Winner of two World Cups, two Copa Americas and three times FIFA Footballer of the Year, Ronaldo was looking for a new challenge. He found it in poker, and is now the ambassador of PokerStars, the world’s biggest poker site.
We had the great privilege of meeting him when he came to Paris.
Here are a few confessions:
According to Ronaldo, there are a lot of similarities between soccer and poker, especially in terms of strategy and mindset. In poker, he loves to play aggressively.
Ronaldo confesses that Brazil have no choice but to win this World Cup! But France remain one of the favourites.
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For him, poker remains above all a passion and a friendly game
Ronaldo has a lot of respect for Zinedine Zidane, whom he sees coaching the greatest international teams.
Elky was there and gave us some insight into his style of play:
When Elky played with Ronaldo, he found him rather reserved, impressed to be playing with poker stars, whereas poker players were much more impressed than he was.
Sportsmen are generally good poker players because they are competitive and strategic.
The soccer legend will be the godfather of La Maison du Bluff, the reality show where poker is the name of the game.
La Maison du Bluff allows amateurs to live the life of a professional gambler. A total of €150,000 is at stake. It’s a veritable poker academy, with the best players of the moment coming to give their advice to the candidates.
Each week, a PokerStars.fr-qualified amateur joins the adventure directly. La Maison du Bluff is the only show where everyone has a chance!
In addition to his role as godfather, Ronaldo will be challenging the contestants throughout the adventure.
Details of Ronaldo’s involvement with La Maison du Bluff, and his passion for poker in general, will be revealed at a press conference in Paris on February 14.
La Maison du Bluff airs on NRJ12 from Friday, March 14.
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