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Players are looking for all sorts of different income opportunities during the lockout. Ron Artest is shopping his stand-up comedy wares. Deron Williams is taking his talents to Turkey. And Paul Pierce? Well, he's mostly just having fun. But he's still got a shot at making some money from non-basketball sources.

CSNNE reports that Pierce has made the second day at the World Series of Poker main event. When asked why Pierce is in the tournament? Well, it's pretty obvious it's not just a totally fun endeavor, considering the $10,000 buy-in. From CSNNE:
"The prize," Pierce told ESPN when asked why he was taking part in the Texas Hold 'Em tournament in Las Vegas. "Who wouldn't want to try and come and win that?"

Pierce calls himself an amateur poker player, but he has survived as about half of the more than 2000 players who entered the tournament have been eliminated. Former WSOP main event champion Chris Moneymaker is one of the professionals already gone.

http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssports...4/30584415


When Pierce goes all in Kevin Garnett comes out of the crowd and gets in the face of any asians in the same hand and challenges them to a fight.