The launch of Pokerstars’ latest ‘Duel’ promo on Youtube is generating major publicity for the online poker provider, combining as it does celebrities and top poker player coaches in heads-up games for charity, all channelled via Youtube.
The professionally produced and presented vids have kicked off with a confrontation between football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and Breaking Bad TV star Aaron Paul, coached respectively by Vanessa Selbst and Fatima Moreira de Melo, which can be accessed here:
Other vids in the series feature Star Wars star John Boyega and Victoria Secret Model Sara Sampaio.
The celebrities play for $5,000 a game, with the winnings going to a charity of their choice.
our readers may recall a previous Pokerstars video series that pitched top athletes against one another in a “beat this” series of highly skilled football and other sporting shots.