This is a juicy bit of scuttlebutt: Recent reports out of Las Vegas have rap mogul (and co-owner of the New Jersey Nets) Jay-Z losing a $500,000 hand of poker. Sounds like Jay-Z got a little frisky with an overpair (pocket Queens) and got stacked by a Las Vegas pro who probably couldn't believe his good fortune.
"Mediatakeout.com is reporting that Jay-Z lost more than 500k in a high stakes poker game in Las Vegas.
A source at the game told the website: "It was supposed to be a friendly game with everyone betting only [a few hundred dollars] a hand ... Jay Z was down only about [a thousand dollars] when he raised [another player] $500,000. It was a bold move for Jay Z - unfortunately his pair of queens didn't beat [the other player's] flush." The source added, "There were professionals at the table, he really should have known better than that."
You can get the link here, though I think I already block-quoted the entire thing above.
This raises a couple of interesting questions: (1) If we assume that the story is true and not some unsubstantiated rumor, considering that Jay-Z is worth an estimated $500 million, how upset would this really make him?
An even better question, (2) Considering that Jay-Z goes home to Beyonce every night, how upset would this really make him?
That's what I thought.
(A third question might be: Why is Jay wearing two watches in the picture above?)
---JohnnyU
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