NBA Champ Tony Parker Playing Poker

February 28, 2010 by lesley
Filed under Poker News

NBA champion Tony Parker has just signed a three year deal to represent BetClic, a French poker site. He joins an impressive sports line-up which includes stars such as Marcel Desailly, Stefan Effenberg, and Kiko Narvaez.

Tony Parker is a French national basketball player, he turned pr0 in 1999 and played with Paris Baskey Racing until 2001 when he entered the NBA Draft and was selected to play point guard for the San Antonio Spurs, helping them to victory in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

Parker, aged 27, is married to Eva Longoria (of Desperate Housewives fame), and is well known as a poker player, having taken part in several high profile charity poker events, as well as entering the World Series of Poker. Parker is also a musician – his first album, titled ‘TP’ was released in 2007.

Parker said of his BetClic sigining that: “A great adventure begins. BetClic is a leading company with big ambitions and I am very happy to contribute to its development in the sport during the coming years.”

BetClic founder Nicolas Beraud said “We are delighted to welcome Tony Parker in the team BetClic. He is a great ambassador for the brand. Tony represents the strong values of excellence and ethics in sports that we share. This new partnership reflects our commitment to continue our development in the sport by adding great champions to our team.”