HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- HollywoodPoker.com (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/), where the stars come to play, sponsored the Hollywood Poker Texas Hold 'Em Celebrity Challenge at the Pro Celebrity Union at Copper Mountain, held from January 20-22, 2006. The event, which featured skiing and live musical performances, raised over $25,000 for the Summit Foundation.

More than 300 people attended the poker tournament held on Saturday, January 21, 2006. Winners in the tournament included first place Rob Schwartz, Copper Mountain Director of Operations, 2nd place Darrell Ray, bass player in Hearing Red, 3rd place Gary Rodgers, General Manager of Copper Mountain and 4th place Paula Trickey ("The O.C.," "Pacific Blue"), who was the highest finishing celebrity.

Other celebrities who attended the event included Carlos Bernard ("24"), Billy Burke (Ladder 49, "24"), Majandra Delfino ("Roswell," Traffic), Marieh Delfino ("Boston Public," National Lampoon's Dorm Daze), Devon Gummersall ("The L Word," "My So Called Life") Lalaine ("Lizzie McGuire," WB Recording Artist), Lux Land (Performer), Christopher Massey (Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101"), Kyle Massey ("That's So Raven"), Ryan Merriman (The Ring 2), Erik Palladino ("ER," "Over There," Hearing Red), T Rexx (Comedian), Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under," Clueless), Jake Thomas ("Lizzie McGuire," A.I.), Brad Vancour (Free Ski Legend/21 Warren Miller Ski Films), Brian Vander Ark (Lead singer of The Verve Pipe) and Hearing Red (Rock band).

Many celebrities are clamoring to be a part of Hollywood Poker. Celebrities that have played in recent events include James Woods, Vince Van Patten ("World Poker Tour"), Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), Dennis Quaid (Yours, Mine and Ours), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Lenny Dykstra (NY Mets), Jon Favreau (Elf), Joshua Malina ("West Wing"), Timothy Busfield ("West Wing"), Mimi Rogers (The Door in the Floor), Mary McCormack ("West Wing"), Kevin Nealon ("Weeds"), Merv Griffin ("The Merv Griffin Show"), Anthony Anderson (Hustle and Flow), Wayne Gretzky (Los Angeles Kings), Camryn Manheim ("The Practice"), Scott Baio ("Arrested Development"), Erik Palladino ("Over There"), Michael Ian Black ("Stella"), Nicole Sullivan ("King of Queens"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice"), Ken Howard ("Crossing Jordan"), Bob Goen ("Entertainment Tonight"), Brad Sherwood ("Whose Line is it Anyway?"), Kevin Pollak (The Whole Ten Yards), Gary Carter (Hall of Fame Baseball Player), Dule Hill ("West Wing"), Brande Roderick (Starsky and Hutch), Willie Garson ("Sex in the City"), Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under"), Stephen Collins ("7th Heaven"), Nicholas Gonzalez (Anacondas 2), Jimmy Van Patten, Jon Landau (Titanic), Michael Woods ("Rudy: The Rudy Guiliani Story"), Noah Emmerich (Miracle), Jonathan Baker ("The Amazing Race"), Anthony Denison ("The Closer"), Alan Rosenberg (Robots), Tom McGowan (Bad Santa), Seth Meyers ("Saturday Night Live"), Yancey Arias ("Kingpin"), Pamela Gidley ("CSI," "Pretender"), Kirk Acevedo ("Band of Brothers"), Kane Hodder ("Jason X"), Joe Cortese (American History X), Ronny Cox (American Outlaws), Andrew Hill Newman (Fools Rush In), Paul McCrane ("ER"), Josh Charles ("Sports Night"), Michael Kelly (Dawn of the Dead), Bill Smitrovich (Mrs. Harris), Larry Bowa (Major League Baseball Player and Manager), Sean Kanan ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), Lana Antonova (The World's Fastest Indian), Samm Levine (Club Dread), Meat Loaf (Fight Club), Khary Payton ("Emily's Reasons Why Not"), Matt Borlenghi (Alpha Dog), Joshua Morrow ("The Young and the Restless"), Michael DeLorenzo ("New York Undercover"), Phil LaMarr ("Mad TV"), Ian Gomez ("Jake in Progress"), Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno), Jessalyn Gilsig ("Nip/Tuck"), Miguel Nunez ("Joey"), Chris Lawford ("The World's Fastest Indian") and many others.

About Hollywood Poker

Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/) is where the "Stars come to Play!" Our mission is to provide players with world-class, secure online poker entertainment with access to exclusive celebrity games. Hollywood Poker delivers the most technologically advanced online poker games, regular tournaments with huge prize pools, the industry's most professional and responsive player support team and vibrant and exciting game rooms and community message boards. At Hollywood Poker every player gets the star treatment. A membership to this exclusive club includes access to host your own online celebrity charity tournament, two weekly celebrity events, and a chance to win a free spot in the World Series of Poker.

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