by Kate
5. January 2010 08:17
It seems high stakes ‘dangerous’ poker games don’t only seem to happen in Wild West cliche movies.
A game of high stakes poker between 2 NBA players; Gilbert Arenas and Jarvis Crittention did not seem to end very well. The 2 were playing a game and it seems one or the players did not pay up.
Arenas turned up in the Wizards locker room armed with 3 guns. He allegedly put the 3 guns on a chair next to Crittentons locker in an attempt to intimidate the 22 year old into paying his $25,0000 debt. It seems that Arenas then told the other to choose his weapon of choice to which Crittenton replied that he had his own.
It seems he did indeed have his own guns as the two players drew their weapons. No shots were fired.
Arenas, long known for his basketball exploits with the Washington Wizards, has been in the public basketball eye for a long time, though unbeknown to the general public, he’s a part time rounder. Apparently, he’s often found playing online poker in the locker room before games, playing aboard the team jet, as well as winning at least 10 victories amongst his poker playing teammates.
Trying to downplay the situation, Arenas states that himself and Crittenton will remain friends, even stating “We were friends before, we’re friends now”. Now all he has to worry about is his 6 year $111 million dollar contract is still going to be safe