Charles Barkley to gamble again, this time for charity
June 20, 2008
Former NBA player Charles Barkley is $440,000 lighter after repaying his Wynn Las Vegas marker (including attorney fees). And after promising not to gamble for the next couple years, he’ll be back in Vegas soon to play poker.
But this time it’s for charity.
The annual celebrity poker tournament “Ante Up for Africa” takes place July 2 at Rio amidst the World Series of Poker. Half a player’s winnings on a $5,000 buy-in is requested to be donated to the cause that will help Darfur.
Barkley plans to play, and if he cashes, he will give all his winnings to the charity.
Montel Williams playing sit-n-gos all day at Golden Nugget
May 10, 2008
If you happen to be in downtown Las Vegas right now, Montel Williams has taken over the Golden Nugget poker room.
And not the Montel Williams for charity events, this is his own money, your own money, and money won won’t go to any outside company.
Williams will be in the poker room all day today, May 10, playing nonstop $1080 sit-n-gos.
Levels are 20 minutes per round, blinds begin at 50/100, and players start with 10,000 in chips.
First place wins $700, second place wins $300.
Brandi Hawbaker Suicide
April 17, 2008
According to our friends at NeverWinPoker, Brandi Hawbaker committed suicide on Sunday. Here’s the statement from Micon:
“Brandi Hawbaker to some, Naami Dea to others, took her own life on Sunday. This news has been confirmed through Brandon and Brandi’s family. Brandon, Brandi’s family, and friends have asked the poker world to respect their privacy while they grieve. When the time is right we will have Brandon’s statement on NWP…”
Stay tuned for more information as this story develops.
To bring you up to speed, Brandi Hawbaker took the poker world like a category five hurricane when she was involved in the “Capt. Tom’s Penis” debacle. Most recently, her former boyfriend posted a thread on 2+2 detailing their sordid relationship. Since then, rumors floated around that Brandi had left Las Vegas and relocated to Southern California where she converted to Islam and changed her name. She was reportedly seen playing cash games in L.A. based casinos.
Pokerstars for Mac - It’s Finally Here!
December 10, 2007
PokerStars.com the largest online poker room boasting over 100,000 live players online at any given time has recently announced they’ll now be offering Apple Mac users a downloadable client.
While other online poker rooms have offered java or flash based poker games for some time now, PokerStars now joins Full Tilt Poker as the only […]