Celebrity Poker Showdown

Celebrity Poker Showdown Highlights

On Tuesday, December 2 Bravo will begin airing the Celebrity Poker Showdown at 9pm EST. The new original six-part, weekly, one-hour series, is hosted by comedian/actor Kevin Pollak (“A Few Good Men,” “The Usual Suspects”) joined by expert poker commentator Phil Gordon.

Gordon is a world class poker player who has won nearly $1,000,000 in poker tournaments in the last two years including a 4th place finish in the 2001 World Series of Poker and a first place finish in the World Poker Tour: Aruba (professional division) in 2002.

Twenty-five Hollywood stars will stack their chips against each other playing for the Quarter Million Dollar Charity prize pool. All players are guaranteed at least $5,000 in prize money. Just for making it to the finals, fifth place will win $7,500, fourth place will win $10,000, third place will win $12,500 and second place will walk away with $20,000 for their charity. The “Celebrity Poker Showdown” champion will walk away with $100,000 for the charity of their choice.

Celebrity Poker Showdown 1 – Premieres Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Ben Affleck, Don Cheadle, David Schwimmer, Emily Proctor, Willie Garson

Celebrity Poker Showdown 2 – Premieres Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Timothy Busfield

Celebrity Poker Showdown 3 – Premieres Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Hank Azaria, Michael Ian Black, Peter Facinelli, Nicole Sullivan, Mo Gaffney

Celebrity Poker Showdown 4 – Premieres Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Paul Rudd, Ron Livingston, Sarah Silverman, Shannon Elizabeth, Coolio

Celebrity Poker Showdown 5 – Premieres Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Mimi Rogers, David Cross, Tom Green, Carrie Fisher, Scott Stapp

Celebrity Poker Showdown Championship Game – Premieres Tuesday, January 13, 2004

The Celebrity Poker Showdown series was filmed October 16-19th before a live audience at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, each episode of “Celebrity Poker Showdown” will feature five celebrities competing against each other for a piece of the $250,000 prize pool in a game of No Limit Texas Hold’em poker for the charity of their choice.

Each week a new crop of stars will take to the table to challenge their peers. The winner from each week’s game will go on to compete in the Celebrity Poker Showdown championship final sixth episode. Viewers will have the inside track on the hands the different players are holding via hidden cameras. They will also be able to hear from the eliminated players, who will watch the remainder of their respective matches from the ‘Loser’s Lounge,’ via closed circuit television.

The twenty-five players, including seven Emmy Award winners, three Golden Globe winners, two Grammy Award winners and one Academy Award winner, are broken down into five games: