Celeb Poker Chief Executive David Donovan announced the launch of the Celeb Poker Global Challenge 2005 with a prize pool of 10,000,000 dollars. World poker champions and celebrities from all over Europe and the USA will take part in this tournament. The event is sponsored by Celeb Poker, a celebrity poker room, and it is screened on TV.
Celeb Poker UK Challenge is a Poker Tournament that takes place at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton, with a prize pool of 120,000 pounds. It is one of the main tournaments in Europe and, because of its great prize it attracts the best players from all over Europe. Some celebrities and satellite qualifiers take part in this great poker event.
Apart from its fantastic prize pool, what makes Celeb Poker UK Challenge different from any other poker tournament in the world is that celebrities challenge people of the general public. In 2004, celebs like Jimmy White, John McCrirrick or Chris Brookes took part in this breathtaking poker competition. The favorites were Roy Brindley and Marcel Luske. The former is an Irish poker pro, and the latter is one the current champions in Holland. The venue, the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton Marina, is a stunning place crowded with glamorous celebrities and poker stars.
The game starts with each player depositing a 1000 pounds fee. In 2004, 120 players paid this fee and played no limit poker against celebs or poker pros. That year, the winner cashed 40.000 pounds and an entry fee of 5.000 dollars for this years Challenge.
If you want to learn more about this tournament, you can visit its website. Celeb Poker room is the only poker room that offers you the opportunity to play against poker pros and international celebrities during the whole year. Its founder David Donovan said that their aim was to give people the chance to challenge their favorite celebs online and have an awesome poker experience.
