The National League of Poker™ ( www.nlop.com : ), a division of Zen Gaming, announces the immediate availability for poker players to win a $10,000 Seat (plus hotel stay at the luxurious Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas) to the Sports Legends Challenge, a new and exciting event that will be held September 14-17, 2009. Participation in this contest through the NLOP.com site is completely free.
The Sports Legends Challenge is the ultimate sports fantasy experience.
For the first time in history, sports fans from around the world will compete with and against 25 of the greatest Sports Legends of our time, including Troy Aikman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Petty, Sugar Ray Leonard, Emmitt Smith, and many more. The event will also feature 25 of the world’s top Poker Pros, including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Chris Moneymaker, Johnny Chan and others. The Sports Legends, Poker Pros and participants will compete in a wide-range of tournaments for up to $10,000,000 in prize money. The feature event will be the Sports Legends All-Star Poker Challenge which will pair the Sports Legends, Poker Pros and top-finishing competitors in a winner-take-all, No Limit Texas Hold ‘em grand finale televised nationally, Thanksgiving Day, on FOX Sports.
“NLOP™ is one of our valued partners and we are thrilled to work with them so that a lucky winner will get to attend the Sports Legends Challenge for free,” stated Bruce Bibbero, Founder and CEO of the Sports Legends Challenge.
NLOP™ Vice President Roy Evans stated: “This is an amazing opportunity for poker players and sports fans to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience. A player simply needs to win one of NLOP’s daily qualifiers to participate in the July 10 th tournament on NLOP™ where we will award the winner with a $10,000 seat to the Sports Legends Challenge.”
Michael Clebnik, COO, remarked, “NLOP™ typically awards over $75,000 a month in cash and prizes from free poker play. We’ve given away hundreds of thousands in cash plus trips, Seats to WSOP events, The Vegas Hard Rock Hotel experiences and merchandise prizes. The Sports Legends Challenge seat is certainly one of the most coveted prizes we will have ever awarded.”
