Richmond card player trades geek for cool: Kabir Virgi’s Pokémon playing improves cognitive skills and wins him some scholarships
His schoolmates used to rank it with a geek-factor of 10.
But it’s fair to say that since Kabir Virgi’s peers learned his passion is earning thousands of dollars in scholarships and taking him all over the world, his classroom coolness has risen a few notches.
Kabir, 14, is a red-hot Pokémon card trader, who won the B.C. championship title last year, before taking third in the nationals in Toronto to claim a spot in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) World Championship in San Diego.
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