Gerard Piqué, a Spanish footballer who plays as central defender for FC Barcelona, is doing very well in the €10,000 High Roller! In fact, he built a sweet 308,500 stack during Day 1 and is currently ranked 5th of the remaining 98 players (168 entries in total). Leading the way into Day 2 is Ole Schemion who bagged up 393,600 thanks to some big pots during the last stages of the day.
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Some guys just seem to have it all geez... makes a ton of money playing football, has a very very VERY sexy girlfriend and now he's even doing good at poker?!? Hey GOD! what about the rest of us????
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I guess from a purely sychophantic perspective, its all about doing your best to be the best at whatever it is you choose to do. You guys chose not to be footballers and probably also not very good poker players! (I could be wrong though!)
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so i guess he is "seriously injured" since he doesn't have to show up in training and travel with team to matches...if that's really the case, then i don't see anything wrong here, i think he earns ~100K a week, so that buy-in of 10K looks really funny to him...and when you play relaxed, with no stress over the money matter- you usually do a lot better huh?
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It's been a rough year for the footballer, but at least he has his millions of dollars to ease the pain. 26-year-old Gerard Piqué has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money’s top 10 highest-paid footballers for 2013 with an estimated $82 million in combined earnings.
In 2011 it looked like the footballer’s spectacular career was winding down. Suddenly, he was back on top. People With Money reports on Sunday (September 8) that Piqué is the highest-paid footballer in the world, pulling in an astonishing $82 million between August 2012 and August 2013, a nearly $50 million lead over his closest competition.
So, it looks like that 10 K Euro buy-in is his 1 hour income.
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This guy has got it all. Plays football for the best team in the world, has got a drop dead gorgeous girlfriend and plays high rollerpoker in his spare time. We call this High Roller but to him its one mornings pay!
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