Gerard Piqué: Poker Career, Results and Biography

October 22, 2023
Updated October 16, 2026

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Gerard Piqué is a Spanish former footballer from Barcelona and a regular in the high roller events of the European Poker Tour. As a centre back he won three Champions League titles with FC Barcelona and the 2010 World Cup with Spain. ^[11][12] At the poker table his best result is second place in the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller at EPT Barcelona in 2019, worth €352,950, and his live tournament earnings stand at $738,611 as of October 10, 2026. ^[1][2]

Gerard Piqué at a press event — Photo: Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Gerard Piqué: key facts

Name	Gerard Piqué
Born	2 February 1987, Barcelona, Spain ^[11]
Country	Spain ^[1]
Known for	Centre back for FC Barcelona (2008 to 2022) and Spain ^[11][12]
Biggest poker result	2nd, EPT Barcelona €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, 2019, €352,950 ^[2]
First recorded cash	2011, EPT Barcelona ^[1][4]
WSOP	Played the Main Event in 2013 and the WSOP again in 2014; no WSOP cash on record ^[4][5][1]
Live tournament earnings	$738,611 as of October 10, 2026 ^[1]
Poker TV	PokerStars Big Game on Tour, Season 2 (2025) ^[9]

From Barcelona youth player to club captain

Piqué was born in Barcelona on 2 February 1987 and joined FC Barcelona’s youth system at the age of ten. In the 2003/04 season he moved to Manchester United, spent 2006/07 on loan at Real Zaragoza, and was part of the United squad that won the Premier League and Champions League double in 2007/08. ^[11]

He returned to Barcelona and made his debut on 13 August 2008. Over the following seasons he played 669 games and scored 56 goals for the club, which left him fifth on Barcelona’s all-time appearance list. His honours there include three Champions League titles, eight Liga titles and seven Copas del Rey. By 2019 he was the club captain. ^[3] He announced his retirement on 3 November 2022. ^[11] With Spain he won the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Championship, and he left the national team after the 2018 World Cup, where he made his 100th appearance. ^[12] Since then PokerNews has referred to the Kings League as his business venture. ^[8]

Beginning in poker: EPT Barcelona and the WSOP

The European Poker Tour has stopped in Piqué’s home city for many years, and he has been one of its regular guests. “I’ve been playing EPT Barcelona since 2008 or 2009,” he told PokerNews in 2024. ^[8] His first recorded cash came in 2011, when he finished third in a €5,000 side event at EPT Barcelona in September. ^[1][4]

In the summer of 2013 he travelled to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. PokerNews spotted him on Day 1 at the Rio on July 8, 2013, wearing a cap and surrounded by Spanish reporters, and reported that he had built a stack of 96,000 chips, well above the projected average for Day 2. Before that he had also played side events at the Season 9 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. ^[4] He was back at the WSOP in 2014, again in the Pavilion Room and again followed by the media. In that report, former Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel was quoted on Piqué’s game: “You can tell he has played the game before. He has some good moves, and he bluffs at the right time. It’s good to have him at the table.” ^[5] His PokerNews profile records no WSOP cash. ^[1]

Poker results

All of Piqué’s reported tournament results have come at PokerStars events in Barcelona, at the European Poker Tour or the PokerStars Championship, mostly in No-Limit Hold’em high roller events. ^[1]

Year	Event	Result	Prize	Source
2019	EPT Barcelona €25,000 Single-Day High Roller (70 entries)	2nd	€352,950	[2]
2017	PokerStars Championship Barcelona €25,500 Single-Day High Roller II	5th	€129,350	[1]
2023	EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance	6th	€65,000	[1]
2016	EPT Barcelona €2,150 No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo	3rd	€31,700	[6]
2013	EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller	19th	€21,150	[1]
2011	EPT Barcelona €5,000 side event	3rd	Not reported	[4]

Runner-up at EPT Barcelona in 2019

His deepest run came in August 2019 in the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, a 70-entry field. Piqué and his Barcelona teammate Arturo Vidal both reached the final table one day after playing in Barcelona’s 5-2 league win over Real Betis at Camp Nou. The final table also included Michael Addamo, Joao Vieira and Mike Watson. Piqué eliminated Vieira, holding ace-queen against pocket eights, and Vidal went out in fifth for €134,460. ^[2]

Heads-up against Juan Pardo, Piqué got all in with ace-nine of hearts against Pardo’s pocket deuces, picked up straight and flush draws, and missed on the river. He took second for €352,950 and Pardo won €491,600. ^[2][3] Pardo said afterwards: “I was like a little kid with Piqué and Vidal at the tables.” PokerNews noted that it was Piqué’s fifth cash at PokerStars events at Casino Barcelona. ^[2]

Super high rollers after retirement

Piqué entered the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller in Prague in 2022, firing two bullets without cashing. The following August he finished sixth in the €50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance at EPT Barcelona for €65,000. ^[7][1] At EPT Barcelona in 2024 he played a €20,000 event in a field that included Erik Seidel and Mike Watson, and busted in Level 8 when his pocket deuces ran into Jules Dickerson’s kings. ^[7]

During the same festival, which marked the EPT’s 20th anniversary, Piqué hosted the prize giveaway at the PokerStars Silver Pass Meet-Up, where one player won a €9,000 Gold Pass. Asked which professionals he enjoys playing, he named Steve O’Dwyer: “I like Steve O’Dwyer a lot. I think he’s an amazing player.” PokerNews added that O’Dwyer doubled up against him with a royal flush when Piqué returned to the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em event. ^[8]

PokerStars Big Game on Tour

Piqué was part of the lineup for Season 2 of the PokerStars Big Game on Tour, filmed at the 2024 NAPT Las Vegas festival at Resorts World Las Vegas. He sat with Jennifer Tilly, Andre Akkari, Griffin Benger and Sam Grafton, plus an amateur “Loose Cannon”. The episodes premiered on the PokerStars YouTube channel in 2025 and aired on Fox Sports 1 two weeks later. ^[9] Each player started with $50,000 in a $100/$200 No-Limit Hold’em cash game. ^[10]

The biggest pot of the early episodes involved Piqué. In a bomb pot in Episode 2 he held ace-deuce for top pair, raised the turn to $14,000 and moved all in for $25,400 on the river. Tilly had flopped a set of eights, made a full house on the river and called, winning a pot of $86,900, the largest of the season at that point. ^[10]

In his own words

In a 2016 interview at EPT Barcelona, Piqué explained what draws him to the game: “I love to compete in many situations and like to compete against the best players in anything, in this case, poker. So when I sit down at a table and know some of the players, and I know them because they are really good players, I really enjoy it.” ^[6]

He compared poker and football, saying both give him the “same feeling in your stomach, a little bit of nerves”, because “you know how to play, but you never know how the cards will be, so you have to adapt to each situation.” He also said that around 15 players regularly played poker at Barcelona and with the national team, and that he did not plan to turn to poker full time after football, as he plays it as a hobby. ^[6]

Videos

The Big Game on Tour, Season 2 Episode 1

The Big Game on Tour, Season 2 Episode 2: the bomb pot against Jennifer Tilly

FAQ about Gerard Piqué

Where is Gerard Piqué from?

He is from Barcelona, Spain, where he was born on 2 February 1987. He came through FC Barcelona’s youth system and later captained the club. ^[11][3]

How old is Gerard Piqué?

Born on 2 February 1987, he is 39 as of October 10, 2026. ^[11]

Is Gerard Piqué a professional poker player?

No. He plays high roller tournaments and televised cash games, but in 2016 he said he plays poker as a hobby and did not plan to play full time after football. ^[6]

What is Gerard Piqué’s biggest poker win?

His largest cash is €352,950 for second place in the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller at EPT Barcelona in 2019, where he lost heads-up to Juan Pardo. ^[2]

Has Gerard Piqué played the World Series of Poker?

Yes. He played the $10,000 Main Event in Las Vegas in 2013 and returned to the WSOP in 2014. No WSOP cash appears in his record. ^[4][5][1]

What is Gerard Piqué’s net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for his net worth. What can be verified from poker is his live tournament record: $738,611 in earnings as of October 10, 2026, according to PokerNews, which uses Hendon Mob data. Cash game results are not published. ^[1]

Who did Gerard Piqué play on the PokerStars Big Game on Tour?

In Season 2 he played Jennifer Tilly, Andre Akkari, Griffin Benger, Sam Grafton and the “Loose Cannon” amateur in a $100/$200 cash game at Resorts World Las Vegas. ^[9][10]

Read more about Jennifer Tilly and Andre Akkari, who sat with Piqué in Season 2 of the PokerStars Big Game on Tour, and about Erik Seidel, who played the same €20,000 event at EPT Barcelona in 2024.