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Published: 6th April 2009 Written by Poker News
Updated: 7th December 2023

PartyPoker sports stars challengePartyPoker are hosting the Sports Stars Challenge which will feature former and current international sports stars from different sporting genres such as Rugby, Darts, Soccer, Boxing and motor sports. The live event will be televised and will have prize pool of $84,000.

Enter the daily Party Poker freerolls named Sports Stars Challenge between the 30th March to 10th May 2009 and play your way to the final to win a seat in this prestigious live poker event. Use PartyPoker bonus code: WAPBIG for your bonus of 100% up to $500

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PartyPoker Sports Stars Challenge

Freeroll your way to the live sports stars event. The teams will be divided into 7 genres football, rugby, boxing, motor sport, darts and golf. There will be a daily freeroll for each sport between the 30th March to 10th May 2009. Two seats per freeroll will be awarded over the next 7 weeks in the PartyPoker freeroll qualifiers.

Players who finish in the Top 10 will satellite their way to the week 7 finals taking place between the 11th to 17th May. The Top 2 place in the daily final freerolls will get a Sports Stars Challenge prize package and get to play poker with their sporting legends.

Here is a list of confirmed Sport Stars

  • Frank Lebœuf – former French football star
  • Giancarlo Fisichella – Formula One driver
  • Phil Taylor – world champion English darts player
  • Ronald de Boer – former Dutch football star
  • Sven Ottke – former German professional boxer
  • Graeme McDowell – Irish professional golfer
  • Andy Goode – English Rugby player
  • Jan Mølby – former Danish professional football star
  • Agnieszka Rylik – Polish Female Boxer
  • Thomas Helmer – former German football star

*More to be added

Play poker against famous sports stars.

Here is your chance meet sporting legends and use your poker skills in a live poker event which is being filmed for a popular international TV show. The event will be filmed in London between 29th May to 1st June 2009 and prize package winners will need to be available for those days.

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