I'm starting to wonder if TV and movie stars playing poker is more than just an interesting trend. Maybe it's a requirement.
Jason Alexander recently popped up on my TV, not in a Seinfeld rerun or his recent appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm but in the most recent World Series of Poker. And it didn't look as though he was there playing with his own money. He appeared to have his own sponsor and everything.
Here is ESPN's coverage of Alexander's elimination from the tournament. Watch for the fan at the end who accidentally calls him George. It's cringe-tastic.
Does anyone in Hollywood not play professional poker?
Posted Oct 13th 2009 8:01PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Sports, Celebrities
Tags: curb your enthusiasm, CurbYourEnthusiasm, espn, espn2, espnhd, jason alexander, JasonAlexander, seinfeld, seinfeld reunion, SeinfeldReunion, world series of poker, WorldSeriesOfPoker
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10-13-2009 @ 9:37PM
Elf said...
Jason Alexander actually went pretty deepinto the tournament, and yes, he was playing with someone else's money. He said in an interview that he never plays tournaments with his own money.
However, for pure entertainment value, look for footage of Brad Garrett hamming it up while he plays. I doubt he's quite so antic when the cameras are off, but when they're on, so is he.
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10-15-2009 @ 3:04PM
greatone said...
Contanza has been playing poker for awhile and is actually good. He won a celebrity tournament about 3 years ago and beat Robin Tunney in the final table.
In the tournament you saw Ray Ramone, Brad Garrett, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon were all playing in that tournament.
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