Hollywood Poker to Donate Proceeds of Celebrity Tournaments to American Red Cross

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/) is doing its part to lend a hand to the thousands in need. Hollywood Poker has joined forces with Dennis Quaid and his charity, the International Hospital for Children Foundation (http://www.theihc.org/), to bring relief to the disadvantaged children of Louisiana. For the entire month of September, Hollywood Poker will match the prize pool for every Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational tournament as well as every Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic tournament and divide the proceeds between the American Red Cross and the International Hospital for Children Foundation.

Commenting on its involvement, Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/) star James Woods said, "I am touched by the collaborative relief efforts that thousands have undertaken for this tragedy, and feel privileged to be a part of Hollywood Poker's ongoing efforts to reach out to those affected."

Dennis Quaid added, "On behalf of the International Hospital for Children Foundation, our hearts go out to the children affected by the storm. We feel it is our duty to help in any way we can, lending support to those who desperately need it. We are very grateful to Hollywood Poker for the opportunity of making this possible."

Many celebrities are clamoring to play in the celebrity tournaments in an effort to drive even larger prize pools. Celebrities that have played in recent events include James Woods, Vince Van Patten ("World Poker Tour"), Lenny Dykstra (NY Mets), Wayne Gretzky (LA Kings), Joshua Malina ("The West Wing"), Jon Favreau (Swingers), Seth Meyers ("Saturday Night Live"), Morris Chestnut (Boyz n the Hood), Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers), Timothy Busfield ("West Wing"), Nicholas Gonzalez (Anacondas 2), Jimmy Van Patten, Scott Baio ("Charles in Charge"), Erik Palladino ("Over There"), Jon Landau (Titanic), Michael Woods ("Rudy: The Rudy Guiliani Story"), Michael Ian Black ("Stella"), Noah Emmerich (The Truman Show), Jonathan Baker ("The Amazing Race"), ,Anthony Denison ("The Closer"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice"), Ken Howard ("Crossing Jordan"), Alan Rosenberg (Robots), Tom McGowan (As Good as it Gets), Bob Goen ("Entertainment Tonight"), Yancey Arias ("One Life to Live"), Pamela Gidley ("CSI," "Pretender"), Kirk Acevedo ("Band of Brothers"), Kane Hodder, Brad Sherwood ("Whose Line is it Anyway?"), Joe Cortese (American History X), Ronny Cox (Total Recall), Ken Howard ("Crossing Jordan") and many others.

The Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational takes place every Thursday at 10 p.m. EST and the Hollywood Poker Celebrity Classic occurs Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. EST.

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