Celebrity Poker Showdown

Those of you who enjoyed seeing the pros play on the World Poker Tour show may be interested to see how some of Hollywood's Celebrities play the game. The Celebrity Poker Showdown is scheduled to air early next year on Bravo. The Tournament is being filmed October 16 - 19th at the Palms in Las Vegas. It will be edited into six hour long episodes airing on Tuesday nights. Kevin Pollack will be the shows host along with poker pro Phil Gordon. Some of the stars playing include; Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer from "Friends" along with Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, John Spencerr and Richar Schiff from "The West Wing" (No coincidence that Bravo is owned in part by NBC) Other stars playing in the charity event will be Hank Azaria, Nicole Sullivan, Jack Black, Sarah Silverman and rapper Coolio.