The US striker had a major car accident in October, but he’s up and about these days, and says he should be ready to suit up for the South Africa squad.

He was seen recently playing $5/$10 no-limit hold’em at Bellagio in Las Vegas. No report on how well he wielded his stack.

[via BluffMagazine.com]

Tags: bellagio, Charlie Davies, Las Vegas, poker, USA Men's National Team

They’re down to 20 players left in the main event of WSOP-Europe — a £10,000 no-limit hold’em tournament that drew 334 runners — and retired Man U striker Teddy Sheringham is currently sixth in chips.

He’s already in the money, but should he make the final table, then he’s in some real dough.

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1st prize is more than £800,000 … or US$1.3 million.

Tags: Manchester United, poker, Teddy Sheringham, WSOP

You mean EPL? No, I mean EPT … the European Poker Tour. Apparently Inter’s Christian Vieri has got the Texas Hold’em bug … and plans to play in the EPT’s Championship at Monte Carlo. That’s the big-boy across the pond, and you can only imagine the sharks are happy to add some Serie-A money to the prize pool. At the same time, every so often a world-class competitor on another field surprises the poker-peeps and shows he can play.

Anyhow, Go Poker, Go Soccer, and Go Christian Vieri.

You can pretty much rest assured, with Poker Stars, at a minimum he’ll get a nifty sponsorship deal out of it.

Thanks, Craig, for the link!

Tags: Christian Vieri, European Poker Tour, Inter Milan, poker, Serie A, sponsorship deals

The soccer world apparently knows a thing or two about inking deals for its players … and Poker Royalty, the Vegas-based card player agency, just opened up a London office, being run by FIFA-licensed Jim Erwood.

Tags: agents, FIFA, Jim Erwood, poker, Poker Royalty

There’s some interesting discussion going on about rule enforcement over at our baby-sister site … in which they are discussing the (theoretical, for now) possibility of using red and yellow cards in poker … and comparisons of tournament directors to soccer referees.

Tags: poker, red card, referee decisions, yellow card