There is nothing like the thrill of poker, particularly watching a game of poker full of celebrity poker players. It seems adding a few poker celebs to the table make the game of poker so much better. As an example, the world series of poker celebrities seem to catch the eyes of everyone being shown on feature tables. They are a feature of the WSOP itself. Celebs at the WSOP seem to be the focus on every ones eyes, particularly those that are new to poker.

There are two kinds of poker celebrities; those whom have become a celebrity through poker such as Doyle Brunson and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, and also the stars of Hollywood and the like that have taken up the game such as Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Adding poker celebs to a tournament makes it so much more exciting to play, watch and follow. Can you imagine for a minute a World Series of Poker tournament with no celebrity poker players? Indeed it would be a boring one! Here at funandpoker we recognise the good poker celebrities do for the game in the many varied ways. For that reason we thought it of most importance to mention a few of them.

Enjoy reading our poker celebrities section where you can see just how good some of these celebrity poker players are. Many of them are overlooked due to not having such a big poker name. Indeed though all poker celebrities from our research are a force to be reckoned with.

Here are some of the poker celebrities we have information on: