World Tennis Number One Rafa Nadal Wins Live Poker Tournament in Prague

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) -

Tennis star beats Brazilian football legend Ronaldo and world
number one

poker player Daniel Negreanu to win EUR50,000 for charity

World tennis number one Rafa Nadal emerged as winner of the EPT
Charity Challenge, beating Brazilian football legend Ronaldo and
world number one poker player Daniel Negreanu.

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The tournament, played as part of the European Poker Tour (EPT)
Prague poker festival has been dubbed the greatest gathering of
sporting professionals at a poker table. Nadal, Ronaldo and Negreanu
joined former Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko, Italian skier
Alberto Tomba and Dutch Olympic field hockey gold medallist Fatima
Moreira de Melo - competing for their share of a EUR100,000 charity
prize pool.

This was Rafa's first live poker tournament since taking up the
game 18 months ago, and the win adds to a spectacular list of 2013
on-court triumphs. "I played for the first time in a live poker
tournament and it was a big honour to play against a lot of stars
around me, some in sports and other ones in poker. I had fun and I
enjoyed it, and I felt a little bit lucky that I finally won," said
Rafa.

The turning point for Nadal was knocking out the world's number
one poker player Daniel Negreanu. Daniel said: "Nadal played a solid
game and he didn't make any mistakes. He knew when to make
adjustments, to play more aggressively and he did. It was good fun,
and the bottom line is that everybody wins, because all the prize
money is going to good causes."

Rafa will be donating the EUR50,000 first prize to The Good Hand
Project, a cause he has been supporting with other Spanish
celebrities and the poker community to help young people back into
work.

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About the European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is the world's biggest and richest
poker tour. Since 2004, the EPT has paid out over EUR550 million in
tournament prize pools, and hosted successful festivals all over
Europe. The EPT also operates the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
(PCA), which takes place every January in the Bahamas and is the
largest poker festival outside of Las Vegas.

Season 10 of the EPT builds on the success of a decade of
world-class live poker events, and major poker festivals will be held
in Barcelona, London, Prague, Deauville, Vienna and Sanremo, with the
PokerStars and Monte-Carlo(R) Casino EPT Grand Final to be held in
Monaco.

Further information on the EPT is available online at
http://www.europeanpokertour.com

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