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The career of Michael jordan was one of the most notable in the history of world sport, however, the taste of the NBA legend it was not limited to what has been done to hurt her, because so too he loved to bet, Feeling that he got to play cards for 36 hours no matter how much this affected other commitments.
Former Celtics player Antoine Walker revealed during an interview on a CBS Sports radio program, Jordan’s anecdote that he postponed to a press conference to announce his first return to basketball, due of a game of cards that supposedly lasted 36 hours.
“When Michael called the initial bet it always went up a bit. It’s a figure that everyone has to bring to the table. In that case it was $ 20,000 to get into the game. If you didn’t have that money you couldn’t play. make it even more interesting, it was the day I was supposed to he had to make his announcement that he would officially return. He canceled the press conference, everything. We played for 36 hours, man. We played against two other players and Jordan and I were a couple. And we end up losing $ 900,000, “he said.
Despite losing all the money he was carrying at the time, Walker detailed that in an effort to continue the game, Jordan sent his nephew to collect half a million at home, sum he had stored in a golf suitcase.
“I was going to Boston in a couple of days, so I was carrying $ 100,000. I was always carrying money on top. Jordan was carrying 200,000, but at one point in the departure sent his nephew to for 500 thousand more. The other couple also had money. We ended up losing $ 180,000 because Michael was too tired. He was literally sleeping on the table, “he concluded.