Actress Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and controversial former baseball all-star Jose Canseco square off against Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, and John Juanda.
Actors Nick Gonzalez (Resurrection Blvd., Ugly Betty) and Yancey Arias (Kingpin, Live Free or Die Hard) hit the felt with Johnny Chan, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, and Shawn Sheikhan.
Jennifer "The Unabombshell" Tilly and Penn “That tall guy with a pony-tail who performs magic tricks with the short guy who doesn’t talk” Jillette are the celebrities playing poker with Ted Forrest, Allen Cunningham, Clonie Gowen, and David Williams in this round of the Pro-Am Poker Equalizer.
At the dawn of the Internet (10 years ago), traffic to and from Cindy Margolis' websites was constantly in a state of gridlock. Today, the only thing on the web that comes close in popularity is…well, poker. And with Pro-Am Poker Equalizer you get them both. Sitting with Cindy in the amateur camp is actor Jeremy Sisto. He played Billy in HBO's Six Feet Under, one of the creepiest characters in the series. And for a show about the mortuary business, that's saying a lot. Jennifer Harman, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, and Phil Laak make up the pro camp.
If someday you sit at Shannon Elizabeth’s table and think she’s only playing poker because it’s the trendy thing to do in Hollywood, you better not be too attached to your chips. Elizabeth, who played Nadia the exhibitionist exchange student in American Pie, has a solid game, evidenced by the fact she monied at this year’s WSOP and finished the Main Event well ahead of other A-list celebrity players. Don Cheadle didn’t play in the WSOP, but the Oscar-nominated star of Hotel Rwanda and Crash will undoubtedly deliver an award winning performance as he tries to out-bluff the pros. The pros in this case are Erik Seidel, Gabe Kaplan, Gavin Smith, and Andy Bloch.
Jason Alexander might be the king of the castle when it comes to Celebrity Poker Showdown, but he might experience some shrinkage when he goes swimming with card sharks Huckleberry Seed, David Benyamine, Jamie Gold, and Jeff Madsen.
In the premier episode of Pro-Am Poker Equalizer, actress Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and controversial former baseball all-star Jose Canseco square off against Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, and John Juanda.