WBF Heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield showed his poker skills winning his heads up challenge match at London festival Poker in the Park. “Playing poker it’s like fighting” claimed Holyfield before the kick off of London live tournament. “If you want to win you have to focus and prepare and that’s exactly what I did for this tournament just like I do for any challenge.”
“He was a challenging opponent but I managed to stay on top. I was really pleased with my win” continued Holyfield, who played against a challenger that got his seat against the five time Heavyweight Champion of the World after winning a special series of online qualifiers. “It was a shame. I lost but I was excited and pleased about the whole experience of coming to London with my family and meeting Holyfield” said the champion’s opponent, known online as GutShotRot. “I noticed that Evander was really focused from the start. Playing one-on-one is a different kind of game for me”. Even thought he had been “knocked out” by Holyfield at the poker table it wasn’t all bad news for GutShotRot: he pocketed a quarter of the €2,300 prize pool as well as some tremendous bragging rights.
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