At HSV, Thomas Gravesen became a cult figure, at Real Madrid he played with the “Galactic”. His real passion, however, is poker – which has already cost him a fortune.
From 1997 to 2000, Thomas Gravesen relentlessly cleared the midfield of Hamburger SV, and with his stoic and physical style of football, the Dane captured the hearts of Hanseatic fans. He later played with Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham at Real Madrid. Even after the end of his career in 2008, the Dane remained connected to the game – albeit to gambling.
The 66-time national player of the 1992 European champions has been living in the US gambling paradise of Las Vegas for years, where he works as a professional poker player. And quite successfully. According to matching media reports, Gravesen is said to have amassed a fortune of 140 million US dollars with the card game.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf are his neighbors
But Gravesen also suffered heavy losses, as an anonymous gamer buddy reported in a poker forum: “” I can confirm that he earned a good 100 million US dollars playing poker. But the way there was rocky. In a joint poker session he dueled head-to-head with a guy and lost 54 million US dollars in one night.
Gravesen has not yet confirmed the story. In general, the Dane, who was an extrovert during his active football days, lives quite withdrawn as a direct neighbor of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf in Las Vegas – but that doesn’t stop him from taking a spin in his handcrafted Mercedes McLaren worth a good half a million Treat yourself to US dollars.
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