If you've ever had to sit through an episode of Celebrity Poker Showdown, you know how excruciating it can be watching non-poker players toss chips around. With that in mind, imagine what kind of brilliant play you'll see at The Comedy Festival Poker Tournament, a $15K buy-in event featuring A-list comedians. What's great about this tournament, however, is that the celebrity players will have help when deciding whether they should call with 7-2 off suit.
Poker pro Daniel Negreanu and FBI counterintelligence expert Joe Navarro will be on hand to coach players during the tournament, which takes place Nov. 17 at PURE in Caesars. Just a few of the celebrities already signed up for the tournament includes Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Rita Rudner, Susie Essman and Rosanne Barr.
The tournament is hosted by Billy Crystal, Whoopie Goldberg, Robin Williams, Mark Wahlberg, and Chris Albrecht of HBO and proceeds will benefit the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
1. Daniel Negreanu coaching? I need 15K.
PokerDude at 1:00AM on Apr 12th 2008