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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 5:10 pm
I've copied over the great intro that Essence posted in the Discussion thread. Following it, I'll post pics and the first questions for the game. Courtesy of Essence: New season starts Thursday, May 27 at 9:00pm. Bravo's hit original series "Celebrity Poker Showdown" returns with an all new expanded series featuring fifty stars competing in two tournaments. Each tournament will consist of six two-hour episodes. The new season will be hosted by Dave Foley ("Will & Grace," "The Kids in the Hall.") with expert commentary from poker pro Phil Gordon. Filmed before a live audience at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, each episode of "Celebrity Poker Showdown" features five celebrities competing against each other for a piece of the $250,000 prize pool in a game of No Limit Texas Hold'em poker for the charity of their choice. Each week a new crop of stars will take to the table to challenge their peers. The winner from each week's game will go on to compete in the championship final sixth episode – and then a new tournament will begin all over again with twenty five new celebrities. Viewers will have the inside track on the hands the different players are holding via hidden cameras. They will also be able to hear from the eliminated players, who will watch the remainder of their respective matches from the "Loser's Lounge," via closed circuit television. All players are guaranteed at least $5,000 in prize money. Just for making it to the finals, fifth place will win $7,500, fourth place will win $10,000, third place will win $12,500 and second place will walk away with $20,000 for their charity. The "Celebrity Poker Showdown" champions will each walk away with $100,000 for the charity of their choice. "Celebrity Poker Showdown" is hosted by comedian/actor Dave Foley joined by expert poker commentator Phil Gordon. Gordon is a world class poker player who has won $1,150,000 in poker tournaments in the last two years including a fourth place finish in the 2001 World Series of Poker, a first place finish in the World Poker Tour: Aruba (professional division) in 2002 and most recently a first place finish at the World Poker Tour: Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament in April 2004. Game 1 - May 27: Jerome Bettis - The Bus Stops Here Foundation Rosario Dawson - Scenario USA Mena Suvari - Starlight Children's Foundation Wanda Sykes - Habitat for Humanity Travis Tritt - St. Jude's Children's Hospital of Memphis Game 2 - June 3: Timothy Busfield - Malibu Highschool - Shark Fund Mo Gaffney - Planned Parenthood Foundation Dule Hill - Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation Danny Masterson - Citizens Commission on Human Rights James Woods - American Stroke Foundation Game 3 - June 10: Michael Ian Black - Endeavor House Star Jones - East Harlem School at Exodus House Norm MacDonald - The Hole In The Wall Gang Adam Rodriguez - VH1 Save The Music Foundation Jeremy Sisto - The Linden Center Game 4 - June 17: Sean Astin - National Center for Family Literacy Lauren Graham - Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program Chris Masterson - Citizens Commission on Human Rights Matthew Perry - The Lili Claire Foundation Sara Rue - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Game 5 - June 24: James Blake - Shriner's Hospital Jon Favreau - Caring for Children & Families with AIDS Andy Richter - The National Mental Health Association Tom Everett Scott - Caring for Children & Families with AIDS Maura Tierney - Children's Aid Society Teen Pregnancy Prevention
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 5:13 pm
FIRST WEEK PLAYERS:

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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 5:51 pm
Week One: To avoid confusion, I am referring to us as "players" and the poker players as "celebrities".
1. | I'm giving each of us 20 points. | 2. | Divide your 20 points among the 5 celebrities. | 3. | You must give each celebrity at least 1 point. | 4. | Points will be rewarded per this scale: | |
Celebrity who comes in 5th | will get the points assigned | times 1 | Celebrity who comes in 4th | will get the points assigned | times 2 | Celebrity who comes in 3rd | will get the points assigned | times 3 | Celebrity who comes in 2nd | will get the points assigned | times 4 | Celebrity who comes in 1st | will get the points assigned | times 5 | |
5. | In addition, points will be rewarded: | |
Questions- | | Points | For playing you get | … | 3 points | BONUS Questions | | Points | B1. Who wins the first hand? | … | 5 points | B2. Who goes "all in" first? | … | 5 points | | Definition of "All In"- when a celebrity bets all the money they have. Everyone else in the game must either match the bet, or, if they don't have enough chips left, go all in themselves, or fold.
B3. How many "all ins" happen? | … | 5 points | B4. What will be the best completed hand? | … | 5 points | A- Straight | | | B- Flush | | | C- Full House/Boat | | | D- Other | | | | By completed, I simply mean all 7 cards get shown.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 5:58 pm
I'll start to show you how:
Jerome Bettis | 3 | Rosario Dawson | 2 | Mena Suvari | 1 | Wanda Sykes | 6 | Travis Tritt | 8 | |
B1. Who wins the first hand? | Wanda Sykes | B2. Who goes "all in" first? | Rosario Dawson | B3. How many "all ins" happen? | 4 | B4. What will be the best completed hand? | Full House | |
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 10:22 am
Bettis - 3 Dawson - 3 Suvari - 3 Sykes - 6 Tritt - 5 B1. Tritt B2. Suvari B3. 3 B4. Other
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Mydogbuffy
Member
02-12-2003
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 9:07 pm
Bettis - 5 Tritt - 5 Sykes - 3 Suvari -4 Dawson - 3 B1 - Sykes B2 - Suvari B3 - 5 B4 - Four of a kind.
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Immikeswfe
Member
04-24-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:47 am
Jerome Bettis 6 Rosario Dawson 1 Mena Suvari 1 Wanda Sykes 6 Travis Tritt 6 B1. Who wins the first hand? Wanda Sykes B2. Who goes "all in" first? Mena Suvari B3. How many "all ins" happen? 5 B4. What will be the best completed hand? Flush
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 5:11 pm
Yea, Mydogbuffy is back!!!
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Essence
Member
01-12-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:35 am
Bettis 6 Dawson 2 Sevari 5 Sykes 3 Tritt 4 B1. Tritt B2. Sykes B3. 4 B4. B
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 5:51 pm
bump- nobody else want to play?
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, May 17, 2004 - 7:20 pm
I meant to vote yesterday....Thanks Puttergirl, your games always make the shows more fun Bettis - 2 Dawson - 3 Suvari - 4 Sykes - 7 Tritt - 4 B1. Wanda B2. Wanda B3. 3 B4. B
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:33 pm
I'll play... Bettis-6 Dawson-4 Suvari-3 Sykes-3 Tritt-4 first hand-Suvari all in first-Tritt all ins-7 best hand-D-Other
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Bakerygirl
Member
11-03-2002
| Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 4:16 pm
Bettis 4 Dawson 2 Sevari 2 Sykes 6 Tritt 6 B1. Tritt B2. Sykes B3. 5 B4. D
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 8:47 pm
Bettis 4 Dawson 2 Suvari 2 Sykes 5 Tritt 7 B1. Sykes B2. Dawson B3. 3 B4. B - Flush
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Maryk
Member
01-30-2001
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 7:21 am
Jerome Bettis 5 Rosario Dawson 3 Mena Suvari 3 Wanda Sykes 5 Travis Tritt 4 B1. Who wins the first hand? Rosario Dawson B2. Who goes "all in" first? Mena Suvari B3. How many "all ins" happen? 10 B4. What will be the best completed hand? C Full House
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 8:42 am
Jerome Bettis 5 Rosario Dawson 2 Mena Suvari 1 Wanda Sykes 6 Travis Tritt 6 B1. Who wins the first hand? Tritt B2. Who goes "all in" first? Bettis B3. How many "all ins" happen? 4 B4. What will be the best completed hand? Flush
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Hobbs
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 1:45 pm
I'm in!!! At least this I can miss a show and still play this game. Jerome Bettis 4 Rosario Dawson 4 Mena Suvari 4 Wanda Sykes 4 Travis Tritt 4 B1. Who wins the first hand? Rosario B2. Who goes "all in" first? Travis B3. How many "all ins" happen? 7 B4. What will be the best completed hand? Straight
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Azlen
Member
08-27-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 3:05 pm
Jerome Bettis 4 Rosario Dawson 5 Mena Suvari 1 Wanda Sykes 4 Travis Tritt 6 B1. Who wins the first hand? Sykes B2. Who goes "all in" first? Bettis B3. How many "all ins" happen? 9 B4. What will be the best completed hand? Full House
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 5:19 pm
I'm changing my all ins to 8.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 6:25 pm
I have discovered that your Bravo and my Bravo are different, kicking myself. I'll still play and visit the website though, what the hay.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 8:18 pm
Player | Points | Out 1st | Out 2nd | Out 3rd | Out 4th | Wins | 1st Hand | 1st All In | All Ins | Hand | | | Jerome Bettis | Mena Suvari | Travis Tritt | Wanda Sykes | Rosario Dawson | | | | | Pamy | 73 | 2 x 1 = 2 | 4 x 2 = 8 | 4 x 3 = 12 | 7 x 4 = 28 | 3 x 5 = 15 | Wanda | Wanda | 3 | Flush | Wilsonatmd | 69 | 6 x 1 = 6 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 4 x 3 = 12 | 3 x 4 = 12 | 4 x 5 = 20 | Mena | Travis | 7 | Other | Azlen | 68 | 4 x 1 = 4 | 1 x 2 = 2 | 6 x 3 = 18 | 4 x 4 = 16 | 5 x 5 = 25 | Wanda | Jerome | 9 | Full House | Mware | 66 | 3 x 1 = 3 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 5 x 3 = 15 | 6 x 4 = 24 | 3 x 5 = 15 | Travis | Mena | 3 | Other | Puttergirl | 66 | 3 x 1 = 3 | 1 x 2 = 2 | 8 x 3 = 24 | 6 x 4 = 24 | 2 x 5 = 10 | Wanda | Rosario | 8 | Full House | Hobbs | 65 | 4 x 1 = 4 | 4 x 2 = 8 | 4 x 3 = 12 | 4 x 4 = 16 | 4 x 5 = 20 | Rosario | Travis | 7 | Straight | Mydogbuffy | 64 | 5 x 1 = 5 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 3 x 3 = 9 | 4 x 4 = 16 | 5 x 5 = 25 | Wanda | Mena | 5 | Other | Bakerygirl | 63 | 4 x 1 = 4 | 2 x 2 = 4 | 6 x 3 = 18 | 6 x 4 = 24 | 2 x 5 = 10 | Travis | Mena | 5 | Other | Froggiegirl621 | 62 | 4 x 1 = 4 | 2 x 2 = 4 | 7 x 3 = 21 | 5 x 4 = 20 | 2 x 5 = 10 | Wanda | Rosario | 3 | Flush | Jasper | 62 | 5 x 1 = 5 | 1 x 2 = 2 | 6 x 3 = 18 | 6 x 4 = 24 | 2 x 5 = 10 | Travis | Jerome | 4 | Flush | Maryk | 61 | 5 x 1 = 5 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 4 x 3 = 12 | 5 x 4 = 20 | 3 x 5 = 15 | Rosario | Mena | 10 | Full House | Essence | 58 | 6 x 1 = 6 | 5 x 2 = 10 | 4 x 3 = 12 | 3 x 4 = 12 | 2 x 5 = 10 | Travis | Wanda | 4 | Flush | Immikeswfe | 58 | 6 x 1 = 6 | 1 x 2 = 2 | 6 x 3 = 18 | 6 x 4 = 24 | 1 x 5 = 5 | Wanda | Mena | 5 | Flush | |
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 8:21 pm
I will say this was a really good episode.....Dave Foley can be annoying at times, good in others...but Wanda stole the show tonight.
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Thursday, May 27, 2004 - 8:28 pm
I liked last years host better (can't think of his name right now), Dave Foley grates on my last nerve! And I'm with you on Wanda - she cracked me up! I was totally blown away by Rosario taking it all. Who would've thunk it?! I take comfort in the fact that there are only 11 points between me and first place so I'm not feeling totally out of the game...yet.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, May 28, 2004 - 7:45 am
I agree I liked last year's host better, he is a comic, can't think of his name!! Wanda kills me! LOve her!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 12:20 pm
putter, you OK? It's Tuesday and the show is Thuesday....
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