Archive for Celebrity poker

With the news that they would broadcast the World Series of Poker in High Definition, ESPN got a reaction – maybe unexpected – from the host himself, Norman Chad.  According to this news article, Norman Chad couldn’t understand why.
For poker?” Chad asked rhetorically this week in an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News. “We […]

These two names are some of the biggest names in Hollywood today.   Without a doubt, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are considered to be two of the hottest men in this part of the world.  Well certainly for some people – not everyone.  In any case, they have always been known to be very good […]

In the last post we talked about hosting a home game one of these days.  I am sure that many a poker enthusiast has thought of doing that many times over.  If you are anything like me, you would be thinking of ways to make your home game something unique, something to remember, something that […]

There’s no easy way of knowing when this episode of Celebrity Poker was filmed, but it was shown on Sunday April 08, 2007 on City-TV from Toronto. Don’t know where it was filmed, but likely in Vegas.
Participants in this match: Stephen Collins (Seventh Heaven - father), Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle - father), Howie […]

If you missed it, Pam Anderson and Kid Rock had a live chat last weekend on pamelapoker.com. John’s friend sent a snippet of the session (which I’ll post later), but the highlights apparently were about baby poop and that Cindy Crawford was baby-sitting for them. (Not sure but I think the baby’s name is “kid […]

Movie star and mega-celebrity Tom Cruise has been in the news lately for the goings on with his business partnerships, and his kooky outburst on Oprah Winfrey. He managed to weather the termination of his production partnership, then promptly found someone else to show him the money. But did you know, before he hooked up […]

When my fave Charlie’s Angel, Drew Barrymore, was on set for the poker-based Lucky You movie, she didn’t get to take lessons from poker legend Doyle Brunson. Brunson taught some of the other actors in the film, but Drew missed out because her character was only a lounge singer. Now that filming has finished, she’s […]

Tight Poker is showing some support for US troops in Iraq and sending them a donation of poker chips. They’ve teamed up with Screaming Eagle Poker to distribute the donation. Screaming Eagle holds free weekly no-limit hold’em tourneys for the soldiers. [via Tight Poker]
In other philanthropic events, several poker pros have been donating money from […]

On a televised poker tourney I saw the other day, pro Danny “Win” Nguyen said that he knows what his opponents are holding. How? Because when he came to the US, he started off as a poker dealer. He’s watched “tells” long enough to be able to interpret them. I’ve watched Nguyen play in a […]

2.5 Million Dollar Free Roll
PokerStars.com has a 2.5 mil freeroll for a tourney that runs from Jul 24 - Dec 3, 2006. A total of 27 players from three qualifying rounds advance to the final round in the Bahamas.
Internet Poker TV
Checkout “Poker TV”, channel #58, at Channel Chooser. Use an IE browser, or Firefox in […]