Former Tennis Ace Boris Becker Signs with partypoker

Former tennis world number one and six-time majors singles winner, Boris Becker is the latest stellar name to sign with Partypoker as a brand ambassador.

The online poker site has been busy recruiting ambassadors and sponsored professionals of late as it looks to expand its reach into countries around the world. This year alone, partypoker has signed Patrick Leonard, Roberto Romanello, Sam Trickett, Natalia Breviglieri, Jackie Glazier, Beata Jambrik, and Joao Simao as ambassadors or sponsored pros, joining the legendary Mike Sexton, Tony Dunst and four-time world champion boxer Carl Froch on partypoker’s books.

Becker has legendary status within the tennis community, but he also has some impressive live tournament results to boast about. In 2009, Becker finished 40th in the $25,500 WPT Five Star World Poker Classic for $40,855 and more recently he made a deep run in the inaugural Devilfish Cup where he fell in 13th place for £15,000.

To celebrate Becker’s signing, partypoker is running a tennis-themed promotion called Beat the Ace which gives players the chance to play in four $5,000 freerolls, with the overall winner taking on Becker heads-up live in Germany, for a prize of up to …

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