PokerStars ambassador Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg proved he does not simply run good on the poker tables immediately because the streaming star took to X to disclose a formidable 150/1 (+15,000) horse racing win on outsider Poniros on the prestigious Cheltenham Competition.
Poniros, who gained Friday’s curtain-raiser, the Triumph Hurdle, was the rank outsider of the sector, accessible at odds as massive as 200/1 in some locations simply earlier than the off.
Regardless of by no means having jumped a hurdle in competitors earlier than, the 4-year-old—skilled by legendary Irish handler Willie Mullins—stormed up the Cheltenham hill to take the win beneath a decided experience from jockey Jonjo O’Neill Jr.
Including to the poker connection, Poniros is owned by Tony Bloom, the high-stakes gambler and Brighton & Hove Albion chairman, who at the moment ranks twenty ninth on England’s All-Time Cash Checklist, in response to The Hendon Mob.
The annual Cheltenham Competition stands because the world’s premier jumps horse racing occasion and dominates the UK and Irish bookmaking scene for 4 days every March.
Spraggy, who hails from Stroud in Gloucestershire, comes from mere miles from Cheltenham Racecourse, extensively considered the jumps capital of the world.
A Day to Keep in mind
In a sequence of posts to his 60,000 followers on X, Spragg revealed the win on Poniros netted him $1,820 from a $20 stake.
In one of the thrilling victories of the 4-day pageant—showing crushed approaching the ultimate hurdle, the outsider powered up the stiff Cheltenham hill beneath a masterful drive from jockey Jonjo O’Neill Jr to beat sizzling favourite Lulamba by a neck.
Spragg, who often streams to over 100,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, did not cease there. He picked up two extra winners with Jasmin De Vaux, additionally skilled by Mullins, returning $600 at odds of 5/1 (+500), and mare Dinoblue returning $516.16 at extra modest odds of 11/8 (+137).
In complete, the poker star amassed properly over $2,000 in revenue heading towards the assembly’s showpiece race, the Gold Cup.
Nonetheless, his luck didn’t final. He tipped odds-on favourite Galopin Des Champs for a historic third consecutive Gold Cup win—just for the horse to be crushed into second. The consequence prompted a tongue-in-cheek tweet from Spragg: “Horse racing’s a joke.”
Sticking to Poker
Regardless of his success at Cheltenham, Spragg gained’t be making a profession change to horse racing anytime quickly. Responding to a follower, he admitted he “bets horses every year”.
Nonetheless, he’s way more at dwelling in acquainted territory. Contemporary off profitable back-to-back Greatest Streamer Awards on the GPI Awards in Las Vegas, Spragg is again on the digital tables, at the moment competing within the PokerStars Sunday Million Season, which boasts a $6 million assured prize pool for its nineteenth anniversary.
That stated, a 150/1 winner isn’t a nasty strategy to cowl just a few buy-ins.
