chess player wins a big paycheck

read at the uschess.org site that a retired chess player made the "final table" at the world series of poker. finishing first will mean multi millions, while last place at the final table still means hundreds of thousands.

Of course chess players do many things but Poker is a completely different game and I don't see the relevance. Yes, Poker is probably more financially lucrative due to the lower barrier of entry, but as a game it has never attracted me like chess.

This reminds me of a story about a year ago when Walter Browne signed up for a poker event and the National Open (chess) in Las Vegas. He unexpectedly won over $58K in the poker event, but he couldn't be in two places at once. He had to skip the chess tournament.

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2007/06/browne_cleans_up_in_vegas.htm

Originally posted by tonytiger41
read at the uschess.org site that a retired chess player made the "final table" at the world series of poker. finishing first will mean multi millions, while last place at the final table still means hundreds of thousands.

I dunno - did he have a laptop open at the table?

Originally posted by exigentsky
Of course chess players do many things but Poker is a completely different game and I don't see the relevance. Yes, Poker is probably more financially lucrative due to the lower barrier of entry, but as a game it has never attracted me like chess.

Originally posted by tonytiger41
the two take-aways: 1) young chess players are opting out of chess for poker; and 2) poker cash payouts are higher compared to chess.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
In the bookstores, the poker guides are next to and crowding out the chess books

Quick Trivia, by DawgHaus.

In Kenny Rogers' song "The Gambler", the line "know when to walk away, and know when to run" refers to...

a) chess
b) poker
c) plastic surgery

Originally posted by DawgHaus
Quick Trivia, by DawgHaus.

In Kenny Rogers' song "The Gambler", the line "know when to walk away, and know when to run" refers to...

a) chess
b) poker
c) plastic surgery