Last year, German professional soccer player Max Kruse went on the run of a lifetime for his first live tournament cash, making the final table of Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw. There, he finished third for $36,494 in a 241-player tournament eventually won by Steven Wolansky.
This year, Kruse is back and firing away at the 2015 World Series of Poker, fitting as many events as he can into a busy vacation schedule that's part of his yearly “one month to play poker.” At the first break of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, the 27-year-old striker who just signed with Wolfsburg after a 66-game, 23-goal stint with Borussia Mönchengladbach agreed to a quick interview with PokerNews.