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NFL ‘team owner’ set to face Dan Bilzerian in £73million heads-up poker game
NFL team owner could be set to face Dan Bilzerian in a $100million (£73m) heads-up poker game.Alec Gores, an Israel-born American billionaire, is looking to buy the Denver Broncos, The Los Angeles Times have claimed.The 69-year-old is part of an investment group of three men who have a "planned bid" for the up-for-sale American football franchise.However, he is also currently embroiled in a feud with professional poker player Bilzerian, who claims to have beat him for large sums of money.Speaking on The Michael Sartain Podcast, he said: "That guy Alec, he saw my podcast and he text me."I said I beat him for like $40-$50m, and he’s like, 'oh, the number wasn’t that high'."He’s like, 'I wanna play you heads-up, let’s see who has the bigger balls for $25m apiece'."I [said] I’ll play you for $25m at the Aria if you wanna wire money over.