"Kobe Bryant is known for being a tough competitor -- 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!"

A whole $21,000? I wonder how Kobe will be able to pay his mistresses to STFU now.

http://www.tmz.com/2007/09/03/kobes-21-000-bubbly-bill/

what?

isnt antonio's friend the one who ended the competition by getting like 20 some more bottles that they had left?

wtf.

slightly different account of the events

http://www.alwaysbluff.com/blog/auth...io-esfandiari/

Kobe's the man. End of story.

hahahah someone's lying

lmfao that's some serious baller stuff.

40k on champagne.

Ummm, Kobe prob makes more in one game than Antonio makes in a year (excluding all endorsements)

Oh my, who to believe!?

This really sucks for Antonio's friend if he did indeed out-buy Kobe. If if spent that much of champagne, I want people to know aabout it.

I like the part where kobe rapes antonio's friend

tmz got it wrong obv

How can I possibly go on in life if I don't know who really 'won' this exciting competition.
The conflicting reports leave me in a position where I no longer can be certain of which one is more ballin' and who had the Rocky theme-song played for them the loudest.

dude this stuff happens all the TIME, get a grip!! but dont worry ill find out the truth for u buddy, hang in there!!

I wonder how much kobe was paid to be there. He might have come out on top.

How many times can you say in your life that out balla'd Kobe Bryant.

lol

so fun

this is one of the situations thats completely stupid, its not baller, just plain dumb..what does it prove to spend that much on liquor that your for sure not gonna be able to drink all of? everybody knows who they both are and that they both have money, especially kobe because his earning are reported on very regularly, all it shows to me is that he still hasn't gotten a grasp of the fact that he doesn't have to act like a moron wherever he goes to be admired and revered

a little something i call the "i want to be michael jordan but i'll never get there" effect

i just got back into town, My friend was at the club, and the story is Kobe bought everyone in the club a a glass of champaigne. Ill get more details when i can.

ps barron davis was there also.

so if Antonio is in a club that I own then I should just get one of my employees all dressed-up in a super-ballin outfit and make it look like they are buying all these bottles of champagne because then Antonio will feel obliged/forced to one-up this high-roller.

Sounds like instant profit to me.

i mean seriously kobe bryant is one of the biggest stars in the world.

antonio is barely above nobody status.

kobe could bankrupt him in a week.

"Most of us were standing on top of the cushions, jumping out of control, and screaming at the top of our lungs."

This doesnt sound balla at all. I picture like teenage girls yelling for justin timberlake.

Spending $20K on champagne when you're bringing in 8 figures a year doesn't strike me as all that balla.

Standard Champagne give-back situation?

fyp