| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |  | | | Why Celebs Love Poker
- Sunday, 23 Apr 2006
There is no gambling game that celebrities enjoy more than poker. This should not come as a surprise to any of you gambling fans, considering all the televised celebrity tournaments that have been popping up over the past few years. So why is it that celebs love gambling, and poker to be specific? While we all revel in the display of poker prowess by the masters of the game on the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker broadcasts, many of us also have the desire to be sitting in those same chairs on television with a chance to win millions. But what is it with the multitude of actors, actresses and various other celebrities who want to do the same thing?
The gambling endeavors of such notables as actress Shannon Elizabeth, basketball great Shaquille O' Neal and former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe as they stepped from their areas of success to the felt with varying degrees of success. Recent articles in other media have pointed out that All-Star NBA guard Gilbert Arenas likes to play online poker during the halftime breaks of games in which his Washington Wizards are playing and the man third in line to the British throne, Prince Harry, has also picked up the game during his studies at the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy.
Add in "Celebrity Poker Showdown", actress Jennifer Tilly's dual poker titles in both ladies' events during the WPT and WSOP in 2005, the ongoing success of Hollywood Poker and the continued creation of "celebrity" themed online poker rooms and it tends to make you wonder just what the draw of this gambling game is to the celebrity world? When you look at it from a financial aspect, the lure of the poker tables is evident. The player is firmly in control of their own destiny and use their chips as their warriors heading into battle. For many a celebrity who owns the finest merchandise the world has to offer, the poker table presents the challenge of gambling with their own monies, using their own mental abilities to combat their opponents at the tables. The potential sting of financial loss for them, while not felt possibly as much as the average player, is still significant when they lose much of their hard earned money. | |
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