to a different type of table: a table tennis table.
Goulder has challenged Dusk Till Dawn owner Rob Yong to a table tennis match during the WPT UK Festival where both players are stumping up £10,000 each and are pledging their winnings to charity. Although Goulder has youth and athleticism on his side, Yong was a five-time Nottingham table tennis champion in his younger days so he is vastly more experienced than his opponent.
“I’ll be lucky to get a single point against a former five-time champion, but at least it’s going to a good cause. Simon Deadman, let’s never drink together OK?” a status update on Goulder’s Facebook page reads.
There is a discussion thread on the Blonde Poker forums where the site’s members are chiming in with …
