The WPT Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino

The WPT (world poker tour) Celebrity Invitational is the biggest celebrity poker tournament in the world and PartyPoker is giving poker players the opportunity to grab a slot for just a handful of PartyPoints.

The World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational will be on February 20th, 2010-February 21st, 2010 in L.A. and PartyPoker will give away a total of fifteen packages worth $3,000 each in a qualifying final on January 31st, 2010.

A PartyPoker spokesperson said that the tournament will be filled with Hollywood celebrities and well-known poker players. The spokesperson added that the tournament is by invitation only and PartyPoker will be able to help interested poker enthusiasts to get on that list.

To win a prize package for the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational, all a player needs to do is use their PartyPoints to enter the daily qualifiers. PartyPoker is running two daily poker qualifiers, one which costs ten PartyPoints and sees the top three poker players qualify for the final.

The second qualifier will cost players twenty-five PartyPoints with the top fifteen advancing to the final. Now in its 4th year, the WPT Celebrity Invitational has seen celebrities like Michael Vartan, Paris Hilton, Jon Hamm, Don Cheadle, Ray Romano, Jon Hamm, Jason Alexander, Brad Garrett and Mena Suvari trade the glamour of the red carpet for the poker felt at the Commerce Casino.

The World Poker Tour is guaranteeing a cash pool of $200,000 for this year's WPT Celebrity Invitational with an additional $25,000 seat in the World Poker Tour World Championship in April going to the winner.

02/16/2010, Tuesday
Sherry Barlow

The WPT Celebrity Invitational at the Commerce Casino

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