PokerStars.net NAPT Celebrity Tourney
To up the ante at its Las Vegas stop, the North American Poker Tour will host a celebrity charity poker tournament this weekend.
PokerStar.com (www.pokerstars.net) is sponsoring the event, which is designed to raise money for Three Square, a Las Vegas charity that aims to provide food to more than 270 other non-profit organizations that help to feed the hungry in the Las Vegas area.
Some of the celebrities slated to play in the charity event include Team PokerStars pros Joe Cada, Vanessa Rousso and Daniel Negreanu, along with other celebrities like Jason Alexander, Joanna Krupa, Tony Hawk, Christian Slater, Slash, Marlon Wayans and Montel Williams. Other celebrities who were expected to play in the $500 buy-in Texas Hold’em tournament include Brad Garrett, Orel Hershiser, and Donnie Wahlberg.
The winner of the tournament – whether pro poker player or celebrity player – will win a prize package that includes a trip to the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas in 2011. The Caribbean tournament kicks off the annual North American Poker Tour. The second place winner will win a prize package which includes a trip to the NAPT Mohegan Sun stop in April of this year.
