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Celebrities and NBA Stars Join for the 3rd Annual Bodog Poker Invitational
to Benefit L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation
Bodog
CEO Calvin Ayre sponsored the Los Angeles Lakers 3rd Annual Casíno Night and
Celebrity Poker Invitational benefiting the Los Angeles Lakers Youth
Foundation on Wednesday, April 12. The event at the Barker Hangar in Santa
Monica featured a Poker Invitational hosted by Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss
and Ayre. Lakers fan John Horne won the poker game with second place going
to Bodog pal Rossi Morreale of Extra.
The event featured special performances by world-renowned burlesque dancer
Dita Von Teese, and the Laker Girls. During the fundraiser, guests learned
how to play poker at the "Bodog Poker Boot Camp" where Bodog Girls were on
hand to provide free poker lessons.
Bodog and Lakers friends and family who attended the event included: Phil
Jackson, Jeanie Buss, Magic Johnson, Paris Hilton, Marcia Cross, Josh
Duhamel, Anne Heche, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Jeremy Piven, Regina King,
Penny Marshall, Lacey Chabert, Dean Cain, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Tilly,
Rick and Kathy Hilton, Annie Duke, Bai Ling, Ricki Lake, Olivia Wilde, Brody
Jenner, Phil Laak, Linda Rambis, Michele Merkin, David Anders, Jon Rose, Jon
Kelley, Rue and more.
L.A. Lakers past and present in attendance included: Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom,
Smush Parker, Chris Mihm, Luke Walton, Sasha Vujacic, Devean George, Kwame
Brown, Andrew Bynum, Brian Cook, Devin Green, Jim Jackson, Aaron McKie,
Ronny Turiaf, Von Wafer, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Kurt Rambis.
Ayre donated $150,000 to the L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation in a check
presentation made during halftime of a recent Lakers vs. Clippers game at
Staples Center. One hundred percent of the event proceeds benefited the L.A.
Lakers Youth Foundation, which provides financial assistance to more than 30
children's charities in the Los Angeles area. Education, medical care and
after-school activities for at-risk youth are among the programs the L.A.
Lakers Youth Foundation provides.
Source: Bodog
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