BlackJack Robin Hood in Las Vegas

I know, this may sound strange, and not really related to poker, but this was something that caught my eye. There is this “new” Robin Hood in Las Vegas, who will take money from rich casinos and give them to poor Americans.

Sounds really strange in 21stcentury, but I guess it was OK in the past, when the real Robin Hood was helping poor people. Today, there is new Robin Hood, instead of stealing from rich people, he plays blackjack at casino. The blackjack player preferred to stay anonymous, for people not to think he’s is doing this to be some sort of celebrity, his doing this for good, which is really hard to believe in our days, but this is true.

He decided to help some family in need of financial help. The deadline is 15 of September. Any family can sign-up and post a video or photo and explain, why you think you need that money. The best candidates he says, are family’s who were doing good, until something bad happened, and who own from $25,000 to $50,000 in debt.

He’s promising he will give half of what the owe, no matter if he looses or wins at the blackjack table, but he is pretty much sure he will win and pay the whole debt for the family. He swears he doesn’t count cards or cheat in any way, he just says he’s very good at this game. He also adds : “it’s all about believing in win…”.

Why does he does it, here is what Robin Hood is saying:

“I’m a common guy and I’ve been through it in life and I like to do nice things for people. I want to be remembered for the nice things I’ve done.”

All in-need families can easily sign-up at his official website RobinHood702.com, 702 is by the way area code of Las Vegas.

What can I say, nice guy, doing nice things, hopefully we’ll more of this type of people in future.