Ken Hoffman relives his legendary and costly celebrity gambling fail


Actor Peter Fonda, co-writer and star of the groundbreaking counterculture film Easy Rider, died last week. He was 79. Here’s my Peter Fonda story and the night I took the worst gambling “bad beat” of my life. In 1998, Fonda was nominated for a movie called Ulee’s Gold. I never saw this movie, I still have no idea what it’s about, but I kept hearing about Fonda racking up important acting awards: Golden Globes: “Best…

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