If Goaltending Doesn't Work Out For Roberto Luongo...

...maybe he's got a future in poker.

Live Reporting | 2012 World Series of Poker | Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | D'Alesandro Leads Into Day 4 with the Money Bubble Looming | PokerNews

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"One of the NHL's premeir goaltenders, Luongo is no stranger to playing on a big stage. He was the starting goalie for the Gold-Medal-winning Team Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics and is the 17th winningest goalie in NHL history. This isn't Luongo's first time at the WSOP, having played in the NHL charity shootout in 2009. However, it is his first time playing in the Main Event. With the bubble looming, Luongo will be looking to make this his first WSOP cash as well."

Luongo is one of the 720 players remaining in the WSOP Main Event. There were 6598 entrants and 666 finish in the money.

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His brother Fabio is also playing, and last I heard was actually doing even better than Bobby Lou.

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Originally Posted by Drunken Crunker

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His brother Fabio is also playing, and last I heard was actually doing even better than Bobby Lou.

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LOL, great GIF.

Yeah, Fabio's looking good with 360K! Roberto need a double-up pretty bad starting today with just 92K.

Finishing on the bubble... wouldn't be the first time Luongo came close but fell short, would it?

(Sorry DC, that one hurt me too, I had a Canucks 12/1 Future Bet last year...)

Fabio & Roberto? They sound like Milli Vanilli. mhihi:

Live Reporting | 2012 World Series of Poker | Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | Luongo Doubles | PokerNews

Luongo doubles up! AQ > 77, up to 185K in chips. Nice.

Luongo's twitter account;

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My cards were so cold yesterday that I just left the emergency room. Frost bite is a serious thing people! ‪#WSOP2012

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I don't care what anybody says..... Never mind the playoffs...... THIS IS STRESS!!!! ‪#WSOP2012

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Looks like Lou got knocked out in 634th place, nearly doubling the entrance fee with $19,227 in winnings

I suddenly have a craving for Oreos.

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Roberto Luongo Doubles Up; Almost Confirms He’s Been Traded to the Florida Panthers

Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo came in to Day 4 with just 1/3 of an average stack but a double-up early in the level has him back in the game. Luongo moved all-in from middle position after the player to his right raised to 11,000. Luongo’s opponent called the additional 70,000 and turned over 7 7. Luongo was racing with A Q. The Q T 5 flop brought instant relief for Luongo and the 2 turn and Q river were safe cards for the Olympic gold medal winner. After the hand Luongo was sitting on a stack of 173,000.

Hockey fans in Vancouver have been eating up the coverage of their star goalie, Roberto Luongo, as he plays in his first WSOP Main Event. He might not be their goalie for much longer though, if you read between the lines of a conversation Luongo had with another player at his table, Kamran Siddiqui.

“You played for my hometown team,” said Siddiqui, who is from Miami.

“Who’s that?” asked Luongo.

“The Florida Panthers,” answered Siddiqui.

“Oh yeah, I might be going back there,” said Luongo, while smiling.

“Yeah?” asked Siddiqui.

“Might be,” replied Luongo.

Shortly after the bubble burst Luongo was eliminated. He finished 634th for $19,227

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Fabio Luongo is still alive with a chip stack of $510k, about $100k more than average