Hoop It Up Barkley Antes Up for Africa

CHARLES BARKLEY BY MICHELE LEWIS ANTE UP

CHARLES BARKLEY BY MICHELE LEWIS ANTE UPHey, remember last year when I asked Charles Barkley how he felt about his mother calling him a mama’s boy on HBO?  Yeah, that was awesome.  And remember when I said I was watching Barkley play some basketball in a Las Vegas hotel room?  Yeah, that was awesome.

Well, today Barkley was in Las Vegas being more awesome by supporting Annie Duke’s and Don Cheadle’s Ante Up for Africa tournament at the WSOP.  This marks Ante Up’s 3rd year in raising awareness funds for the Darfur victims who suffer far more than most of us.

Big names hitting the red carpet was the usual supporters Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Hershel Walker, Brad Garrett, Cedric the Entertainer, Sarah Silverman and Montel Williams.

To remember or understand why I said that was awesome, see video below.  To help some people who aren’t as lucky as us to have food and shelter click here.

Charles Barkley + Jean-Robert Bellande = WSOP Party

FORREST GRIFFIN BY MICHELE LEWIS

As I mentioned a few days ago… Charles Barkley and Jean – Robert Bellande got together for a little competition at the BodogLife.net 2008 WSOP Main Event kick off party.  Poker pros at the sassy burlesque event were David Williams, Evelyn Ng and Maria Ho; however, what are the odds of being in a Las Vegas Palms Suite with an indoor basketball court and Charles Barkley?  See The Toke with WCP below…

Good thing they didn’t agree to fight UFC stud Forrest Griffin in photo below.

FORREST GRIFFIN BY MICHELE LEWIS

World Series of Something Going On

It’s WSOP Day 2A and July Day 4.  I keep forgetting it’s a holiday because everyday in Las Vegas is a Friday.  I’m tired and way behind schedule to play satellites.  Last night was the Bodog party and it was tons of fun.  They didn’t have strippers but they had the Bodog Girls dressed as pin-up girls.  It was so cute! Poker pros on hand were Evelyn Ng, Maria Ho, David Williams, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Jeff Madsen and Jean-Robert BellandeJustin Bonomo was deep in the deep stack over at the Venetian.  Tiffany Michelle was also there in a great mood because she:

  • was with Maria Ho
  • found out she was playing in the Main Event
  • saw me in a dress

Madsen had a swollen lip.  We couldn’t decide if we wanted to say he was hit in the face with a basketball by Charles Barkley or if a girl bit his lip when he was in the dark corner.  As a woman… I think the Barkley senario makes for a better story.  And yes… Barkley was at the party, yes there was a basketball court in the suite and yep… Barkley told me this was sooo funny.  Super funny thing went down last night at the 2008 WSOP Bodog party… but you will have to wait and watch it on RawVegas.tv I can’t tell you

Charles Barkley at Ante Up for Africa

Just saw Charles Barkley at the 2008 WSOP Ante Up for Africa charity event and while everyone was asking him about gambling I wanted to ask him something I had been wondering for years….

“How did you feel when your mom called you a mama’s boy on HBO?”

“I fired her the next day” answered Barkley. “No, I didn’t fire her but I did tell her if she said anything like that again I would fire her.”

Sorry for all the typos earlier as I was posting via blackberry.