September 02, 2010 (Press-News.org) A poker player from Shropshire, Midlands will play Heads Up against five-time heavyweight boxing champ Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield tonight at the Poker in the Park festival being held in Leicester Square, London today and tomorrow.
All summer long RealDealPoker.com hosted a Beat the Champ promotion -- a series of Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight qualifying poker tournaments leading up to the Heavyweight final table last Sunday.
Leif G. ("GutShotRot") of Ludlow, Shropshire won the Heavyweight Final and will now sit face to face with one of the greatest boxing legends of all time in a Heads Up match on September 2nd at 19:30 at Poker in the Park.
GutShotRot said his mom taught him Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Draw when he was only eight. He's been playing online poker for about six years now and was one of the first players to discover the new RealDealPoker.com site when it launched earlier this year.
"I liked the real cards at RealDealPoker the first time I tried it," said the player. "It feels more like live games than an RNG site."
"I used to play every week in the poker pocket pub league at my local pub," said the player who's had a few EUR3000 wins both online and in casinos. "In my first season I scored the highest points ever for the pub. All in all I just love poker!
"It's going to be surreal playing against a World Heavy Weight champion. I mean, this guy knocked out Tyson!"
The Midlands father of three owns a cleaning firm in Ludlow, Shropshire. His family and a few mates will accompany him to London's Leicester Square where he'll play the champ.
Poker players and boxing fans alike can watch the Heads Up match live either at the Real Deal Poker marquee at Poker in the Park, or online in the Real Deal Poker room itself. The match begins at 19:30 with a prize pool of EUR2300 split 75/25 between the winner and runner up.
For further information, photos or to request an interview GutShotRot, Evander Holyfield or RealDealPoker.com founder Gene Gioia, please contact:
Jodie Thind
Lyceum Media
jodie@lyceummedia.com
+44 (0) 7932440157
Notes to Editors
About Evander Holyfield
American boxer Evander Holyfield (42-8-2, 27 KOs), the five time world heavyweight champion and former undisputed world cruiserweight champion, has earned his place in the boxing Hall of Fame with wins over Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, John Ruiz, and Hasim Rahman. The current WBF heavyweight champion also won the bronze medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics and is the only boxer to win the World Heavyweight title five times.
About RealDealPoker.com Cut N' Shuffle Technology
RealDealPoker.com's unique automated shuffling system allows players to see actual cards being shuffled and dealt. Verified and compliant with the strict requirements of the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission, the poker room's patented Cut N' Shuffle system was designed to deter or eliminate the use of bots. It scrambles, shuffles, and deals real decks of cards, digitizes the results, and then translates them to its online poker table games. In addition, the revolutionary system gives online poker players a "cut function" and "burn cards". It also produces fully audited hand data through its Game Check function.
www.realdealpoker.com
About Gioia International Limited (www.gioiasystems.com)
Gioia International Limited, a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, is the owner of www.RealDealPoker.com and its patented technology: Cut N' Shuffle and Game Check . Founder Gene Gioia has invested more than five years to create a site where poker players will get a fair and totally auditable game of poker online - a product offering that remains unmatched by any other online poker site to date.
Family Man from Shropshire UK to Go Heads Up Against Evander Holyfield at Poker in the Park Tonight
A poker player from Shropshire, Midlands will play Heads Up against five-time heavyweight boxing champ Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield tonight at the Poker in the Park festival being held in Leicester Square, London today and tomorrow.
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[Press-News.org] Family Man from Shropshire UK to Go Heads Up Against Evander Holyfield at Poker in the Park TonightA poker player from Shropshire, Midlands will play Heads Up against five-time heavyweight boxing champ Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield tonight at the Poker in the Park festival being held in Leicester Square, London today and tomorrow.