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Poker News: Football Stars and Streaming Records
Recent poker news has been dominated by stories involving football players and streaming records.
Football Players in Poker News
Niklas Bendtner, the former striker for Arsenal and current player for Copenhagen, revealed that he has been playing poker seriously since he was 19, with losses amounting to 7 million dollars.
Bendtner mentioned he no longer plays high-stakes poker games, preferring to play with friends at lower stakes. He was quoted saying, "I don’t think I had a problem with gambling addiction. I think I controlled myself. One night in London, I played so expensively that it could have ended very badly. That session ended not so badly, but since then I don’t play high stakes."
Cody Latimer, a receiver for the Washington Redskins, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon during a home poker game. Latimer was released on $25,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court at the end of July.
Poker Streaming Records
Lex Veldhuis set a new online poker streaming record with 58,799 concurrent viewers during the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP).
easywithaces, known as Finntan Hand, won the SCOOP-69 event for $73,000.
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