Among the players to make the last two World Series of Poker main event final tables, one of the nine finalists previously experienced the feeling of being a world champion outside the scope of poker. In 2014, it was Massachusetts native Billy Pappas, former world champion in foosball, while last year, 2015 WSOP main event champion Joe McKeehen was the 2010 Risk World Champion.
That trend continues in 2016 with Griffin Benger, a world champion in the first-person shooting game Counter-Strike. The 31-year old played professional Counter-Strike under the alias shaGuar throughout his teenage years, beginning in 1999, and he retired from the game in 2007.