Russian gymnast come poker player Catgirl today plays the PartyPoker.com World Open in London dressed only in a body painted outfit after her plans to play the event naked were overruled by TV’s Channel Five where the tournament will eventually be shown in the UK.
The $8,000 buy-in event has attracted some of the game’s biggest names to play for a prize pool of $576,000. Catgirl,
protégé of industry mover and shaker Catman, plays here heat today against Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, Surinder Sunar, Liam Flood, World Series of Poker Europe runner-up John Tabatabai, and Ian Woodley.
Twenty-three year old Catgirl received last minute news that she couldn’t play naked and will instead be dressed in a stunning body painted suit. “I’ve played poker for two years now and have had a lot of success in high stakes cash,” she said. “Poker is about entertainment as well being a very serious business, I want to go forward as a professional player, so why not give the world something to talk about. There is a lot at stake, but I want to have some fun and if it is my lucky day, then the sky’s the limit. I am grateful to my sponsors PokerTrillion.com for giving me this opportunity, I am playing to win.”
Andy Pyrah, ceo of PokerTrillion said, “Catgirls heat is like a who’s who of poker, she’s going to need to have all her talent on display if she’s going to take down this table. Let’s just hope the likes of Flood and Devilfish don’t decide to go topless!”
The PartyPoker.com World Open is produced by Matchroom Sports and will be televised later this year, on Channel Five in the UK and then distributed worldwide.
