Former New England Patriots standout Ricard Seymour has taken on a new hobby since retiring from the league and he has had some success doing it. Seymour hung up his cleats in 2013 and since that point, he has taken up an interest in poker.
According to ESPN, Seymour entered day five of the World Series of Poker in 35th place out of 1,286 which was good enough to get him a spot at the final table. Seymour at one point climbed up to 3.6 million chips but started to struggle and when he fell to 725,000 chips. Two other players matched the 725,000 chips and he ended up losing on the turn, and his World Series of Poker run was over.
This is what WSOP.com had to say about his final day:
“Former elite NFL lineman Richard Seymour also hit the rail. After coming in with one of the biggest stacks, he made some large folds en route to nursing a short stack during the latter stages of Day 5. He’d ultimately try swiping the blinds by shoving king-four on the button, only to run into queens and ace-three suited. A king-high flop gave Seymour — along with those hoping for a big mainstream storyline — life, but a queen on the turn doomed him.”
For his hard work, Seymour earned $59,295 dollars which is the second highest amount he has ever won playing poker. According to the Hendon Mob database, Seymour has earned $638,293 playing poker.
In Seymour's football career, he earned over $90 million, so the over $600,000 he has earned playing poker is really a drop in the bucket, but it's clearly something he enjoys doing and keeps him busy during retirement.
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