Pharrell Williams Hosts Celebrity Poker Event Amid
Super Bowl Festivities
February 02, 2007
Haley Hintze (pokernews.com) - read the original article
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The third annual Dewar's 12 Celebrity
Poker Challenge, hosted by award-winning producer/rapper
Pharrell Williams, returns tonight with a star-studded
lineup of 100 celebrity poker players, all benefiting
the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami and From One Hand
to Another, the charity organization helping low-income
families founded by Williams.
The private event, held at Miami's exclusive
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is part of an evening of
festivities and a larger party attended by about 300
well-connected entertainment movers and shakers. Among
the celebrities currently scheduled to participate in
the poker event are Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Beyonce Knowles,
Will and Jada Smith, Anna Kournikova, Queen Latifah,
Jermaine Dupri, Pitbull, Lennox Lewis, Jesse Palmer
(from "The Bachelor"), recent Heismann Trophy
winner Troy Smith, and the cast of MTV's "Eighth
and Ocean," a Miami-based reality series starring
10 now-famous South Florida fashion models.
Florida native and 2004 WSOP* Pot-Limit
Omaha bracelet winner Ted Lawson gets the emcee duties
for this one, with a special grand prize also awarded
to the winner. Last year's event, hosted by Alex Rodriguez,
raised tens of thousands for the Boys and Girls Clubs
of Miami, and this year's event will provide for similar
good works, amid the general fun that also includes
a Gwen Stefani-designed fashion show and a parade of
Vegas-style showgirls and dancers.
