NBA legend Charles Barkley is headed back to Las Vegas to play in a poker tournament despite pledging last month that he would take a serious break from gambling, according to The Associated Press.

He is scheduled to play in a celebrity poker tournament at the 2008 World Series of Poker on July 2, insisting that it's all for charity.

Players in this specific tournament put up $5,000 to play and are asked to donate at least half their winnings. The event raised more than $500,000 last year.