Spiderman Wins Poker Tournament

Proving that he can score at the poker tables just as well as the box office, actor Tobey Maguire won his first major poker tournament at Phil Hellmuth's Poker Invitational at the Hollywood Park Casino, a $2,000 buy-in event that netted him $95,480 for first place. The 13-hour tournament event was held on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 as part of the casino's eight annual National Championship of Poker tournament.

The actor outlasted a field of 123 players, with a prize pool of $246,000, including Danny Masterson of That '70s Show. Other players that placed in the tournament include Reza Payvar, Marcel Sabag, Glenn Cozen, George Yutuc, Alex Papachatzakis, Lang Lee, Lance Allred and Stan Goldstein. Read more from Online Poker News.