Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has admitted to losing over £5million playing poker during his playing career.
Bendtner, currently without a club after leaving Copenhagen last year, is the star of a reality TV series, along with girlfriend Philine Roepstorff, in his native Denmark.
The striker rose to prominence seven seasons in the Arsenal first-team and has revealed how he spent a lot of his wages on Texas Hold'Em.
"I lost a lot of money, an unrealistic amount," Bendtner said on 'Bendtner and Philine'.
"It's hard to say how much it was in reality, but I'd estimate that it was almost 50 million Korona (£5.4m).
"It was something that I was always in control of and I simply betted big sums of money.
"Sometimes in London, things would get out of control on a night and things could really have ended badly. Now I place smaller bets of 100 Korona (£12)."
