Wednesday, 29 October 2014
An NFL star with the Indianapolis Colts has revealed how an underground poker game helped him on the road to football stardom.
According to an interview in the Indianapolis Star on leaving high school, Pat McAfee was set to join the football team at small Kent State University. The kicker turned punter had bigger ambitions though and was offered the chance to take part in a national kicking contest in Florida. The only problem? He'd need to find $1,500 to pay for a trip. McAfee, who was living with his parents in Pittsburgh at the time, borrowed $100 from a friend and bought into an underground poker game.He ran super hot and parlayed his hundred bucks into the cash he needed for the flights south. The run good continued as he shone in the kicking contest and was signed by West Virginia, a big player in US college sports.That in turn led to a pro contract in the NFL and a busy media career.“It's crazy how things played out," he told the paper.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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