Yesterday Joe and I drove to Vegas not just for the start of the World Series of Poker but also for the Sucking Out on the Rivers charity poker tournament I hosted at the Hardrock to benefit Refugees International which, as you know, is the charity I was playing for on Celebrity Apprentice. We had Frank Marino, Joan Rivers impersonator extraordinaire, there and he walked the carpet with me.

Look what I found up Joan's sleeve!

Besides Frank, we also had about 20 other guys come dressed as Joan Rivers. Anyone who was dressed as Joan had a bounty on his head. We had some pretty awesome Joans show up!  Here is a sampling:

Joan only wished she could look as hot as those guys!

Check out the stack in front of this Joan...and by stack I mean cleavage, obviously!

Nice stack, Joan!

The tournament had a great turnout. Rafe Furst showed up dressed as Melissa and, to quote him, "I have been dressing up in women's clothing and playing poker for 15 years. It's what I do. It's what I do."  For those who don't know, Rafe has a habit of protesting Ladies Only events by showing up to play in drag. So dressing up as Melissa Rivers was a natural fit for him. Poker Radio

At the first break of the tournament, We all sang Happy Birthday to Joe and presented him with a cake.

The cake was all vanilla. Oops! Joe likes chocolate. Damn you, Hardrock!

Anyway, I actually managed to come in 5th! Andy Bloch came in 2nd. Tony Hsieh from Zappos stopped by for a while to say hello and show some support, which was really nice. Jeffrey Pollack also came by and John Pappos from the Poker Players Alliance came by as well. And, of course, my brother showed up as well.

Phil Hellmuth couldn't make it but when I saw him today he donated $400 to make up for it. I had a few other people donate money when they saw me today since they couldn't make it last night...one of my friends donated $1K!

The buy-in was only $200 and we still managed to raise over $20K for Refugees International! Yay!  Online Poker is such an awesome charity vehicle.

So...here is some footage from the Red carpet of me and Frank Marino. Enjoy!

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