WrestleMania® XXIV Online Poker Winner Announced

Just as MTV and Professional Wrestling formed a marriage back in the 1980's, online poker looks to do the same with UltimateBet.com with its very own WWE® WrestleMania XXIV Free Online Poker tournament.  An online poker player from Pickering, Ontario, with the moniker youngg17, won the March 2 winner-take-all match and secured the ultimate WWE WrestleMania XXIV prize package, Gambling911.com can reveal.

The prize package includes return airfare for two to Orlando, Florida; hotel accommodations; $500 spending money; premium floor seats to WrestleMania XXIV at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando; meet and greet with a WWE Superstar at Fan Axxess; exclusive tickets to WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony; brunch with WWE Superstars at Bacon, Bagels & Biceps Brunch; two Championship replica belts; two exclusive WrestleMania XXIV fold up chairs; and a framed WrestleMania XXIV poster.

On February 4, UltimateBet.net invited Texas Hold’em fans to sign up for a free account and enter a series of no-charge online poker qualifiers that led to the final March 2 Main Event. UltimateBet.net is a play-money online poker site that has become famous for offering players the chance to win free seats in the world’s best poker tournaments.

The WWE WrestleMania 24 Free Online Poker tournament was open to residents of Canada only. This is the second poker experience this year offered at the free online poker site that has been targeted to Canadians. Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, two of UltimateBet.net’s biggest pros, are currently crisscrossing the country on the UltimateBet.net Cross Canada Tour with the goal of turning ordinary poker players into extraordinary poker champions. The tour kicked off in Toronto and planned stops include Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.

UltimateBet.net is the official Canadian sponsor of WrestleMania XXIV and the Wrestlemania Fan Axxess Tour - a cross-continent live experience where fans are invited to interact with the WWE’s biggest Superstars, Divas and legends. WrestleMania XXIV will take place on March 30, 2008 in Orlando, Florida.