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Poker Pros Bet on Hockey

By launchpoker, Nov 29, 2006

Having a poker player bet on sports is not anything new or surprising - in fact, many of the biggest names in pro poker are also very successful, or at least prolific, sports betters - but Daniel Negreanu and Gavin Smith are betting in a different way on Hockey in Topeka. The pros have been actively looking at the Kansas Expocentre to bring the Tucson Tilt into town, a B Level hockey team that fits right up the poker pros alley - both are sports nuts, and both hail from Canada.