Vieri a professional poker player?

Is it true that a lot of football players from all around the world are getting carried away by the poker mania.

The Liverpool’s goalkeeper Pepe Reina and the english player Teddy Sheringham joined the Ante Up For Africa, where they have raised 260,000 euros. However also two players, very well known from the italian fans, are loves Poker Texas Hold’em. Who are they? Bobo Vieri and Andriy Shevchenko.

In a recent interview with Sportweek magazine, Vieri commented that he enjoys cards a lot and that once retired from football he will think about becoming a professional poker player.

Vieri and Shevchenko are not the only ones: a lot of football players love to play poker.

The poker hobbies becames a “mania” among the football players aroung the world. And it keeps growing, especially after that Italy legalized poker online. Everybody can play poker from their own computer with money.