Boris Becker failed early in a prominent poker tournament in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The 49-year-old, who has been a passionate poker player for years, had already lost out to the top-class competition at an early age and had to say goodbye to the four-million-euro pot for the winner on his first day.
At the “King’s Casino” in Rozvadov, participants had to pay 111,111 Euros to participate in the prestigious “One Drop Event”. 113 times this amount was paid, including by Becker as ambassador for the portal Party Poker.”Here, the best professional players in the world play and I am an amateur”, Becker had piled up in the picture. Among other things, superstar Phil Hellmuth was at the start.
Correspondingly, it all ended early. With Ace-King, Becker went all-in against the German Manig Löser (Dame 9), but the flop hit the 9 ball and on the river the lady. This meant that there was nothing left of the 500,000 chips Beckers at the beginning of the tournament. 58 participants survived the first day.
Becker’s love of poker is likely to have thwarted the early end of the game,”Everyone needs an oasis,”he told the picture:”Everyone needs an oasis, at my poker table it’s the poker table,” and “there are parallels between tennis and this game. It’s also a man-to-man situation.”