What happens when one of the best football players in the world takes on one of Hollywood's most-gifted actors in a heads-up poker match? Cristano Ronaldo played heads-up poker against Aaron Paul as a part of the PokerStars Duel series. The winner won money for the charity of their choice. Ronaldo got coaching from Vanessa Selbst, while Paul got coached by Fatima Moreria de Melo. In this short video, you see how Ronaldo defeated Aaron Paul heads-up for the win.
Have you seen any of the new promo vids for PokerStars Duel? The gathered several of the world's biggest celebrities and most-known athletes and got them to compete against each other in a series of heads-up matches with all proceeds going to charity. These athletes and celebs were coached by various PokerStars Team Pros. In the first video, Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad fame sat down to play one of Earth's best football players: Ronaldo. Both players had coaches with Vanessa Selbst giving Ronaldo pointers and Fatima de Melo helping out Aaron Paul.
Aaron Paul plays a lot more poker than Ronaldo, after all, Paul is a member of the L.A. Sunset from the Global Poker League and was the first person to play a heads-up match in the infamous Cube. Paul still had some coaching, but he was probably the favorite to win. What exactly happened? Watch the video below to find out how Ronaldo edged out Aaron Paul aka Jesse from Breaking Bad…
Cristiano Ronaldo
I love the surge of excitement you get when challenging others, which is one of the main reasons I love poker so much; it provides me with a thrill that I normally only feel on the football pitch. The duels were challenging but also really fun.