Neymar Jr. could also be extra accustomed to World Cups than a World Collection. However the soccer famous person discovered his solution to Las Vegas over the weekend.
On Sunday, soccer famous person Neymar competes in a $10,000 Restrict Maintain’Em World Collection of Poker occasion. Whereas he didn’t survive the primary day of the occasion, WSOP officers count on the Paris Saint-Germain ahead to enter one other occasion later this week. (Picture: WSOP/Twitter)
The Brazilian nationwide workforce standout and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) ahead took half within the $10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship, which began on Sunday.
Whereas Neymar attracted quite a lot of followers on the WSOP, he didn’t get quite a lot of luck or good playing cards. He wound up being eradicated within the sixth spherical of motion.
The Maintain’em Championship, which began with 74 gamers, continued by way of Tuesday afternoon, as eight remained on the remaining desk.
On Monday, Neymar hosted “Neymar & Buddies,” a poker event at Bally’s – quickly to grow to be Horseshoe Las Vegas – with 16 prime Brazilian poker gamers.
Neymar’s time on the WSOP apparently isn’t executed. A Caesars spokesperson indicated Tuesday that the soccer star plans to play one other occasion later this week.
Not Neymar’s First Poker Foray
The World Collection isn’t Neymar’s first foray into poker. In keeping with The Hendon Mob database, the 30-year-old has performed in six tournaments, together with two European Poker Tour occasions earlier this 12 months in Monte Carlo.
His finest profession end was a sixth-place displaying at a 2018 Brazilian Collection of Poker Excessive Rollers occasion in Sao Paulo that netted him $21,072.
Whereas poker could also be a ardour for Neymar, don’t count on him to be quitting his day job any time quickly. In keeping with Forbes, Neymar was the fourth-highest paid athlete on the planet this 12 months. He earned $70 million on the pitch and $25 million off it.
Solely his PSG teammate, Lionel Messi ($130 million), NBA famous person and aspiring Las Vegas workforce proprietor LeBron James ($121.2 million), and Portuguese soccer famous person Cristiano Ronaldo ($115 million) made greater than Neymar.
Ausmus Joins WSOP 4 Timers Membership
Neymar could also be nonetheless in search of his first gold bracelet, however on Monday night time, poker-pro Jeremy Ausmus earned his fourth when he received the $3,000 Restrict Maintain’em.
After ending twenty fourth and incomes $17,481 in a $1,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Handed occasion final week, Ausmus entered the third day of the Restrict Maintain’em occasion because the second stack. Nevertheless, based on PokerNews/WSOP.com, the ultimate desk featured some tumultuous play, and at instances Ausmus discovered himself because the brief stack.
It’s simply type of the character of restrict, effectively poker generally however restrict particularly could be very aggressive with quite a lot of three-betting and elevating flops and elevating turns- it’s very unstable and irritating at instances,” Ausmus advised PokerNews/WSOP.com. “However then I simply ran good towards (Michael) Rocco who performs heads-up tons and the win feels good.”
Ausmus beat out 212 others to assert the occasion, taking $142,147 out of the full prize pool of $568,710.
He turns into simply the sixty fourth four-time bracelet winner in WSOP and is now eligible for WSOP Poker Corridor of Fame consideration. Ausmus additionally joins David Peters and Scott Seiver, who additionally received their fourth bracelets earlier this month.
