Boris Becker joins PokerStars team

#1 11-26-2007, 08:23 PM

Well he is my all time favorite player and as a kid I spent countless of hours watching and rooting for him.

So many great matches. Won and lost.

But unlike some other players, like Kafelnikov, I'd never heard of him playing poker though and I'm definitely not expecting that we'll see him online at all.

More likely only at EPT events in Germany and the big one in Monte Carlo.

sneaker · #2 11-26-2007, 08:24 PM

Boris was the hero of my childhood, I got goose bumps watching him fight in wimbledon. He was such an amazing player, always gave 100%, showed his emotions and was very likable. In terms of charisma, todays tennis players are nothing compared to him. In Germany he is still like in every TV show, he loves to go to big events and parties. So as an advertiser he is a very good choice. His contract has to be very high, he is a living legend.

dismalstudent99 · #3 11-26-2007, 08:49 PM

It's funny, Agassi was on TV talking about how he had picked up on a Becker tell during one of their matches.

When Becker would wind up to serve, he would sometimes stick his tongue out of the side of his mouth. When he did that, he would always slice his serve out to the left.

Agassi eventually told him about the tell, but I'm not sure if it was before or after Becker retired....

eurythmech · #4 11-26-2007, 09:05 PM

Oooh, eagerly awaiting the time I get to say "deuce, advantage Becker", but then...I'm no railtard [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

corpseartist · #5 11-26-2007, 09:53 PM

In other news Absolute Poker has just signed Barry Bonds!

JokersAttack · #6 11-26-2007, 10:08 PM

In other news Absolute Poker has signed Floyd Landis.

JokersAttack · #7 11-26-2007, 10:17 PM

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corpseartist · #8 11-26-2007, 10:32 PM

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