Basketball Star Parker Signs with BetClic Poker Room

Belgium born star point guard for the San Antonio Texas Spurs basketball team Tony Parker, has been signed with BetClic as the newest addition to it's online poker team roster. Parker is an excellent, very keen poker player and famous in Europe as a one of basketballs greatest players. His marriage to the Desperate Housewives television show star Eva Longoria has kept him in the spotlight in the world of entertainment. Now Parker will show the world of online poker that he can handle his cards as well as he does the ball on the court. BetClic is a new online poker site in France eager to get media attention for it's poker room. Pokerstars and other online poker networks are looking for well known individuals such as recently recruited Boris Becker from the sports world to help them get media attention in a very competitive market. Tony Parker has played in various charity poker events, as well as the World Series of Poker lately. Parker said, "This will be a great adventure. 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 also signed top French-Canadian poker player Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier taking her away from the Pokerstars stable. BetClic founder Nicolas Beraud is optimistic that this action will further enhance the poker rooms already good reputation. Beraud commented, “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." Online poker is a high stakes game with millions of players and billions of dollars, as more stars are brought to the table the intensity of play will keep going up and so will the excitement.