Full Tilt Poker has just announced on its website that it has signed tennis star James Blake to its "Friends of Full Tilt" list. Blake turned pro back in 1999 and since then he has played against the top tennis players in the world and won 15 titles. He was also voted the the world's sexiest athlete in the People's 2002 Sexiest Man Alive issue.
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Joined: Feb '08
Location: United States
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What's the point? Is this supposed to encourage tennis players to play poker cause James Blake does? I guess it works, cause if it didn't FTP wouldn't bring him on. When do the poker sites start sponsoring NASCAR? I hear there are a couple of teams looking for sponsors for next year
Joined: May '09
Location: India
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good deal for both of them, it will atleast generate some publicity for them and if he plays well thats a bonus anyways good luck to him, lets see what can he do against the pros
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Location: Portugal
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Psychologycally both tennis and poker are high tension games. In both aggressive play is risky but is also the way to go if you want to win. Having 3 match points or 90% of the chips means you are almost certain to win, but you need to have it all to really win, it can be quick or take a very long time, and losing is never impossible. Serving in tennis is the poker equivalent to play in position. etc... Probably this "similarities" are the reason why so many tennis players are coming to poker.
james blake is a good tennis player.. i hope full tilt will sign other sports personalaties like manny pacquiao as one of their endorsers to attract more of my countrymen.. filipinos
Go and play 
anyways good luck to him, lets see what can he do against the pros
