AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker TITLE: VH1 Celebrity Poker Announced DATE: 4:42 AM ----- BODY: Two lucky UltimateBet free online poker players will challenge the likes of
Godsmack's Sully Erna, Damageplan and Pantera's Vinnie Paul and even ZZ
Top's
Dusty Hill to a not-so-friendly game of poker during VH1 Classic Rock n'
Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament. The televised debut in Las Vegas will
premiere on VH1 Classic on Wednesday, March 14 at 10:00 PM EST. As one of
the event sponsors, UltimateBet.tv awarded two of its free online poker
players with the opportunity to participate by registering online with their
daily free roll to become a contender during the celebrity poker event. "The
cowboy from Hell is coming to town, winner takes all!" proclaimed Damageplan
and Pantera's Vinnie Paul upon announcing his participation in the event.
The prize package, worth $2,500, included roundtrip airfare, hotel
accommodations and ground transportation in Las Vegas, as well as $150 per
day. The tournament was recorded in front of a live audience of 150 people
in Vegas from October 31 to November 3. Sully Erna, lead singer of Godsmack
challenged tournament players to "Go ahead and try to SMACK me out of this
tournament." All cash winnings of the poker tournament will be donated to
the charity of the tournament winner's choice. The 1st place winner will
also win a trip to Aruba for next year's UltimateBet Poker Classic. As
players are knocked out of the tournament, they will enter a 'Green Room'
hosted by poker greats Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak. Interviews will be
conducted, coaching sessions will be given by Phil Laak, and a heads up
tournament will be played. The champion of the Green Room heads up
tournament will win a Cruise to Alaska. The televised event, hosted by poker
legend Phil Helmuth, will include rock star poker celebrities Sully Erna,
Lead Singer of Godsmack, Vinnie Paul from Damageplan and Pantera, Dusty Hill
from ZZ Top, Ace Frehley formerly from KISS, and Scott Ian from Anthrax. --------