Poker is a very popular mind sport where you not only win money but also get to connect with a lot of intelligent and smart brains from diverse backgrounds. It is played for money as well as a hobby. There are a lot of people who play poker professionally and some of them are also great at sports. Here we enlist top 5 poker players who are good at sports.
I think most people know about him as he was a popular NFL player before venturing into poker. Still, if you don’t know, Richard Seymour was a professional football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) for teams like New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders. His football career lasted for about12 years until his retirement in 2012.
The seven-time Pro Bowler got his first live score in 2014 in an event at the Deepstack Extravaganza III, Las Vegas. He mostly participates in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the World Poker Tour (WPT) events. Although he has not won any WSOP bracelet, he has posted plenty of deep finishes across WSOP events.
2. Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier was a former esports player who found tremendous success in Poker. Bertrand Grospellier, aka ElkY, is a French poker player, two-time WSOP Bracelet Winner, and European Poker Tour winner. Bertrand retired from Esports in 2005 and started playing poker professionally, and has not looked back since, raking in more than $ 15 million in live earnings.
3.Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst is one of the few women who have had tremendous success in the poker industry. She started her professional career in Poker in 2006. When people of her age used to play online, she played live tournaments. At that time, other poker players didn’t think women were capable of playing poker, but after Vanessa joined poker, she changed the way people think about women.
She has won three WSOP bracelets and has more than $11 million in live earnings. She was the first woman to reach the #1 position on the GPI World Poker Rankings. Many of you might not know that aside from poker, she is also an avid tennis player who enjoys playing tennis.
4. Gerard Pique
Gerard Pique was one of the star football players of Spain. He has a tremendously successful career in football and poker. Although he doesn’t play poker regularly or professionally, he has cashed across several prestigious poker events, including the European Poker Tournaments (EPT) 2019, where he finished runner-up for €352,952 – his best live score till date. His first live cash came in 2011 when he finished 3rd in a Six-Max Turbo event at the EPT Barcelona. After that, he went on to cash several live events. His most recent cash was € 65,000, which he earned last year in the Super High Roller Second Chance (Event #35) at the EPT Barcelona.
5. Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz, the poker legend, also has a sports background. Before transitioning to Poker, Fedor used to play chess in his teenage years, and he also played it as a hobby. Chess might be the reason why Fedor plays Poker so well.
The player has won two WSOP bracelets and currently holds more than $ 40 millions in live earnings. Fedor still plays chess, and you can know his enthusiasm for the sport through his Instagram stories.
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