Four time world Super Middle Weight Champion Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has been announced as partypoker’s new brand ambassador.
With Froch on-board as ambassador, partypoker announced that it would be giving 99 poker players the chance to knock the champ out and win a share of $100,000
Furthermore Froch unveiled partypoker’s new tournament schedule for the ‘partypoker Power Series’, with partypoker marketing stated that its new schedule would ‘pump up’ its tournament guarantees to over $1.25 million per week, delivering ‘knockout’ value for its customers.
The Power Series consists of four categories: Featherweight, Middleweight, Heavyweight and High Rollers which are guaranteed to the tune of $1,284,000 a week, with buy-ins ranging from $2.20 to $1,050:
Four-time Super Middleweight World Champion Froch said: “I’ve been mentally preparing for this tournament just the same as any of my world title fights – I intend to win and as the Ambassador for partypoker I best not let the side down! I love the new partypoker guarantees and hope it will attract a new audience to playing poker online – ‘Poker for the People’ is what we’re aiming for, anyone can have a go and if you fancy your luck against me then bring it on, I’ll see you at the table in December!”
Golan Shaked, partypoker Director of Games said: “The new Power Series guarantees are the next step in our Poker for the People strategy, creating a format that is easily accessible to all, with knockout value for every level of player. It’s great to have Carl on board, he is one of the World’s best sportsmen and bringing his competitive spirit to the poker table will be a great test for our players.”