Shane Warne could finally be on his way to England to commentate on this summer s Ashes for Sky Sports, after he was last night eliminated in the third round of the prestigious World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
He may, however, need a couple more days to recover from what was, by all accounts, a traumatic way to bomb out of an event that could have netted him up to US$10 million had he progressed all the way to the final table on July 15.
Having gone into the third round with a very healthy stack of 173,700 chips, and 24th in the overall standings, Warne suffered what is known as a bad beat and, according to pokernetwork.com, his challenge collapsed quicker than the English batting order.
Warne flopped a flush only to see his opponent improve his set to a full house on the river, reported the website, and shortly after ran his pocket eights into an opponent s pocket aces." And in cricketing terms, that is roughly as unlucky as being given out lbw off an inside edge. Twice in one match.