Celebrities pit themselves against member of the general public in a nail-biting game of celebrity 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 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 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 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 info@celebpoker.com
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 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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