With the 2024 North American Poker Tour well underway and the filming time for the next season of The Big Game on Tour quickly approaching, PokerStars has finally come out with more information about the lineups.
Judging by the latest press releases, poker fans will be in for a real treat once again, as the new season will feature an interesting mix of well-known pros and celebrities, particularly those from the world of professional sports.
In addition to Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski and Nick Wright, whose appearances were confirmed earlier, the upcoming season of The Big Game on Tour will also feature the soccer legend Gerard Pique. Pique, who is no stranger to poker, had an amazing career in soccer, and fans will forever remember him for his performances in Barcelona.
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Colorful Lineup Promising a Lot of Fun
In addition to sports legends, The Big Game on Tour will feature a number of familiar faces with varying degrees of poker skills and notoriety.
Jennifer Tilly, an actress-turned-poker-player, has been confirmed as one of the participants, alongside the PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton. Although a professional poker player, Grafton is certainly one of the more entertaining people to have at the table, and his presence should help set the right atmosphere.
The mysterious millionaire Alan Keating will be coming back to try his luck at the Big Game table as well, looking for some redemption for the previous season. One thing we can be certain of is that Keating will be driving the action and provide more than a few opportunities for loose cannons to get involved in big pots.
Another interesting player joining the lineup is Rania Nasreddine, an entrepreneur and poker player who’s had a very successful 2024 so far and will be looking to continue that success in Las Vegas. Nasreddine is not as well-known to the wider audience, so it’ll be interesting to see what she brings to the table.
Other names confirmed for the Season 2 of the PokerStars Big Game on Tour are the Brazil poker legend Andre Akkari, Antonio ‘The Magician’ Esfandiari, Lex Veldhuis, and Phil Hellmuth, a proud owner of 17 WSOP bracelets.
Loose Cannon Info Still Not Out
With a majority of players who’ll be filling The Big Game on Tour seats now revealed, there is only one mystery that remains unsolved: the names of new Loose Cannons who’ll get a chance to make as much profit as possible playing 150 hands of cash game poker against these players.
Following several freeroll qualifiers that took place alongside this year’s NAPT, The Big Game auditions were held on November 4 and 5. Soon, the panel of judges will come out with their decision on who’ll get this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Rubbing elbows with poker and sporting legends while being staked $50,000 to play some poker where you get to keep all the profits is pretty much a dream come true for a majority of players out there. But, with the number of spots for the next season of The Big Game on Tour very limited, the judges have quite a task on their hands.
We’re looking forward to finding out the names of the new Loose Cannons, and we’ll make sure to keep you up to date as this information becomes available. Whoever they are, it is clear they’ll be in for a real treat as lineups could hardly get any better.
