Top Celebrity Poker Players

TOP CELEBRITY POKER PLAYERS Online Poker.or PATRICK BRUEL Age: 51 Best known for: Actor / Singer in France Owns a french poker forum, invests in online poker WPT Finishes EPT Finishes WSOP 10 Finishes 1 Bracelet 24 Total Finishes $980,803 Total Tournament Winnings GABE KAPLAN PEN Age: 65 Best known for: Welcome Back Kotter WELCOME BACK, KOTTER Has hosted multiple poker shows WSOP Finishes WPT Finishes 14 Total Finishes $936,908 Total Tournament Winnings JENNIFER TILLY BOUND BULLETS OVER BROADWAY Age: 51 Best known for: Bound Bullets Over Broadway Lives with professional player Phil Laak WSOP Finishes 5 WPT Finishes 1 Bracelet 17 Total Finishes $565,863 Total Tournament Winnings BEN AFFLECK Age: 37 GOOD WILL HUNTING Best known for: Good Will Hunting Pearl Harbor Has been playing poker since college PEARL HARBOR 2004 California State Poker Championship Winner CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC 1 Total Finish $356,400 Total Tournament Winnings SHANNON ELIZABETH Age: 36 Best known for: American Pie AMERICAN Has played poker since she was a child 1 WPT Finishes 10 J-&KA Gtty 6 Total Finishes STYLE HEVADA $212,605 Total Tournament Winnings TOBEY MAGUIRE Age: 35 Best known for: Spider-Man WSOP Finishes 2004 National WPT 3. Finishes Championship of Poker Winner O Total Finishes $209,805 Total Tournament Winnings JAMES WOODS Age: 63 M S ISSP I Best known for: Salvador Ghosts Of Mississippi SALVADOR Endorses an online poker room Based on a true story WSOP Finishes WPT Finishes JOKA 14 Total Finishes $63,349 Total Tournament Winnings LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS YOUNG GUNS Age: 48 Best known for: La Bamba Young Guns Has been playing since college LA BAMBA WSOP Finishes 4 Total Finishes $51,476 Total Tournament Winnings VINCE VAN PATTEN Age: 52 Best known for: Child Actor Pro Tennis Player World Poker Tour announcer WSOP Finishes 2 Total Finishes $34,276 Total Tournament Winnings RAY ROMANO Age: 52 Best known for: Everybody Loves Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond Entered the 2007, 2008, and 2009 WSOP WSOP Finishes 2 Total Finishes $20,481 Total Tournament Winnings CELEBRITY GAMBLERS HONORABLE MENTIONS Tiger Woods He became famous as a relentlessly dedicated champion golfer, but to the party girls of Las Vegas, Tiger Woods was known as one of the ATMS – a celebrity bank ma- chine spilling money. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6962828.ece Charles Barkley "I gamble too much, I gamble for too much money," he said. "And it's something I have to address ... I am ad- dressing it, that would be the best way to explain it. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2432043 Michael Jordan Yes, the most cutthroat athlete of his generation loves to gamble, and even more than that, he loves to win. Should you be surprised? http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060614 George Clooney Owns a hotel/casino in Vegas, loves to gamble, and of course started in the Ocean's 11-13 movies Brad Pitt Invested in same casino/hotel as George Clooney, loves to gamble, and was also in the Ocean's movies. Pamela Anderson She said on the The Ellen DeGeneres show that she has fallen madly in love with a poker player who asked her for sexual favors in return for $250,000/- casino debt in Las Vegas. http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/2007/09/pamela-anderson-paid- 25000-gambling-debut-with-sexual-favors/ Hugh Hefner Has been running his playboy club casino's/clubs since the 1960's and hosts some pretty big poker tourneys both public and private. Matthew Perry Plays in the celebrity poker tournaments and does pretty well. Supposedly does a lot of home games with other famous people. Matt Damon He is considered an excellent poker player and was ru- mored to have been offered a $1 million endorsement from online gaming giant Nine.com. http://www.777.com/vip/famous-vip-gamblers Alex Rodriguez Has had gambling issues for years, the Mariners and then the Yankees both have had to come down on him for play- ing too much, betting too much and making it look like he could be bought. Plus, there is that thing a few years back with him where they thought he tried to throw a game...