Orlando based poker player and tech entrepreneur Femi Fashakin steps into the GRID to discuss a crucial hand from the largest poker tournament of all time, the WSOP Big Fifty. Femi won over a million dollars for topping the 28,000 player field, becoming the first Nigerian-born poker player ever to take home a gold bracelet.

With the final table looming, Femi faced a double check raise, and was put to a decision for all his chips with king-nine offsuit.   

Femi and Jen talk about whether his story proves the vitality of the “American Poker Dream” and his tips for poker players coming up the ranks.   

 In exploring the double check raise, Jen describes working with Philly-based creative director Evan Young on a deck of GRID challenge cards, where specific missions allowed players to win bounties from each player, much like the seven-deuce game. One of those cards was the “Double Check Raise” mission, a challenge she found surprisingly difficult to fulfill in a friendly homegame.  Jen and Femi talk about the power of rare lines and the importance of thinking them through in advance.

Femi wraps up with tips for aspiring entrepreneurs and explains why it’s a perfect fit for poker players to pursue multiple income streams.

Find Femi on hendon mob, and on twitter @femitfash