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Play And Get Famous Like These Celebrity Poker Players!
Play And Get Famous Like These Celebrity Poker Players!
It seems that gambling can get the best of us! Famous personalities and celebrities also have their share of taking time out to gamble. Celebrity casino players are spread all over Las Vegas but are obviously given the special treatment and separate private rooms so that they are not caught up being peeped and disturbed by other people who often want to catch a glimpse of them.
Most actors were involved in gambling movies like oceans 11,12,13 and the movie 21 had developed a strong interest in gambling many celebrities play at special tournaments that raise money for different causes and some stars just gamble for fun!
Here are the big names of the celebrity gamblers:
Let’s start off with the Batman, Solaris,Intolerable Cruelty and the E.R man, George Clooney. Perhaps inspired by his starring role in Oceans 11, 12 and 13, or more likely by the fact that he is ridiculously minted, he also taken an active role in the gambling business when he invested an unknown sum of money in a $ 3 billion resort in a Las Vegas and the co-owner of Las Ramblas, a casino-hotel-condominium complex since 2007.
Another Oceans 11,12 and 13 cast is Brad Pitt, he also invested $ 3 billion in a Las Vegas casino complex. While filming Ocean’s 12 in Rome, Bradley, along with co-stars George Clooney and Matt Damon with their guest, Michael Douglas, husband of co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones, were engaged in late-night poker sessions, and some of them were as good as professional players.
Also an Oceans 11, 12, and 13,the star of Jason Bourne Project, Saving Private Ryan, Matt Damon is also very passionate about poker. He’s a regular entrant in the annual World Series of Poker, and his most interesting WSOP story occurred back in 1998. Miramax Studios entered both he and Edward Norton in the WSOP Main Event (,000 buy-in) to promote the upcoming Rounders. He is considered an excellent poker player and was rumored to have been offered a million endorsement from online gaming giant Nine.com.
In a blockbuster movie Pearl Harbor, Armageddon and Daredevil, Ben Affleck is one of the most accomplished celebrity poker player, Affleck won $ 356,000 at the California State Poker Championship in 2004 and a ,000 seat in the 2005 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship.
An Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly is more interested in poker than acting. In June of 2005, TJennifer won her first celebrity World Series of Poker bracelet and 8,625 in the Ladies’ No-Limit Hold’em event. She has also won the World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament and competed in Poker Royale, Poker Superstars, and Celebrity Poker Showdown.
Spiderman cast, Tobey Maguire also one of the players that were beated by Ben Affleck at the Commerce Casino’s California State Poker Championship but he made a strong comeback in October 2004 and he won 6,000 at a ,000 buy-in tournament at the Hollywood Park Casino and a ,000 Phil Hellmuth Invitational at World Poker Tournament ad World Series Of Poker.
Gambling is not just of big celebrities but also for the music artist like Justin Timberlake, the love, sex and magic singer is also a poker and blackjack lover.
The RnB singer, Macy Gray hits the table and made a surprise appearance in Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown, and finished in a respectable 3rd place. Still, with the perfect smoky poker voice, she has the potential to go far.
They are just a few of the many celebrity gamblers who loves to gamble for fun and for real money. Big names who play the big games. So don’t be surprised if you happen to have a chat with them who may find time to gamble in the same site.
Get in the game! Just head over to Better Betting Online and see what they have to offer. Who knows, maybe your next opponent is part in the Hollywood!
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