Poker Playing Celebrities

So we all constantly  see in the news about poker playing celebrities and with poker growing faster than ever I though I'd put together a bit of a list of my favourite poker playing Hollwood actors and actresses who play poker.

Shannon Elizabeth

Shannon Elizabeth has been a favorite of men everywhere since she went topless in American Pie & since a considerable share of the poker earth is comprised of male group it's no surprise she was embraced as a poker card game player with outstretched arms.

She's been at the World Series of Poker on countless occasions & so far-removed she's cashed in four times.

Toby Maguire

Tobey is one of the celebrity gamblers who have decided to be taught the game. He has seen accomplishments quite a few times in the money in several event s and has been tutored by poker professional Daniel Negreanu

“He’s more of my victim. I love to take as much money off of him as possible,” the actor told us at a SoHo Rep gala. Norton, who learned how to be a card shark for “Rounders,” is slated to play in a charity tournament in Cannes this month, and he’s hoping another card-playing actor, Tobey Maguire, won’t be there. “I hear Tobey is so good — almost pro-level — so that’s a little intimidating,” Norton said.

Ben Affleck

Ben converted to the world of poker game, maybe due to the fact that his friend Matt Damon gambled in of the main roles in the film “Rounders”. His game was progressing so he determined to rent a. His first tutor was Amir Vahedy who got to travel out on a private plane to give Ben his first lesson. After some time Ben was determined to have a shot at a poker game contest and was knocked out with pocket Aces.

So he decided to find someone else to instruct him and chose Annie Duke. Under her tuition he bettered his skills & won $356,400 at 2004 California State Poker Championship, apropos the first luminary to walk off with a major open competition.

In a short speech he announced that he was not a “complete donkey.”

Hank Azaria

Best well known for his effort on Simpsons, Hank Azaria has been gambling poker card games for many years. He was rumored to have run a home game for celebrities in New York and he's been on more than a few celebrity poker hold em radio shows.

So far his contest record is blank but he if plays at the WSOP hold em and if he keeps his nose to the grindstone he's certain to be in the money

Matt Damon

Matt Damon who was trained trained by 11 time World Series Of Poker star Phil Hellmuth for his role in the 1998 movie Rounders, where he played a law school student who loses his tuition money in a high stakes poker game, only to be dragged back into the circuit to pay debts incurred to a Russian mobster.

The lessons must have took, because Damon has since then played in major Poker tournament who won the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship

I leave you with this clip from Oceans 11. It involves Brad Pitt teaching some actors to play