Dan Henderson UFC Poker Marriage Perfect for Stations Casino Online Poker Plan

Written by :

C Costigan

Published on :

19 November, 2011

The Montreal Gazette this weekend posted an article on Dan Henderson enjoying success at the poker tables. He was slated to fight Mauricio (Shogun) Rua as part of Saturday night’s UFC 139 card. Henderson was a +120 underdog vs. Rua at -150.

Henderson as a poker player can bode well for the brothers who own the UFC, Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta. They also own Stations Casinos in Las Vegas and announced earlier in the month their intention to start offering an online poker platform once the industry becomes regulated in the USA this coming year.

Here is the Montreal Gazette/Post Media interview with Henderson:

POSTMEDIA: Last year, you, UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture and ring announcer Bruce Buffer competed alongside three professionals on a special edition of NBC’s Poker After Dark. How many times since then, or maybe right after, were you able to bust Randy’s chops for knocking him out?

HENDERSON: It really doesn’t do any good to bust his chops because he agrees he’s not that good of a poker player. But I was pretty happy with that, just doing as well as I did, too (placing third behind Buffer and pro Howard Lederer).

POSTMEDIA: You were chip leader for while and took a few good pots off a couple of World Series of Poker bracelet winners. How did the thrill of taking them down on a few hands compare to some of your thrills fighting or wrestling?

HENDERSON: It was fun, definitely. You definitely get a thrill, especially when you know you’re bluffing somebody and you could be out of the game if he calls you on it. But I don’t know if anything compares to the fighting and the feeling you get when you knock someone’s head off.