Alexandra Botez winning a PCA occasion in 2015 The not likely marital relationship in between poker and chess that we have actually seen over the previous couple of years has actually taken a more official action today, as Alexandra Botez has actually ended up being a GGPoker ambassador.
Botez is a popular chess banner who recently has actually turned her attention to poker. She tidied up at the notorious Mr Beast video game and in 2015 won a competition at the PCA for $10,815.
Her intro as a GGPoker Pro was made today on YouTube when she played fellow GG ambassador Daniel Negreanu heads-up:
You can anticipate to see more of Botez at the tables and today she will be streaming herself playing poker:
So enjoyed become part of the group! I’ll be streaming poker every day today beginning around 11 AM PT ☺ https://t.co/qd8DArHkgN
— Alexandra Botez (@alexandrabotez) March 25, 2024
“I’m so delighted to be on Team GG!” stated Alexandra Botez. “They share my vision for growing the video game, and I’m thrilled to start this journey together.”
Daniel Negreanu, commented: “I’m truly pleased to have Alexandra Botez on the group; she is a superior chess material developer who’s recording her journey into poker, and it’s a great deal of enjoyable living vicariously through it! I’m sure her development will be really relatable to lots of poker gamers and fans of all video games. We are enjoyed invite her to GGPoker and eagerly anticipate accomplishing fantastic success together.”
Botez is not the very first hybrid poker/chess ambassador, that honour goes to Jennifer Shahade who has had a foot in each video game for a long time. She is both a Grandmaster and a PokerStars Pro.
Will we see more Chess stars move to poker? Let us understand in the remarks:
