Olympic Legend Meets Poker Legend

Multiple Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps entered into the history books thanks to his massive haul of Olympic gold medals in the just concluded Beijing Olympics. Michael won eight Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic competitions in Beijing. Doyle Brunson on the other hand, is a poker legend who was born in Texas and currently resides in Las Vegas.

Doyle Brunson was an athlete par excellence during his youth. He was even drafted into the NBA team but a persistent knee injury ruled him out of the game forever. He used to pay for his college fee by playing poker. He went around various spots where poker was being played and learned the game quickly. He was a keen observer thus he learnt earlier how to cash in on the game.

After becoming good at his game he went professional. Michael Phelps met Doyle Brunson on Saturday eighth of September 2008 while he was with his friends. The two legends had dinner after their meeting with various professional poker players. Tongues started wagging after this, with some people intimating that may be Phelps could soon be joining online poker room christened Doyle’s Room.

In his blog Brunson wrote about the fact that the meeting took place but he never elaborated on what transpired at the meeting. Brunson mentioned in his blog that it is Phelps who arranged for the meeting because he really wanted to meet him. Phelps admitted that he was an avid poker player.

Doyle further said on his blog that Michael said that, since he was a kid all he ever wanted to do was to swim, play poker and eat. Doyle thus gave Michael and his bunch of friends some tips on professional poker game. Michael was a regular player at one of the Windsor casinos in the Canadian border. While training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Michael used to cross over to play poker at this Casino. In addition he also plays Poker online.

The amount of calories that Phelps might be burning daily might be enormous if you take into account the amount of gold medals he hauled at the 2008 Olympics. He is already being approached by several other professional poker casinos. Poker is a gambling game that requires an individual to put his money where his mouth is. With the current celebrity status that Michael Phelps enjoys, he might be a huge marketing tool for the various casinos.

Casinos mainly got interested in signing Michael Phelps after he admitted that he likes playing poker as a hobby. At the world series of poker games he has been allowed to wear his swimsuit to the games only that the attire will not in any way add to his efficiency at the poker game.

At the world series of poker games the top prize is one million pounds in addition to a gold bracelet. After admitting that he would love to play poker at the world series of poker some day , this might just be the chance for Phelps to prove his worth at the poker game.