Stars at Poker, Play at Tournaments For A Cause!

Aside from the enjoyment you could get from playing poker, there is also a big chance that you can earn big money if you win. This is the reason even famous stars play this card game. The only difference is that they play in order not only to earn money for themselves, but also donate to different foundations, which help others. Stars of the poker games are great inspirations because they do not play poker to generate more income for themselves but to help other people who are in need of financial support.

But still they can get the excitement from playing game. Most of these stars are invited in certain poker tournaments held for special occasions.

Poker Events to Help People in Need

It was the year 2010 when a poker tournament was conducted in order to support Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program. This foundation is located in the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Five big time celebrities have been invited and some other casts from famous movies, which include Lou Diamond Phillips, known to be an actor of “The Voice of Bart Simpson”, one of the casts of “Desperate Housewives”, April Scott, and Jessa Lynn Hinton, a representative from the movie “Saved by the Bell” and more.

This one great event was an act of generosity because the invited stars bet their own money in order to help people who are in real need. This is the purpose of the occasion, to invite popular people to donate their extra money so that other people who are suffering from many forms of fatal diseases could benefit from it. This is a very big help for them because they would have a possibility to pay for the very expensive atreatment and medication.

Game with Poker Stars

Aside from this generous act for the patients of cancer programs, there are many websites that were made live in order to give chances to the avid fans of the Hollywood stars to play with their idols. Of course, you will pay this opportunity to play with them. You need a VIP access to sit at a table with the other players who also took the VIP access with a celebrity playing with you. This can be a great chance to take pictures with the famous icons after the game and to challenge their poker expertise if they are not just talented people but skillful poker players. This is also of the form of their promotions in order to build healthy relationship with their fans because without these people who supports them, they would have never been be as famous as they are now.

There are also stars like the ordinary people who are just playing poker for fun. Even if they bet money for each, they just do it for the sake of enjoyment. Indeed, poker is a great game to play with friends, family and loved ones. The tricky game could serve as a help to strengthen the bond between you and your dear ones.