Sit Side by Side and go Head to Head with professional and retired athletes. However, in this game, their athleticism is not an advantage.
This is an opportunity for Athletes to interact with their fans, gain exposure for their sponsors, and possibly gain new endorsements. However, the goal is to have fun and raise money and awareness for charity.
Does it work?
Across the country, celebrities, athletes and musicians are hosting Poker Tournaments to raise money for benefits, awareness, charities, and foundations.
For example:
Alex Rodriguez
Dewar's 12 Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Boys and Girls Club of Miami
Buy in: $ 1,000.00
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper's Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Solid Rock Foundation
Andre Aggassi
Legends Celebrity Invitational Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
Buy in: $ 2,500.00
Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick Foundation Celebrity Poker at the Hard Rock
Benefiting: Andy Roddick Foundation
Buy in: $ 1,000.00
Barry Bonds
Aces 4 Bases
Benefiting the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League and the Bobby Bonds Symposium
Buy in: $500
Carmen Electra
Head to Hollywood Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament & Auction
Benefiting: Brain tumor survivors
Buy in: $ 550.00
Chris Webber
Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend
Benefiting: Chris Webber Foundation
Buy in: $ 500.00
Cory Lidle
Second Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Make a Wish Foundation
Buy in: $ 1,200.00
Dan Marino
Legends Celebrity Invitational Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Dan Marino Foundation
Buy in: $ 2,500.00
Dennis Quaid
Texas Hold 'Em Celebrity Challenge
Benefiting: Multiple Children’s Charities
Buy in: $ 750.00
Don Cheadle
Ante Up For Africa
Benefiting: African designated charities
(Participants included: Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Charles Barkley, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Ray Romano, Adam Sandler…)
Buy in: $ 5,000.00
Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament at Sundance
Benefiting: Operation Smile, which pays for facial reconstruction surgeries for kids with deformities
Buy in: $ 250.00
Jeff Gordon
Pair of Kings and a Full House
Benefiting: Jeff Gordon Foundation
Buy in: $ 1,000.00
John Elway
Legends Celebrity Invitational Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: John Elway Heroes Foundation
Buy in: $ 2,500.00
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan's Celebrity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Ronald McDonald Houses of North Carolina, the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago and the Scout Association of The Bahamas
Phil Gordon
Hosts and MC's multiple charity poker tournaments
Preferred Charity: Put a Bad Beat on Cancer
Phil Hellmuth
Playin' The Hand Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: TASER Foundation for Fallen Officers
Buy in: $ 1,000.00
PlayboyMansion
2nd Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night
Benefiting: Urban Health Institute
Buy in: $ 1,500.00
Roger Clemens
Legends Celebrity Invitational Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Roger Clemens Foundation
Buy in: $ 2,500.00
Shannon Elizabeth
GQ/Calvin Klein Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Peace Games
Tim McGraw
Benefiting: Tug McGraw Foundation
Trent Tucker
Trent Tucker Celebrity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: Trent Tucker Non Profit Organization
Buy in: $ 2,000.00 (won by Michael Jordan!)
Vince Neil
Vince Neil's Off The Strip Charity Poker Tournament
Benefiting: J. Martell Foundation / Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS
Buy in: $ 540.00
This list of celebrity tournaments was compiled from the internet. Full House Event Productions has not participated in most of these events.
