French Rap Singer Gims Joins Gotaga and Friends for Epic Poker Night

French Rap Singer Gims Joins Gotaga and Friends for Epic Poker Night
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Angus Dunnington Pokerlistings Author
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  • Updated: July 2, 2025
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We all know that poker is cool (unfortunately, that doesn’t automatically make us cool…), and an event hosted by PokerStars today is taking full advantage of that fact by mixing poker and rap music – and the host is an egaming legend! All bases, then, are duly covered…

Celebrity involvement in sport doesn’t always work, the end result often being publicity for publicity’s sake, with the sport or game being too diluted to be taken seriously. Celebrity and poker, on the other hand, make perfect bedfellows, and whereas people are very unlikely to suddenly get the urge to start playing this or that game just because they’ve seen one of their favourite celebs have a go, poker is a different story, being entertaining to watch, and easy to take up as a pastime.

Any fan of eGaming will have heard of Corentin ‘Gotaga’ Houssein who found fame as one of the world’s most successful esports pros. Now retired from competition, he’s into poker, and tonight the so-called ‘French Monster’ – who has a mighty online following of around four million! – is hosting a fantastic online poker night on PokerStars, streamed live from his Paris studio.

An action-packed Sit & Go tournament will not only include Doigby, Domingo, and Xari from Team Stars, and popular streamer Jiraya, but there’s an extra special guest, namely the French rap singer, GIMS! The global star – real name Gandhi Bilel Djuna – is about to see his fame reach even greater heights, as he’s the voice behind the official song of the upcoming World Cup…

Join in the Fun! €20,000 Freeroll

There’s no excuse to miss this exclusive PokerStars event, which also features a €20K Freeroll for the viewers running alongside the Celebrity Sit & Go. And to slice up proceedings even more, prizes will be ‘dropped’ into players’ accounts during the stream… Don’t miss out – it’s the ultimate no-brainer.

Indeed, the same can be said about playing at PokerStars generally, where – whether you’re into rap or classical music – you’ll find a top quality offering of  tournaments and cash games.