SLYDE RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROPEAN POKER
TOUR TO BECOME OFFICIAL WATCH SPONSOR
OF SEASON 10 AND PCA 2014
Luxury Swiss watch brand will be Official Watch Sponsor of EPT Season 10
and PCA 2014 for second consecutive year
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – June 19, 2013 – Luxury Swiss watch brand Slyde will be the
Official Watch Sponsor for the European Poker Tour Season 10, supplying speciallydesigned watches to EPT Season 10 Main Event and High Roller winners, and PCA
2014 Main Event and High Roller winners, EPT President Edgar Stuchly announced
today.
Slyde, which is renewing its sponsorship with Europe’s richest and most popular poker
tour for the second consecutive year, will present the six winners of the EPT Season 10
Main Events with a “Black and Steel” design watch that has a retail value of €5,680,
while the PokerStars.com and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final
winner will receive a “Black and Rose Gold” design watch worth €9,000. The seven
winners of the EPT Season 10 High Roller events will receive a new limited edition
watch design (only 500 pieces available) with a retail value of €5,470.
As part of the sponsorship deal, Slyde will also be the Official Watch Sponsor of the
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2014, and will be presenting the Main Event winner
with a “Steel and Black” design watch worth €5,550, as well as a “Steel and Rose Gold”
design watch worth €12,800 to the winner of the PCA 2014 High Roller. In addition, the
winner of the PCA 2014 Super High Roller will receive a stunning “Steel and Diamond”
design watch worth €15,600.
Slyde watches are made according to the traditional standards of top-grade Swiss
watchmaking and represent a revolution in watch-making by combining traditional
horological craftsmanship with modern design and the latest technology. The innovative
sapphire crystal display is equipped with an intuitive touch screen enabling the user to
generate an infinite number of personalised interfaces for a customized indication of the
time.
EPT President Edgar Stuchly said: “The EPT is delighted to be working with Slyde for
the second season in a row. These watches truly are works of art and we are very
pleased to be offering our winners these customised time-pieces as part of their prize.”
Jorg Hysek, creator of Slyde, welcomed the partnership, saying: “We are very pleased to
be working with the EPT again for Season 10. Slyde is a company that values creativity,
innovation and quality, and we are very pleased to be aligning ourselves with a brand
like the EPT that has a similar focus. We are looking forward to presenting the winners
with their watches and congratulating them on their success at the tables.”
Further details about the EPT and how to qualify for the opening event of Season 10 in
Barcelona in August can be found at http://www.pokerstars.com/ept/. For more
information about Slyde, visit www.Slyde.ch or email ept@slyde.ch.
About PokerStars
PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving a global poker
community of more than 50 million registered members. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars
has become the first choice of the world’s top players, with more daily tournaments than
anywhere else and with the best security online. More than 100 billion hands have been dealt on
PokerStars.com, which is more than any other site.
PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate globally under licenses from the Isle of Man and
Malta governments, respectively. PokerStars also holds separate government licenses in
Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy, Spain and Germany.
PokerStars is a member of The Rational Group, which operates gaming-related businesses and
brands, including PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the European Poker Tour. Rational Group
entities in the UK and Isle of Man were collectively recognised as one of the UK’s best
workplaces when they were awarded a top 25 position by the Great Place to Work Institute in its
UK’s Best Workplaces – Large category in both 2012 and 2013.