MUMBAI: Online gaming platform 9stacks has signed on cricketer Suresh Raina as their brand ambassador. The partnership will see the cricketer in the brand’s upcoming campaigns and promote 9stacks through various engagement activities.

To celebrate the deal, the homegrown poker portal has organised the ‘Raina Freeroll Tournament’ on 27 October 2020 at 7 pm. The pool prize money for the tournament is one lakh rupees and the entry is free for all. 

Raina will anchor the brand with his sports charisma and help in creating a higher brand recall amongst the key target audience.

9stacks co-founder Sudhir Kamath said, “It’s been a month since we roped Raina as our brand ambassador and we are super delighted to see the response we have received from our users both existing and new ones.”

Founded by Sudhir Kamath, Pratik Kumar and Rishab Mathur in 2017, 9stacks has emerged as a leading online poker gaming platform. With around 350,000 users, 9stacks currently offers Texas and Omaha variants of poker that engage both experienced players and learners.