Celebrity Poker Player: Tobey Maguire

Tired of watching your favorite celebrities in action in front of your television? How about following the entertainment news for their latest success or in some cases, their latest downfall? Then, this is the perfect place to watch and follow your favorite celebrities in playing poker and competing with each other in a round of cards.

Celebrity poker tournament has gained in popularity. People want to see their favorite celebrity in poker rooms, sitting around the poker table with their stacks of poker chips, and sweating it out the same as they do when they play poker.

Celebrity like Tobey Maguire not only hits the big screen but also the poker tables. Proving that he can score at the poker tables just as well as the box office, actor Tobey Maguire won his first major poker tournament at Phil Hellmuth’s Poker Invitational at the Hollywood Park Casino, a $2,000 buy-in event that netted him $95,480 for first place. The 13-hour tournament event was held on October 27, 2004 as part of the casino’s 8th Annual National Championship of Poker tournament.

Tobey Maguire is a really strong poker player, and he is a legitimate danger to go deep in any poker tournament that he plays.

His money makes is in the private poker games that are held in his Hollywood Hills mansion. The game is referred to as “Tobey’s Game”, and involves some of the heaviest hitters in Hollywood. One actor once remarked “I looked around the table and everyone had a net worth of $50 million except for me.”

Tobey steal the show within his game, it was reported that he won a $10 million dollars in poker at the World Series Of Poker.

He outlasted a field of 123 players, with a prize pool of $246,000, including Danny Masterson of That ’70s Show. Other players that placed in the tournament include Reza Payvar, Marcel Sabag, Glenn Cozen, George Yutuc, Alex Papachatzakis, Lang Lee, Lance Allred and Stan Goldstein.

“Before the tournament, Tobey told me that he would love for this to be his first tournament win. I am very proud of the way he played the game last night. He showed tremendous focus and determination. I predict that he will become one of the better poker stars. This kid could be a legitimate pro. ” said Phil Hellmuth, who has played with Tobey Maguire before.

Tobey played in the 2007 World Series of Poker. He survived days 1a, 2a and 3 but was eliminated in 292nd place on the fourth day, taking $39,445 in prize money. He actually ended up sitting next to another celebrity, Sully Erna, the singer of Godsmack.

So, turn the channel to any high-stakes poker event, and chances are high that you’ll see at least one Hollywood celebrity in the thick of the action. With flexible schedules and larger-than-average bankrolls, celebrities have both the time and inclination to hone their poker playing skills in tournaments around the world. Some, of course, never rise above the rank of amateur, but others go on to become familiar faces in the world of poker.