FullTiltPoker.com Signs New Sponsorship Deal
This was published 18-10-2010Gold Audley Harrison, former British Olympic medal winning boxer and current European heavyweight boxing champion, has signed a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker. In terms of this deal Harrison will be one of their sponsored poker pros and represent this fastest growing online poker site at some high profile online and live tournaments.
Thirty-eight year old Harrison will also wear the online poker giant’s logo in his big fight against World Heavyweight Champion, David Haye, on 13th November 2010 at the M.E.N. Arena as well as in all of his remaining fights. Harrison’s fight against Haye is bound to be one of the biggest all-British fights ever witnessed in the country and Harrison is currently training very hard in California ahead of the meeting.
Harrison has already won over $200,000 (GBP 1 25K) playing poker in Las Vegas and has revealed that his aim is to be a poker pro legend after his retirement from boxing. He found that living in America was good for him as he was able to play and learn the game of poker without anybody knowing who he was. He managed to develop as a player and got competent at the game without the pressure of people in England knowing that he played.
Harrison added that he classifies himself as a semi pro poker player although his career is a pro boxer. He has kept the fact that he is competent at playing poker a secret so as not to get it mixed up in the media and the public eye. He feels that he fully deserves the opportunity given to him by Full Tilt Poker as he is quite ready to play with any of the pros. He stated that “I have a varied game, a mixed style, I’m very hard to read, I know how to read my opponents, I understand the statistics, implied odds, pot odds etc- the whole game, so I’m ready.”
Eddie Hearn, Harrison’s boxing promoter, is his biggest fan and stated that he is sure that Audrey will be a great ambassador for the Full Tilt brand.