Former Celt, Thomas Gravesen, Shares Regret On Retiring From Football. There is a tale of him losing $54 million in a single game of one-on-one poker. Thomas Gravesen was one of the driving forces behind Everton’s resurgence under David Moyes which culminated in a fourth-place finish in the 2004/2005 Premier League season. The midfielder made 141 league appearances for the Toffees, scoring 11 goals before being sold to Real Madrid for a paltry £2.5m in 2005. Upon retiring from playing, Gravesen invested his career earnings in a number of small financial businesses which have amassed him a fortune of over £100 million. Now residing in Las Vegas, Gravesen lives a life of luxury with his Czech model girlfriend. Below is a list of five former professional athletes who had success when they have ventured into poker tournaments: Thomas Gravesen. And she has $577,274 career earnings as a poker player. One story that first emerged on poker forum ​Two Plus Two is that Gravesen became embroiled.

Thomas Gravesen enjoyed a decent football career, performing with distinction at a number of clubs before securing a move to galatico-era Real Madrid, where, it has to be said, his technical limitations at the very highest level were exposed.

But 66 appearances for Denmark, including appearances at both World Cups and European Championships, are not to be sniffed at and by all accounts, the midfielder retired, aged just 32, with a comfortable little nest egg to see him thought until his dotage.

At the time he was criticised for not making the most of his talents. He was in a relationship with a porn star called Kira Eggers and the suspicion in the press was that in the party-loving Gravesen, Denmark might have unearthed its very own Paul Gascoigne.

However, Gravesen has proved all his doubters wrong and then some.

According to Danish newspaper BT, he invested his career earnings in a number of financial ventures and struck gold.

Thomas Gravesen Poker Earnings Odds

He is now reported to be worth over €100m and has just announced his second ‘retirement’ at the age of 37.

Thomas Gravesen Poker Earnings History

To celebrate his life of leisure, Gravesen has to Las Vegas with his latest partner – a Czech-born American model Kamila Persse – where he plans to spend the rest of his days indulging in his passion for gambling.

According to the paper: poker, roulette and blackjack are amongst his favourite games.

Thomas Gravesen in Las Vegas. Where did it all go wrong…?