Neymar took his first major step toward a secondary career on the professional poker circuit when the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward made his first in-person appearance at a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in the US.
The 30-year-old, who became the world's most expensive signing ever when he joined PSG from Barcelona in 2017 for €222 million, took a seat at the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship which was fittingly being staged at the Paris Las Vegas Casino.
Neymar originally earned his WSOP seat back in June 2016 after winning a preliminary PokerStars tournament in Vegas but was unable to take part in the main event the following month because of it clashing with his involvement with Brazil at the summer Olympic games.