The Poker Playing Priest
With all the negative stereotypes that have surrounded the game of poker and poker professionals in general, it is rare to hear the great stories of what some of these poker stars play for or do with their winnings. Throughout the year, our favorite game of poker has been in the news for good reasons and here are a few of the prime examples:
The Poker Playing Priest:
Father Andrew Trapp, a priest from the US entered the Pokerstars.net Million Dollar Challenge this year with one goal in mind. Win the event and give the money to the church to help fund the construction of a brand new facility. The cost of the new church would cost over $6million but this would be a huge step forward.
Unfortunately, he didn’t win but he and his church got thrown into the spotlight for his act of kindness and it also surprised many people (gambling is often frowned upon). He ended up placing second in another event to the great Daniel Negraneu and won $100,000 that he then donated to the church.
The Golf/Poker Star:
Dusty Schmidt, a former golfer and now online poker player has also made headlines in a great way. Dusty was a pro golfer who got into online gambling. He’s so good at online gambling that he even wrote a book about how to follow in his footsteps. In an act of kindness, he decided to donate 30 hours worth of his online poker playing money to a homeless person charity. The result was a $21,000 donation to the charity which can now keep homeless people taken care of for 6 months.
