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Kobe's $21,000 Bubbly Bill

Kobe BryantKobe Bryant is known for being a tough competitor -- but in the club?!

Basketballin' Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, were at Friday night's grand opening of BLUSH Boutique Nightclub at the Wynn in Las Vegas, when he saw poker player Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari kick in for two bottles of $1,400 Cristal champagne. According to sources inside the club, Kobe wasn't about to be shown up by some puny little card player -- and kicked in for five bottles. Antonio, who's used to upping the ante, then switched his order to ten! Go big or go home!

Kobe ended the competition when he purchased an astounding 15 bottles -- and then left the club! Just to put Bryant's baller status into perspective -- Kobe's $21,000 bill still doesn't cover what NBA and gambling legend Charles Barkley drops on one hand of blackjack!



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1. first...

and btw what a waste.

Posted at 5:16PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by People SUCK.

2. I wonder how it will taste!

Posted at 5:21PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by dave

3. I was at the opening of BLUSH on Friday night. It had an amazing vibe. It is what the club scene in Vegas needed....

Posted at 5:21PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by Kim

4. Can't he find something else to spend his money on?????????

Posted at 6:39PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by Lil Red

5. slap in the face to millions of people dying of starvation!!!

Posted at 5:37PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by whatever

6. I say we boycott expensive wine...it is wrong to spend ur money on a drink when people are making minimum wage..what has this world become!! we have become selfish human beings!

Posted at 5:55PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by help others

7. As a server, i wonder if he actually tipped 20% off that bill... or was he too cheap??

Posted at 3:04PM on Oct 2nd 2007 by amanda

8. His wife is such a loser. I mean seriously...can you guess who wears the pants in that family? She needs to buck up and get a life of her own and quick putting up with his ****. Good God he's not even good lookiing. BLECH!!
What was he trying to prove with this alcoholic display anyway? LOSERS!!!

Posted at 6:26PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by steph

9. $21,000 could buy FOOD for thousands for people on skid row. Or a new pair of shoes for your gold digger wife. It's your $$$$$ but as STUPID as you are!! your just making the RICH RICHER Help out the POOR instead!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 6:28PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by monieklalire

10.
------I wonder ? What would this Slug be doing , if the ball had never been invented ???

Posted at 6:29PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by Sebastian

11. Can we say........haters!!!! If the man wnats to splurge on Cristal. I say let him. He's a living legend and Vanessa deserves the huge freakin rock on her finger. Enough of the jealously...GET A LIFE ALL YOU HATERS!!!!!

Posted at 12:07PM on Sep 4th 2007 by Jeffrey Stanfield

12. hey # 5, why boycott wines? i collect expensive wines they're a great way to have fun with dinners and ect. why not boycott red bull? $3.50 for a 6 oz can is crazy. i think it would be better to boycott the club where people pay $1,500 for a $300 bottle. and then walk away like it is a way to show one's man hood! i just think you have to consider the source on this one.

Posted at 7:15PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by FAT AND DUMB WITH SKID MARKS

13. $21,000 would go to good use at a rape crisis shelter instead of pissed away!!??

Posted at 6:49PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by GOD

14. yo' n**ga' yo shu' gonna' help the 'hood with dis' stuunt'

Posted at 6:40PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by test890

15. You would think that someone in Kobe Bryant's position would not be so insecure to do something like this. It isn't our place to say how he should spend his money, but his display of wealth just shows the lack of education that a multi-millionaire NBA player has. I really think that these overpaid players should get a lesson in philanthropy from people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, who have considerably more, yet give billions of dollars away per year to help society. Why not donate that $21k to an inner city school or start up a scholarship fund in your name? I don't want to make this a race thing, but this sounds like something that a wannabe rapper would do. Sad.

Posted at 6:40PM on Sep 3rd 2007 by Cliff

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