In 2005, shortly after directing the iconic romance movie The Notebook, Cassavetes was working on another project – making a deep run in the Main Event. An avid bridge and gin player, and a co-writer of the screenplay for the Johnny Depp big screen movie Blow, Cassavetes found his way into poker the same way an entire generation of players did: Chris Moneymaker. Writer/director/actor Nick Cassavetes has had a love affair with poker for the better part of two decades. Here we celebrate the celebrities that have mixed it up on the felt and accomplished some fantastic WSOP Main Event finishes.
But there have been a few that have put their careers on hold for a few days and embraced the grind to wind up inside the money bubble.
It’s true that many celebrities have tried and, frankly, most have failed when it comes to cashing in the Main Event. Hollywood heavyweights have flirted with poker for decades and massive movie stars like Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Don Cheadle, Ray Romano and, of course, Jennifer Tilly have all been spotted in the field in years past. However, it is not just the stars of the poker world who enjoy the challenge of battling through the throngs of players in an effort to win a multi-million-dollar payday. Just about every superstar in the poker world from Negreanu to Ivey, Hellmuth to Seidel pay their $10,000 in an effort to climb poker’s Mount Everest and become the World Series of Poker Main Event champion. For poker players, the World Series of Poker Main Event has always been the ultimate event in which to star gaze.
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