Poker News: Adrian Peterson Hosting Super Bowl Celebrity Poker Tournament
The Minnesota Vikings team has a poker celebrity worth writing home about in Adrian Peterson who has been chosen as the perfect host for the Super Bowl Celebrity Poker Tournament to be held on 4th February 2011 in Dallas.
So, even though the team fell short of winning the Super Bowl, its star gets to host the star-studded poker online tournament just 2 days before the Big Game coming up next Friday in an All-In event to beat all others associated with America’s favorite outdoor sport.
All the proceeds from this celebrity poker event will be given over to the star running back’s All Day Foundation, which a press release stressed laid emphasis on creating educational experiences in addition to offering programs ensuring enrichment opportunities for underprivileged children.
The Super Bowl Celebrity Poker Tournament is scheduled to begin 4:30pm and its venue is the posh Southside Music Hall, which means a lot of gaming thrills and huge excitement for the regulars at at Gilley’s Dallas, as Texas City plays host to the Super Bowl XLV on February 6th 2011.
The grand finale of the season will focus on winners of the weekend’s match-ups which are scheduled between Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears team and the New York Jets facing the Pittsburgh Steelers. With entry tickets pegged at $500 each and the tournament play getting on at 5 p.m. in the Texan folk’s diaries, the full tilt event ticket includes light dinner and drinks cost in its price, making it a great bargain for many sports-crazy Texans who love things for a good cause just as much as they do their barbeques and home poker games. This is mainly the reason why the Celebrity Poker Tourney was organized in a state that favors looking after its own as much as it values the basic principles of humanitarianism.
In fact, the legendary Phil Hellmuth, a former UB.com pro who is currently a free agent is slated as being part of the headlines for a celebrity line up that is otherwise got mainly football fan attendees on its list.
Phil Hellmuth will be the host for the event and has 11 WSOP bracelets to his name apart from honor of having won the Main Event at the age of 24, (almost 22 years ago!) His current professional offers include an ABC reality show that is very popular among family viewers, called ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and he is the only poker pro so far who has been named part of the star contestant line-up, the show’s website mentions.
The other reason for excitement about this poker celebrity tournament lies with Julius Peppers being in attendance; this Chicago Bears defensive end hopes to be around to dive into the gaming action but if his team reaches the Super Bowl, we seriously doubt he will anywhere near the house, leave alone playing cards in it! The other famous sportsman adding to the star appeal at the celebrity poker tournament two days before the Super Bowl is Larry Fitzgerald, the Arizona Cardinals wide receiver who has been a four-time Pro Bowler.
The Super Bowl Celebrity Poker Event also has on offer an affordable $150 spectator ticket that comes exclusive of a poker tournament seat though it allows for a couple of tipples and the light dinner as in the $500 entry ticket. The total prize worth is $25,000 in this tournament and these will be divided amongst the top three position holders, which will be decided latest by 9:30p.m, revealed the event managers, Boston Charity Poker in a media alert.