The Ed Asner & Friends 9th Annual Celebrity Poker Night is coming on June 12th — get your seat at the table now so you don’t miss out!
The legendary Ed Asner (the most decorated actor in the history of the Primetime Emmy® awards) presents the 9th Annual Ed Asner & Friends Celebrity Poker Night, where poker aficionados and fans alike are invited to participate in a live online tournament featuring their favorite celebrities as opponents. Featuring an appearance by reigning champion Clancy Brown, a silent auction, a special musical performance by Aimee Mann, possible appearances by past celebrity players including Jack Black, Ben Affleck, and Don Cheadle, and all of the excitement will be streamed live across social media!
“We’re very excited about this year’s Poker Night, because the virtual platform is brand new and really amazing,” says Matt Asner, Co-Founder, The Ed Asner Family Center. “It’s cutting edge and allows our players to see and talk to one another in real time at their tables. This virtual poker night will be truly groundbreaking and the closest you’ll get to in-person, live table action. It’s light years ahead of the video game vibe we had last year. I can’t wait to see who has the best poker face!”
A $250 donation secures your buy-in, with all proceeds going to charity. For more information, visit pokerwithed.com. Can’t participate in the event, but still want to help? Simply text “POKER” to 707070 to donate and be sure to check out the live stream on social media.
I was invited to play in a game with Ed Asner, Matt Asner, Phil Gordon, Brandon Zachary from Comic Book Resources, Sean Chaffin from USPoker.com & Casino Player Magazine, and Austin Romero, WWE Ring Announcer. This was a ton of fun. The Poker 501 platform is super easy to use, and allows for great conversation while playing. I can only imagine how amazing the actual tournament will be!
This year’s virtual event benefits The Ed Asner Family Center (TEAFC), an all-encompassing resource dedicated to helping ‘differently-abled’ individuals (and their families) with Autism, developmental delays, and all types of special needs.
The Ed Asner Family Center is a nonprofit, co-founded by Navah Paskowitz-Asner and Matthew Asner, whose mission is to be a one-stop shop for those with special needs and their families seeking wholeness in all attitudes of life. Catering not only to the individual but to the whole family, the Center acts as an oasis of balance and thought, of interaction and education.
Additionally, the Center offers mental health services and arts and career advancement classes like cooking classes, yoga, acting, improv and more! These classes set out to help promote self confidence and balance.
Participating Celebrities
This year’s 300-seat event will use a brand-new digital platform, Poker 501, allowing professional poker hosts Phil Gordon (Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown”, ESPN’s Poker Analyst), Maria Ho (2018 Women in Poker HALL OF FAME Inductee, NBC Sports’ “Super High Roller Bowl”), and Nick Geber (Lead Announcer for the 39th-41st Annual World Series of Poker) to check in on tables throughout the livestream event.
The cutting-edge virtual poker rooms give players like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog the ability to see, bluff, and heckle their table mates during every hand.
Additional celebrities anteing up for the cause include Michael Shannon, Jake Tapper, Ron Funches, Lou Diamond Phillips, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Daryl Hannah, Danny Bonaduce, Greg Proops, Haley Joel Osment, Mary Trump, Richard Kind, Natasha Henstridge, Jill Whelan, Willie Garson, Michael Ian Black, Mira Sorvino, Dave Foley, Matthew Modine, Michael McKean, Nicholas Gonzalez, Tom Arnold, Diedrich Bader, Keith Morrison, Holly Robinson Peete, Rodney Peete, Thomas Gibson, Brad Garrett, Daryl Evans, Steven Weber, BD Wong, Rosie O’Donnell, Joely Fisher, Jim Beaver, Kelly Hu, Massi Furlan, Jason Alexander, Camryn Manheim, Paul Raci, Fred Melamed, Jack Black, Maude Apatow, Adam Goldberg, and more.
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Win Your Way In
Want to win your seat at the table with your favorite celebrities? Tickets are a suggested $250 donation, but you can simply test your luck and enter to win your way in below. GOOD LUCK!
The 9th Annual Ed Asner & Friends Celebrity Poker Night Ticket
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That looks like a lot of fun.