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Former World Champion boxer David Haye is the subject of a documentary that charts a year-long journey to learn the game of poker. From complete novice, to competing in the world's largest poker tournament outside of Las Vegas; Grosvenor Casinos' Goliath Poker tournament in Coventry. His year-long journey took him all over the world where he met experts from all walks of life, including a previous nemesis, in a bid to slay Goliath.
Goliath
David Haye faces Goliath in a new fly-on-the-wall documentary
David versus Goliath charts Haye’s progress from total novice to competing in one of the world’s biggest poker tournament, Grosvenor Casinos’ Goliath 2019 in
Coventry. The feature-length documentary is available to watch and download on Amazon Prime
David vs.
A new fly-on-the-wall documentary, featuring one of the United Kingdom’s most iconic boxing heavyweight champions taking on the world of poker, premiered on Amazon Prime on Friday 17th April.
David versus Goliath is a true underdog story charting the ups and downs of former Unified World Cruiserweight and WBA World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, David Haye, and his journey to learn the skill and strategy of poker to compete in the world’s biggest live poker tournament outside of Las Vegas, Grosvenor Casinos’ Goliath 2019.
Much like the famous fable, Haye’s poker story is one of humble beginnings. After officially retiring from professional boxing in June 2018, he confesses to not knowing whether a joker can be played in the game before taking on the challenge.
But following 12 months of intense training with some of the world’s best players, the documentary follows David as he competes against 9,000 seasoned amateur and professional players to win hearts and minds at the Grosvenor Casinos’ Goliath tournament in Coventry.
Speaking about what viewers can expect from the documentary, David said: “When Grosvenor Casinos issued the challenge to me back in 2018, I had just retired from boxing and was ready to get my teeth into a new challenge.
“I’ll be the first to say that I initially underestimated the complexity of the game and size of the challenge I had taken on. I certainly had a harsh awakening in my first tournament! However, with time and finding the right learning environment for me, I fell in love with the game and I’m proud to now be a sponsored poker player for Grosvenor Casinos. This challenge has become just the start of my poker journey and I look forward to getting back to the poker table and playing more in the future.
“It’s been a crazy journey so far,
reconnecting with old friends and making new, it’s going to be amazing to watch it all back in the documentary we made. I’m sure I’ll cringe at some of the moves and decisions in the early months, but it’s all part of the journey. I hope people enjoy the story of David versus Goliath as much as I did. I would like to say again, thank you to everyone who helped me with this epic challenge, it was a real adventure, their patience helped ignite a fire within me and I will be back at Goliath this summer looking to go better than 2019!”
David versus Goliath sees David Haye travel the world from Blackpool to Las Vegas to take part in poker events and unique training opportunities with actors, memory coaches and psychologists to forge his own style and poker personality. David even
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