Cardschat Exclusive: Lunar Poker Tour - Powered by Virgin Galactic

CCAdmin · Mar 31, 2011

Hey All,

I've had to keep quiet about this for ages so I'm super excited to finally announce the first ever poker tournament in space!

Cardschat has the exclusive announcement: Richard Branson & Virgin Galactic will be hosting Phil Ivey vs Daniel Negreanu live in space!

For more information see www.cardschat.com/lunar-poker-tour.php

CardsChat, in association with Virgin Galactic, announces the Lunar Poker Tour

CardsChat.com, in association with Virgin Galactic, is proud to announce the poker game of the century. Ivey will face off against Negreanu in a match that will make poker history by being played on board the International Space Station (ISS).

Branson, who’s Virgin Racing has had sponsorship deals with Full Tilt Poker in the past, is famous for making a splash when it comes to promotions. “I wanted to do something huge for Virgin Galactic and poker doesn’t get any bigger than Ivey and Negreanu. When I heard NASA had some room on the space shuttle the idea for the poker game of the century was born,” he told CardsChat.

Virgin Galactic has arranged for Ivey and Negreanu to be carried up to the ISS by the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which will fly its last mission at the end of June. There they will face off for a whopping $10 million prize pot. In addition, these poker gladiators will also be fighting for their respective sites to partner up with Virgin Galactic for the Lunar Poker Tour 2012 which will be held on board the Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo.

Spread the word - this is going to be huge!

tenbob · Mar 31, 2011

Brilliant.

dj11 · Mar 31, 2011

WOW !

What a scoop for CC.

the lab man · Mar 31, 2011

Fantastic For CC...Makes me proud

Four Dogs · Mar 31, 2011

DING DING DING. The clock strikes midnight in the UK. Great idea Nick, but I'd rather see Phil Hellmuth and say, oh I don't Liv Bouree! I'd love to see her in zero gravity.

Poof · Mar 31, 2011

Awesome link! I "liked it"

OzExorcist · Mar 31, 2011

Gonna be so hard to stop the burn cards turning themselves over in zero gravity IMO

Stu_Ungar · Mar 31, 2011

Its going to be out of this world.

Stu_Ungar · Mar 31, 2011

OzExorcist said:
Gonna be so hard to stop the burn cards turning themselves over in zero gravity IMO

Probably be magnetic cards.

bonflizubi · Mar 31, 2011

Stu_Ungar said:
Probably be magnetic cards.

read the release, cant use magnets. velcro instead

PC69 · Mar 31, 2011

Nick. Just started to to spread the word. Holy shit is the right response to this. WOW. This could be the biggest thing ever to be seen by the poker world and thats not exaggerating.

Stu_Ungar · Mar 31, 2011

bonflizubi said:
read the release, cant use magnets. velcro instead

That makes sense.

OzExorcist · Mar 31, 2011

bonflizubi said:
read the release, cant use magnets. velcro instead

Yeah, just read that. Clever.

bonflizubi · Mar 31, 2011

OzExorcist said:
Yeah, just read that. Clever.

more clever than you know. think about it. deeply.

MuscleMan76 · Mar 31, 2011

Holy crap! This is for real!?

Stu_Ungar · Mar 31, 2011

bonflizubi said:
more clever than you know. think about it. deeply.

Yeah its going to be difficult to shuffle. I guess they will have figured it all out.

cardriverx · Mar 31, 2011

wow nice for Cardschat !

brank · Mar 31, 2011

Who's gonna deal this game? One of the crew?

CAMurray · Mar 31, 2011

Phricenawesome!

Its a word.....

CCAdmin · Mar 31, 2011

Since this is breaking news on Cardschat and I've heard by early next week there will be a huge media push and it will probably appear on many news programs around the world, help spread the word - click the facebook 'like' button on the page.

OzExorcist · Mar 31, 2011

brank said:
Who's gonna deal this game? One of the crew?

I volunteered, then withdrew when I realised that in space nobody cares how well you pitch.

DaveE · Mar 31, 2011

Wowza

Fricken coolness:top:

alaskabill · Apr 1, 2011

Nick said:
Since this is breaking news on Cardschat and I've heard by early next week there will be a huge media push and it will probably appear on many news programs around the world, help spread the word - click the facebook 'like' button on the page.

Done. This is awesome.

DaveE · Apr 1, 2011

Wonder what time zone they'll be playing in? Some zones are a day ahead of others

onemorechance · Apr 1, 2011

Imagine running satellites

lol'd

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