Celebrities pit
themselves against member of the general public in
a nail-biting game of celebrity Texas Holdem
poker. The stakes are high, with £120,000
potential prize money, and the venue (the
Rendezvous Casino in Brighton Marina) is star
studded with celebrities including Jimmy White,
Stephen Hendry, Chris Brookes and John McCrirrick
all taking part. As the games commence, tensions
rise and with each player contributing a £1,000
fee, no one can afford to lose
London, UK (PRWEB) October 7, 2004 -- Celebrity
Poker comes to Sky TV Men and Motors this month
with UK Challenge 2004 Celeb
Texas Holdem
Poker Tournament
The inaugural CelebPoker UK Challenge 2004 Poker
Tournament will be shown on Sky Men and Motors
Friday 8th October 2004 at 11pm.
The event was played at the Rendezvous Casino in
Brighton over the bank holiday weekend 28/29th
August, with a prize pool of £120,000, making it
one of the largest poker tournaments in Europe.
The line up was breathtaking, the £120,000 prize
pool had attracted the great and good of European
Poker as well as a healthy mix of celebrities and
satellite qualifiers to really give the event an
edge that you could sense seeping out from the
walls
The pre tournament favourites were Roy “The Boy”
Brindley, a seasoned poker pro from Ireland, and
Marcel Luske, one of the world's best
Texas Holdem
players from the Netherlands.
Celebrities that played in this poker tournament
were as follows;
Jimmy White, Mark Williams, Stephen Hendry,
Capital Radio DJ Chris Brooks, John McCririck,
Tony Cascarino, Jesse Birdsall and Rogue Trader
Nick Leeson.
The event itself was sponsored by Celebpoker, the
only true interactive celebrity poker room
www.celebpoker.com .
The event will be screened on Sky TV on October
8th on the Men and Motors channel. 120 players
paid the £1000 entry to play no limit poker
against celebrities and professional poker players
from all over Europe. The tournament winner of the
CelebPoker UK Challenge winner 2004 won £40,000 as
well as a seat at the CelebPoker Global Challenge
2005, entry cost $5000.
Following the success of the event CelebPoker CEO
David Donovan announced the launch of the
CelebPoker Global Challenge 2005 with an estimated
prize pot of $10,000,000. This tournament will
feature the top poker
Texas Holdem
players around the world, as well as leading
celebrities from USA and around the world.
For further information, go to
http://www.celebpoker.com
For further information, please contact David
Donovan, Celeb Poker, e-mail e-mail protected from
spam bots
Web site: http://www.celebpoker.com
About CelebPoker:
Celeb Poker is the only true interactive celebrity
poker room that gives you a unique poker
experience by being able to play against numerous
international poker loving celebrities. Join the
Celeb Poker room now and try your luck against
your favourite celebrity!
Celebpoker.com was founded by David Donovan to
enable the public to play
Texas Holdem
poker against their favourite celebrities online.
It is the first and only online poker site in the
world to bring together celebrities and the
general public to play the most realistic poker
experience on the Internet!
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