WATCH: Soccer Star Gerard Pique Talks to PokerNews at EPT Barcelona

Gerard Pique has it all. The Spanish football (soccer) star has dashing good looks, is married to pop sensation Shakira, has a beautiful family and is regarded as one of the best defenders in the modern game. He’s also a dab hand at poker.

Pique plays his club football for Barcelona so when the European Poker Tour rolled into town, Pique simply had to head to the casino and get in on the action. Doing so turned out to be a good decision because Pique finished third in a €2,150 no-limit hold’em hyper turbo tournament for €31,700.

Shortly after his final table appearance, Pique made himself available for a Q&A session where he drew comparisons between poker and football and revealed which football players in the Spanish camp are also solid poker players.

When asked about what he thinks about English youngster John Stones, who recently transferred from Everton to Manchester City for an …

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