Charles Barkley, stops gambling… for 2 days…
June 24, 2008
Charles Barkley, NBA legend, is back on the Poker tables on July 2nd for a Celebrity Poker Tournament, 2 days after pledging to stop gambling. At least this is for charity, and all his winnings will be donated to a good cause.
The tournament will have a big showing of celebs on show, playing in the Ante Up for Africa, hosted at the Rio Casino in Vegas, the day before the World Series of Poker Main Event starts.
Barkley has had the Wynn Las Vegas chasing him down for $400,000.00 in casino debts, as well as DA fees of $40,000.00. In a recent interview, Barkley revealed he has lost around $10,000,000.00 through gambling.
Lets hope all his experience helps raise money for a good cause.
Harrelson Wins Cannes 2008 Charity Poker Tournament
May 28, 2008
©2008 PKR Pete – Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Goldie Hawn, Salma Hayek and Alice Taglioni battled it out in the Cannes 2008 Celeb Poker Tournament, for the chance of winning $500,000.00 for their chosen charity.
At the end of the day, it was Harrelson that came out on top, outlasting all the other Celebs, there is some talk that the pot was split with Taglioni. Harrelson gave his winnings to environmental group Oasis.
I am still trying to find an only stream of the tournament, sounds like it was an exciting event and alot of fun, if you know where I can watch this online, please let me know.
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