Celebrities to shine in Bravo’s Poker Showdown January 25

Celebrities to shine in Bravo’s Poker Showdown January 25

The upcoming Bravo's series Celebrity Poker Showdown for the fifth time will gather celebrities at poker table. Twenty-five stars will have to take part in the competition, which starts Tuesday, January 25, fighting for a generous $250,000 prize. Among them will be Brad Garrett, Catherine O'Hara, Sara Rue, Jason Alexander, Nicolas Gonzales, Robert Wagner, Kevin Weisman, Heather Graham, Andrea Parker, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Fred Willard and other celebrities.

According to Casinoman.com, the new season, hosted by Dave Foley ("Will & Grace," "The Kids in the Hall"), will feature comments of famous poker guru Phil Gordon. The tournament will consist of six two-hour episodes, and each episode of the showdown will feature five celebrities. The winners of No Limit Texas Hold'em poker battle will receive a piece of the Cadillac Quarter Million Dollar Prize Pool that will go for the charity of their choice.

Each week will see the new fight that sends its winner to the final sixth episode - the championship final. The hidden cameras will give the inside track on the hands the different players are holding. The viewers via closed circuit television will also here the eliminated players, who will watch the remainder of their respective matches from the 'Loser's Lounge'.

The winners of the first four Celebrity Poker Showdown tournaments are Nicole Sullivan ("King of Queens"), Maura Tierney ("ER"), Seth Myers ("Saturday Night Live") and Mekhi Phifer ("ER"). The Bravo's series has become extremely popular, averaging more than one million viewers per episode.

Celebrity Poker Showdown, officially sponsored by Cadillac, is produced by Picture This Television in association with Bravo. Marcia Mulé, Bryan Scott, Andrew Hill Newman and Joshua Malina are the series' executive producers.