Team Full Tilt's Gus Hansen and Mike Matusow to Appear at the Brazilian Series of Poker Main Event - Grand Finale

DUBLIN, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Full Tilt members Gus Hansen and Mike Matusow will take part in an exclusive televised invitational tournament during the Brazilian Series of Poker Main Event – Grand Finale.

The BSOP invitational tournament, which will also feature Brazilian Full Tilt Poker.net  pros and players who qualified for free from Full Tilt Poker.net, will be televised on ESPN International.

Gus Hansen arrives in Brazil fresh from winning the World Series of Poker Europe High Roller Heads-Up event in London – his first WSOP gold bracelet. The Danish star has amassed over $8 million in career tournament earnings and is the only player to have won four World Poker Tour titles.

Mike Matusow has three World Series of Poker bracelets and, in 2005, he became the first player ever to make two separate $1 million cashes in one year. He has over $7.4 million in career tournament earnings and is a regular on poker TV shows around the world.

The BSOP is now in its fifth year and recognised as Brazil's premier poker series. This year's BSOP Main Event – Grand Finale takes place in Sao Paolo from November 12^th to 15^th. With an estimated 1,000 players competing for a prize pool of up to US$700,000, it will be the biggest poker event ever held in Latin America.

The Main Event – Grand Finale is the tenth and final event of the 2010 series, which has featured a guaranteed prize pool of US$1.7 million. Visit Full Tilt Poker.net for details on how you can win your free seat at this prestigious event.

For more information on the BSOP Main Event - Grand Finale, go to http://www.fulltiltpoker.net/brazilian-series-of-poker

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