Boris Becker
Boris Becker is probably more known for his tennis playing days, as he had a fifteen-year career as a professional tennis player. Lately, though, he has been engaged in the poker tables, having joined Team Pokerstars back in 2007.
Becker is of German origins, and during his time as a professional tennis player he was one of the best players of his time, being a Grand Slam winner six times. He also is one of the youngest players to win the men’s singles at one of the Grand Slam tournaments, the Wimbledon, having won the title at the age of seventeen back in 1985. He also joined the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and won the gold medal for his tennis event. Over the course of his career, he has managed to accumulate forty-nine awards, and he has been inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003 at the age of thirty-six.
As mentioned earlier, he joined Team Pokerstars in 2007. Poker was a recreational activity for him back when he was still a pro tennis player, but then when he retired, he decided to take his poker playing to the next level. He claimed that back in his pro tennis days, poker helped train his concentration, and so he wanted to train his poker skills now that he has achieved so much in tennis, so he can try and excel at poker as well. He has widely exposed himself to the world of poker in the past few years, having joined the tournaments that are hosted by Pokerstars both live and on the internet, playing undeer his name, Boris Becker. He is inching towards his goal of excelling at the game, his greatest achievement so far having been his 7th place winning at the fourth season grand final of the Pokerstars European Tour at Monte Carlo. He won a total of $18,672 in their €500 No Limit Hold’em event. He continues to play with Team Pokerstars today as he tries to establish himself as a poker player.