Former WSOP winner Jamie Gold to host Playboy celebrity tourney
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Jamie Gold, the winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker’s main event, will host the Celebrity Poker Tournament and Casino Night at the Playboy Mansion on Saturday.
He’ll be co-hosting with Khloe Kardashian from E!’s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” The event is a fundraiser for the Urban Health Institute, which provides care, medicine and supplies in the wake of disasters.
According to pokerpages.com:
In addition to Playboy Bunnies, in the crowd will be poker pros, Hollywood celebrities, and sports superstars like: the Brunson family (which ones were not specified), Phil Laak, Don Cheadle, Anthony Anderson, Idris Elba, Dondre Whitfield and Salli Richardson Whitfield, Aaron McGruder, Glynn Turman, Claudia Jordan, Tommy Ford, Olivia Brown, Mellyssa Ford, NFLer Antonio Pierce, R&B’s Al B. Sure, and Carl Payne, to name but a few!
The buy-in for the tournament is $1,500. There will be a silent auction at the event, as well, with one of the prizes being a private poker lesson from Gold, according to the story.
For more about the event and its cause, you can visit uhievents.com.
