An international footballer was knocked out of a world poker tournament at the weekend.
Manchester United star Darren Fletcher is currently in Las Vegas indulging in his second passion - poker.The Scotland captain is using his summer break - courtesy of the country not qualifying for this month's World Cup in South Africa - to enjoy games at the tables of the Nevada city.
On Friday (June 4th), he and his friends competed in the World Series of Poker's eleventh event of the current tour.
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Unfortunately for Fletcher, he was forced to withdraw from the game after losing all of his chips in little more than an hour.
"The big story was me walking into a royal flush when I had flopped a set of kings," the midfielder said.
Fletcher took up poker five years ago and has progressed at a pace that allowed him to be one of the 2,500 or so players picked for the World Series.
Another famous face who is a regular at casino tables in the US is chat show host Ricki Lake.
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