Farmar Tries To Impress Boss at Poker World Series

By Gary | News | 09.07.09 |

A champion on the hardwood, trying to become a champion on the green felt.

"Farmar entered this tournament with one whole day of poker practice under his belt. Which is more than a bit unusual — one little thing the NBA doesn’t like to talk about is the number of its players who go online poker sites. NBA players travel a lot, spend a lot of time in hotel rooms between a morning shoot around and a night game, they have a lot of time to kill. And they own laptops. And they are competitive. And… you get the idea. There are still poker games on team planes, but most of the guys hone their skills online now."

"Farmar said however he never played online or anywhere, but a little but of early luck has allowed him to figure it out as he goes. As a basketball player, Farmar has a good work ethic and picks things up quickly — apply those traits to poker and you may have a guy who thinks he can win the entire $8.6 million at the World Series of Poker."

As of writing this, Jordan survived the first 2 days of the main event which encompassed over six thousand players, and is competing for a grand prize of over eight million dollars.

Jordan, don't quit your day job.

via NBC Los Angeles