A follow-up on my earlier post about Fr. Trapp's effort to win funds for his parish's building fund.After winning $100,000, South Carolina priest Fr. Andrew Trapp lost a $1 million poker contest to a New York City detective who helped survivors during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The 28-year-old priest was trying to win the million dollar prize for his parish’s building fund.
The contest, Fox’s PokerStars.Net Million Dollar Challenge, held the final match in mid-December. The show was broadcast on Dec. 27.
Fr. Trapp lost to New York police detective Mike Kosowski. According to the New York Daily News, Kosowski was severely injured when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. He started playing poker to escape the pain. Kosowski went on to defeat poker champion Daniel Negreanu.
Fr. Trapp, who placed second overall, had defeated Negreanu in an earlier round to win $100,000 for St. Michael Catholic Church in Garden City, South Carolina.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that the priest said his loss was “definitely disappointing.”
“The guy who wins is a hero from Sept. 11. His family's been going through a rough financial time, so I think he was meant to win it. I think it was all in God's plan," he said.
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