WHISPERS at Crown casino that the Australian Texas Holdem Poker
Championships next week might pull the celebrity talents of Tobey
Maguire.
The Spider-Man star has been
showing his hand at tables around the US poker circuit, walking away
with almost $125,000 at a recent US invitational tournament.
Organisers
wouldn't confirm Maguire's attendance, but several other big names
have been invited, including Ben Affleck and Russian tennis player
Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Affleck, the
star of poker movie Rounders, is one of several Hollywood
stars making their name in card gambling, in a craze that is
sweeping America.
We hear Aussie
Eric Bana is also to join the gambling world, as a professional
poker player in the movie Lucky You.
