One of the game's biggest characters will be involved in plans to give the Bellagio Poker Room an artwork overhaul
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Jeff 'The Kid' Madsen has announced on his MySpace blog that he will be involved in the revamp of the Bellagio's Poker Room.
The report comes after Jeff wrote about it in his own blog on the MySpace networking website:
'I want to introduce a new project idea that is in the beginning stages. Me and my artist friend Jen Ashton came up with a plan to renovate the look of the Bellagio poker room. The artwork in there seems outdated and the place could certainly use a new feel. Soo, because she is so good at portraits and is involved in the poker world we came up with a plan to be able to donate artwork to the poker room. The first step is to form a 'committee' of some sort, basically anyone who is willing to donate money to this cause will have a say in what portraits Jen will actually paint. Once we get enough in donations for her to paint, she will work on a portrait of whichever figure in poker the committee has voted on. I feel like this is a great way to do this because the Bellagio poker room will eventually have a better look and the art will be 'by the players, for the players'. We will certainly do Chip Reese as a first portrait once we get this rolling. I will give an update when the project is officially in motion, but I just wanted to present it so we can start getting some attention behind it. Let’s fill the Bellagio with poker legends!'
Somehow we doubt any pictures of Jeff in his infamous WSOP fancy dress outfits will be adorning the walls though.
