Jennifer Tilly(credit: Wikipedia)
The inaugural US Poker Bowl will begin on October 20, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Poker Bowl is a week-long team competition. 150 players from all walks of life, including celebrities, poker pros and amateurs of varying skill levels, joined teams of six, representing 25 US cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas and more. The total prize pool is $1,000,000.
The object of the game is to be the last team standing. If the individual winner of the event is not from the last remaining team, then there will be a playoff to decide the overall winner between three individuals from the winning team and the actual individual winner and the next longest-lasting member from that person’s team. The final person standing wins the match for their team. More rules and regulations are available at the U.S. Poker League’s official web site.
Pros taking part in the tournament include:
Kathy Liebert (Detroit Absolute Nuts)
Steve Dannenmann (Cincinnati Full House)
Sorel Mizzi (Chicago Sharks)
Paul Wasicka (Denver High Rollers)
Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari & Jennifer Tilly (Las Vegas Rat Pack)
Lee Watkinson (Seattle Sentinels)
Greg Raymer (Boston Diamonds)
Eric “Rizen” Lynch and Jon “PearlJammer” Turner (New Jersey XFactors)
Victor Ramdin (New York Rounders)
T.J. Cloutier & Layne Flack (Dallas Kowboys)
Clonie Gowen & Chris Jesus Ferguson (Houston Wranglers)
JC Tran, Michael & Robert Mizrachi (Orange County Outlaws)
There are a few slots still open for interested players – the cost for a seat is $8,000. However, it must be noted that no new teams are being accepted for this season. See http://www.uspokerbowl.com/ for more information.
In this clip, Tilly plays heads-up poker with 2006 WSOP champ, Jamie Gold: