Celebrity Poker Showdown
Genre	Game show
Starring	Dave Foley (2004–2006) Phil Gordon (2003–2005) Phil Helmuth (2006) Kevin Pollack (2003) Robert Thompson (2003–2006)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	48
Production
Executive producer(s)	Marcia Mulé Bryan Scott Joshua Malina
Location	The Palms Casino, Las Vegas (2003–2005) Harrah's, New Orleans (2006)
Running time	2 hours (with commercials) Six episodes were 1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	Bravo
Original run	2003 – 2006
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Celebrity Poker Showdown was a celebrity game show on the cable network Bravo. It was a limited-run series of five celebrities playing poker. The series ran eight tournaments in five seasons. Celebrity Poker Showdown logo, deemed fair use File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... Dave Foley (born January 4, 1963, in Etobicoke, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, and Celebrity Poker Showdown. ... For the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, see Phil Gordon (politician) Phil Gordon (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Robert Thompson is a Las Vegas poker official. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Atlanta Falcons strong safety, Bryan Scott. ... Joshua Charles Malina (born 17 January 1966) is an American film and stage actor. ... Photo of the Palms hotel tower and the new Fantasy Tower. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... The company known as Harrahs Entertainment was founded on October 30, 1937 as a small bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada operated by William F. Harrah. ... NOLA redirects here. ... Look up bravo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... A game of Texas hold em in progress. ...

In each show, five celebrities played a no limit Texas hold 'em tournament for a charity of their choice. The winners of each qualifying game won a silver commemorative poker chip and advanced to the championship game. The winner of the championship game would win the grand prize for their charity. Each tournament comprised of six two-hour episodes: five qualifying games and one championship game. The game of poker as played today requires that players agree before play on allowable amounts for betting (called limits), and the use and amount of forced bets. ... Texas hold em involves community cards available to all players (pictured here on the left). ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ...

In an interview with TV Guide, host Dave Foley said that a ninth season is not being produced, as Bravo did not order any new episodes.^[1] TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

Setup, logistics, and personalities

The first seven tournaments were taped at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in front of a live studio audience. With the eighth tournament, Harrah's Entertainment became the "official casino of Celebrity Poker Showdown." Photo of the Palms hotel tower and the new Fantasy Tower. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... The company known as Harrahs Entertainment was founded on October 30, 1937 as a small bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada operated by William F. Harrah. ...

When a player is eliminated, he or she moves to the "Loser's Lounge" to watch the rest of the game. With the move to New Orleans for the Eighth Tournament, the Lounge was renamed for sponsor Southern Comfort as the "SoCo Lime Lounge". This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A 1 litre bottle of Southern Comfort. ... A 1 litre bottle of Southern Comfort. ...

The first series was hosted by actor/comic Kevin Pollak, and each episode (except for the Championship Game) was an hour. The Championship telecast was two hours in length. Each succeeding series was hosted by Dave Foley, and all episodes (with one exception) were two hours in length. Professional poker player Phil Gordon provided the color commentary for the first seven tournaments. Phil Hellmuth took over the commentary spot in the eighth tournament. Kevin Pollak Kevin E. Pollak (born on October 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his uncanny impressions of Christopher Walken and William Shatner. ... For the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, see Phil Gordon (politician) Phil Gordon (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... A color (or colour) commentator is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ...

All the games were officiated by Tournament Director Robert Thompson. Thompson was noted amongst viewers of the show for the catchphrase, "Shuffle up and deal!" Robert Thompson is a Las Vegas poker official. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...

Several celebrities have appeared in multiple tournaments, and five have won games in separate tournaments. David Cross won in the first and third tournaments; Dulé Hill won in the second and seventh; Kevin Nealon won in the fourth and seventh; Jason Alexander won in the fifth and eighth; and Michael Ian Black won in the second and eighth tourneys. No celebrity won more than one championship game. David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and actor. ... Karim Dulé Hill (born May 3, 1975) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. ... Kevin Nealon Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American comedian and actor best known for the characters he played on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995. ... Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a Jewish American television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ...

The series was produced by Joshua Malina. Joshua Charles Malina (born 17 January 1966) is an American film and stage actor. ...

Tournament winnings

The first six tournaments were played for a total of $250,000 in prize money as follows:

• The four players eliminated in each of the first 5 games: $5,000 each
• Fifth Place in the Championship: $7,500
• Fourth Place in the Championship: $10,000
• Third Place in the Championship: $12,500
• Second Place in the Championship: $20,000
• First Place in the Championship: $100,000

Starting with the Seventh Tournament, the "prize pool" was increased to $1,000,000 and divided thusly:

• The four players eliminated in each of the first 5 games: $5,000 each
• Fifth Place in the Championship: $25,000
• Fourth Place in the Championship: $75,000
• Third Place in the Championship: $100,000
• Second Place in the Championship: $200,000
• First Place in the Championship: $500,000

Tournament results

First tournament

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• Game 1: Ben Affleck, Don Cheadle, Willie Garson, Emily Procter, David Schwimmer
• Game 2: Timothy Busfield, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Martin Sheen, John Spencer
• Game 3: Hank Azaria, Michael Ian Black, Peter Facinelli, Mo Gaffney, Nicole Sullivan
• Game 4: Coolio, Shannon Elizabeth, Ron Livingston, Paul Rudd, Sarah Silverman
• Game 5: David Cross, Carrie Fisher, Tom Green, Mimi Rogers, Scott Stapp
• The Championship Game: David Cross, Willie Garson, Paul Rudd, Richard Schiff, Nicole Sullivan

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Second tournament

• Game 1: Jerome Bettis, Rosario Dawson, Mena Suvari, Wanda Sykes, Travis Tritt
• Game 2: Timothy Busfield, Mo Gaffney, Dulé Hill, Danny Masterson, James Woods
• Game 3: Michael Ian Black, Star Jones Reynolds, Norm MacDonald, Adam Rodriguez¹, Jeremy Sisto
• Game 4: Sean Astin, Lauren Graham, Chris Masterson, Matthew Perry, Sara Rue
• Game 5: James Blake, Jon Favreau, Andy Richter, Tom Everett Scott, Maura Tierney
• The Championship Game: Rosario Dawson, Dulé Hill, Michael Ian Black, Lauren Graham, Maura Tierney

Maura Tierney won this tournament's championship, televised July 1, 2004.
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Third tournament

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• Game 1: Willie Garson, Jennie Garth, Richard Kind, Dave Navarro, Jerry O'Connell
• Game 2: Angie Dickinson, Jeff Gordon, Kathy Griffin, Penn Jillette, Ron Livingston
• Game 3: Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, David Cross, Peter Facinelli, Judy Greer
• Game 4: Michael Badalucco, Bobby Flay, Steve Harris, Kathy Najimy, Mimi Rogers
• Game 5: Hank Azaria, Seth Meyers, Gail O'Grady, Amy Poehler, Jeffrey Ross
• The Championship Game: David Cross, Steve Harris, Jeff Gordon, Seth Meyers, Dave Navarro

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Fourth tournament

• Game 1: Christopher Meloni, Matthew Perry, Stephen Root, Sarah Silverman, Michael Vartan
• Game 2: Bobby Cannavale, Tony Hawk, Cheryl Hines, Dennis Rodman, Ryan Stiles
• Game 3: Macaulay Culkin, Neil Flynn, Sara Gilbert, Ricki Lake, Kevin Nealon
• Game 4: Chevy Chase, Donny Deutsch, Shannon Elizabeth, Kathy Griffin, Neil Patrick Harris
• Game 5: Angela Bassett, Jeff Garlin, Dave Navarro, Mekhi Phifer, Emily Procter
• The Championship Game: Matthew Perry, Dennis Rodman, Kevin Nealon, Neil Patrick Harris, Mekhi Phifer

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Fifth tournament

• Game 1: Curt Schilling, Brad Garrett, Catherine O'Hara, Sara Rue, Ray Romano
• Game 2: Jason Alexander, Nicholas Gonzalez, Allison Janney, Chris Kattan, Mary McCormack
• Game 3: Lacey Chabert, Bonnie Hunt, J.K. Simmons, Robert Wagner, Scott Wolf
• Game 4: Brandi Chastain, Camryn Manheim, Colin Quinn, Tom Verica, Kevin Weisman
• Game 5¹: Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Andrea Parker, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Fred Willard
• The Championship Game: Brad Garrett, Jason Alexander, Bonnie Hunt, Colin Quinn, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Brad Garrett won this tournament's championship, televised March 1, 2005.
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Sixth tournament

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• Game 1: Charla Faddoul, Trishelle Cannatella, Andrew Firestone, Jonny Fairplay, Omarosa
• Game 2: Bryan Cranston, Howie Mandel¹, Stephen Collins, Peter Dinklage, Meat Loaf¹
• Game 3: Kathy Najimy, Ricki Lake, Sharon Lawrence, Kathryn Morris, Caroline Rhea
• Game 4: Anthony Anderson, Cheryl Hines, Amber Tamblyn, Alex Trebek, Michael Vartan
• Game 5: Rosie O'Donnell², Penny Marshall, Travis Tritt, Eddie Cibrian, Mo Gaffney², ³
• The Championship Game: Andrew Firestone, Stephen Collins, Kathy Najimy, Cheryl Hines, Eddie Cibrian

Kathy Najimy won this tournament's championship, televised on September 22, 2005.
¹ Collins eliminated Mandel and Meat Loaf on the same hand, the first time this happened during the show's run.
² Tritt eliminated O'Donnell and Gaffney on the same hand.
³ This was Gaffney's third appearance on the show. She's the only person to play in three different tournaments.
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Seventh tournament

The seventh tournament premiered October 13, 2005, with a themed show featuring male stars from Desperate Housewives, and a $1 million (US) prize pool, with $500,000 going to the winners' charity. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios — The Walt Disney Companys main television studio — and Cherry Productions. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

• Game 1: Steven Culp, Ricardo Chavira, Doug Savant, James Denton, Mark Moses
• Game 2: James Woods, Joey Fatone, Gina Gershon, Andy Richter, Barry Corbin
• Game 3: Kathleen Madigan, Bill Brochtrup, Dulé Hill, Kelli Williams, Carlos Bernard
• Game 4: Kevin Nealon, Richard Belzer, Dean Cain, Oksana Baiul, Nicholas Gonzalez
• Game 5: Jeremy London, Ian Gomez, Alison Sweeney, Wendy Pepper, Camryn Manheim
• The Championship Game: Steven Culp, Barry Corbin, Dulé Hill, Kevin Nealon, Wendy Pepper.

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Eighth tournament

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• Game 1: Jason Alexander, Bryan Cranston, Susie Essman, Jamie Bamber, Kevin Sorbo
• Game 2: Michael Ian Black, Greg Behrendt, Jorge Garcia¹, Kim Coles¹, Andrea Martin¹
• Game 3: Ida Siconolfi², Fred Savage, Jennifer Tilly, Doug E. Doug³, Brett Butler³
• Game 4: Keegan-Michael Key, Jenna Fischer, Mario Cantone, Rocco DiSpirito, Jordan Peele
• Game 5: Robin Tunney, Christopher Meloni, Macy Gray, Joy Behar, Andy Dick
• The Championship Game: Jason Alexander, Robin Tunney, Michael Ian Black, Ida Siconolfi, Keegan-Michael Key

Jason Alexander won the tournament final, aired July 5, 2006. He came back from having been down to $11,000 in chips, with Michael Ian Black having had nearly 80% of the chips on the table. Alexander's comeback is the best in the history of the show. Robin Tunney, who also had a dramatic shift in chip totals during the game, finished a strong second to Alexander after Black's collapse. Tunney won $200,000 for her charity, while Alexander's received $500,000. Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan on September 23, 1959) is a Jewish American television, cinema and musical theatre actor, best known for his role as George Costanza on the hit television series Seinfeld. ... Bryan L. Cranston (born March 7, 1956 in San Fernando Valley, California) is an American actor, voice actor, writer and director, best known in his role as Hal, the father of the family in the Fox Network television situation comedy Malcolm in the Middle. ... Susie Essman is an American stand-up comedian and comic actress in television and films. ... Jamie St John Bamber Griffith (born April 3, 1973 in Hammersmith, London) is an English-American actor. ... Kevin Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor probably best known for the role of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. ... Michael Ian Black (born Michael Schwartz on August 12, 1971) is an American actor, comedian and comedy writer. ... Greg Behrendt Gregory Paul Greg Behrendt (born July 21, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian and best-selling author. ... Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an Chilean actor and comedian. ... Kim Coles (born January 11, 1966) is an American actress and comedian. ... Andrea Martin (born January 15, 1947) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and comedienne. ... Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television director. ... Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958)[1] is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. ... Doug. ... Brett Butler For other persons named Brett Butler, see Brett Butler (disambiguation). ... Keegan-Michael Key (b. ... Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award nominated[1] actress best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the U.S. adaptation of The Office. ... Mario Cantone (born December 9, 1959 in Boston) is an American stand-up comedian and actor with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelles Show. ... Rocco DiSpirito (http://www. ... Jordan Peele (born February 21, 1979) is a comic actor. ... Robin Tunney (born on June 19, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress of stage, television and film. ... Christopher Peter Meloni (born on April 2, 1961) is an American Emmy-nominated actor known for his near opposite roles as the protective and committed Det. ... Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967[1]) is an American Grammy Award winning R&B, soul, and neo soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis. ... Joy Behar (christened Josephina Victoria Occhiuto) was born on October 7, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. ... Andrew Dick[1] (born December 21, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and voice artist best known for his roles on the sitcoms NewsRadio, The Andy Dick Show and Less Than Perfect and provided voiceovers in The Lion King II: Simbas Pride, Hoodwinked!, and Happily NEver After. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

¹ Black eliminated Coles, Garcia, and Martin in three consecutive hands, a first for the series.
² Siconolfi won Bravo's online poker tournament in late 2005 and became the first non-celebrity player to compete on the show.
³ Tilly eliminated both Doug E. Doug and Brett Butler in the same hand.

Post-show poker

Some of the celebrities on this series have parlayed their game play into visits onto the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker. In 2005, Brad Garrett, Shannon Elizabeth, Nicholas Gonzalez, and James Woods all participated in the WSOP's $10,000 Texas Hold-Em Main Event. Also in 2005, Jennifer Tilly won a WSOP Gold Bracelet for coming in first in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em event, and won the third annual WPT Ladies Invitational Tournament. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ...

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Parodies

For the December 10, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live, Foley and Gordon lent their voices (playing themselves) to a Robert Smigel animated TV Funhouse parody called "Celebrity Mugshot Poker," where, as the title suggests, various celebrities (like Nick Nolte and James Brown) are represented by animated versions of their infamous mugshots. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90 minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American humorist and performer best known for his Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. ... TV Funhouse is the title of a recurring skit on NBCs Saturday Night Live featuring cartoons created by longtime SNL writer Robert Smigel, as well as a short-lived spinoff series that ran on Comedy Central. ... Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is a Oscar-nominated American actor, model, and producer. ... James Joseph Brown, Jr. ...

Saturday Night Live also did a parody of this show on the season 29 episode hosted by Will and Grace star Megan Mullally, with Phil Gordon played by Chris Parnell and comedian Kevin Pollak played by Jimmy Fallon. Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host, singer and comedian, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. ... Thomas Christopher Chris Parnell (born February 5, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in 1998-2001 and 2002-2006. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

MADtv did a parody of this show as a ninth and tenth season recurring sketch called "Celebrity Quarters" (based on the drinking game "quarters") with Ron Pederson as David Foley and, replacing Phil Gordon, was Nick Nolte (played by Ike Barinholtz). MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine, Mad. ... We dont have an article called David Foley Start this article Search for David Foley in. ... Isaac Ike Barinholtz (born February 18, 1977) is a comic actor. ...

For the November 3, 2005 episode of the Friends TV series spin-off, Joey, Foley and Gordon played themselves in a fictitious tournament in which the character of Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc) participates based on bad advice and incorrect rules from his sister, Gina, who is trying to sabotage his efforts. This includes a so-called Texas Earthquake that occurs when one card of each suit is present in the face-up community cards, during which Joey believes that players jump onto the table and attempt to steal chips from their opponents. Joey and the Poker is the seventh episode of the second season of the television situation comedy Joey. ... For the use of the word in a general sense, see Friendship. ... Joey was an American sitcom, starring Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ... Matthew Steven LeBlanc (July 25, 1967 - May 25, 2007) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004). ...

References

External links

• Official site
• IMDB Celebrity Poker Showdown page