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Jason Alexander, best known for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld, loves playing poker. During a break from the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, Melissa Castello asks him some outrageous. The tournament was a huge success and saw Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame defeat actor Kevin Pollack in heads-up play to earn the win. Exciting Poker Action. Fans of poker could watch the event live as it was streamed on the World Poker Tour Twitch channel.

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2. Jason Alexander stopped by for a virtual interview on The Bobby Bones Show and shared several stories about playing poker, his time on Seinfeld, the success of Pretty Woman, and even shared some stories about the late Jerry Stiller. Seinfeld is one of the most popular TV shows, but that wasn't always the case. Alexander shared that after the pilot of the show aired, a critic wrote about it and gave it another chance at NBC.

The first of two Day 2s in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event took center stage on Tuesday night on ESPN. 2004 champion Greg Raymer and “Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander headlined the feature table.

ESPN announcer Norman Chad shared his take on the Day 2A lineup: “Today’s feature table is what I love about [the Main Event]. You have one of the top all-time performers in the Main Event, Greg Raymer, hoping to make another deep run and George Costanza is standing in his way.” Shortly after Chad’s comments, Gus Hansen was ousted from the $10,000 buy-in tournament after calling all-in with the nut straight on the turn. However, the board paired on the river, giving his opponent a full house.

Table Two, ESPN’s secondary feature table, included Chris Ferguson and Roland de Wolfe. Ferguson has logged five bracelets and five runner-up finishes at the WSOP over the last 10 years. Also in the field were Todd Brunson and “Everybody Loves Raymond” actor Brad Garrett, who were seated at the same table. Meanwhile, Jack Ury continued to battle in the Main Event. At 96 years-old, he is its oldest competitor and doubled up after flopping a boat with pocket sevens on a 6-6-7 board. However, Ury was later eliminated and received a standing ovation.

Eli Elezra and former boxer Kili Madrid were also seated together. Madrid owned an 8-0 record as a professional fighter and recorded four knockouts. Meanwhile, Alexander told ESPN cameras why he has an edge at the tables: “I always say to the pros when they start to sass me, ‘If I lose to you, there’s no dignity lost. I’m supposed to lose to you. If you lose to me, you will never live this down, so make your decisions very carefully.’”

Poker couple Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak could be found in the Day 2A field, as could father and son Barry Greenstein and Joe Sebok. The former was knocked out and signed a copy of his book, “Ace on the River,” for his executioner. However, the player who busted Greenstein had also earned a copy of his book back in 2006. Meanwhile, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow moved to Greg “FBT” Mueller’s table, creating a star-studded lineup in the outer reaches of the Amazon Room.

The Full Tilt Poker-sponsored segment “Deal Me In” featured Matusow describing a hand during the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions. Matusow made a “value bet bluff” on the river to force Daniel Negreanu to lay down a pair. Shortly thereafter, Lex Veldhuis, who finished seventh in the $40,000 buy-in tournament commemorating the 40th running of the WSOP, called all-in on a draw for 30 big blinds and was shown the exit. An opponent whose constant chatter sent the poker pro over the edge may have been the cause.

The Jack Link’s Beef Jerky Wild Card Hand, in which the hole cards of one player are concealed, featured raised action to a flop of 2-A-5, all clubs. Greg Raymer, holding mystery cards, bet out 2,500, Alexander raised to 6,000 with A-9 (no clubs), and Raymer made the call. On Alexander’s raise, Chad commented, “I like that raise from Jason. He should be able to find out if he has the best hand.” The king of clubs hit the turn and Raymer fired out 13,000. Alexander folded and Raymer turned over Q-7 of clubs for the nut flush.

The same feature table and Table Two headlined the second episode. The show, which hit airwaves at 9:00pm ET, opened with Alexander describing his role in “Pretty Woman” to Raymer: “The scene when I attack her – we did a version where she attacks me.” Chad then joked, “We did a version of the 2006 Main Event where Jamie Gold didn’t win.” The action then flipped to Matusow, about whom Chad commented, “Mike is a professor at Deep Stacks University. I believe they are the Ragin’ Cajuns.” Ragin’ Cajuns has replaced Demon Deacons as Chad’s favorite college mascot in 2009.

At the final table, Raymer raised to 1,600 pre-flop and Alexander made the call with pocket threes. Dennis Baltz bumped the action to 4,500 with pocket kings. Raymer came over the top with a hand other than pocket aces to 20,000 and both Baltz and Alexander folded. On his opponent’s laydown, Raymer noted, “Since you couldn’t call, it had to be a good fold because you’re not throwing away aces or kings.”

The PokerStars-sponsored “Straight from the Pros” vignette featured Raymer reliving a hand during the 2004 WSOP Main Event. In it, Raymer bluffed after picking up a tell on his opponent. In the second episode’s Wild Card Hand, “Fossilman” once again picked up unknown cards and raised to 1,600 pre-flop. Alexander made it 3,500 with pocket nines and Raymer made the call to see a flop of A-Q-6 with two spades. Raymer check-called a 6,000 chip bet from Alexander and the turn was a five. The action went check-check and the deuce of hearts hit the river. Raymer led out for 7,000 and Alexander called. Raymer turned over A-K for top pair and pushed his chip stack to 140,000.

In case you were wondering, Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo won his Panorama Towers prop bet after Mueller scooped a bracelet in 2009. Bonomo gave 7:1 odds that one of 43 poker players who live in the massive off-Strip complex would take home a piece of hardware this year. Among them were Bonomo, Isaac Haxton, David Williams, Evelyn Ng, Barry Greenstein, Joe Sebok, Antonio Esfandiari, Laak, and Veldhuis.

“The Nuts” took to the links on Tuesday night, as Dewey Tomko gave Chad seven strokes on a putting green over nine holes. In the end, it all came down to the last hole. If Chad won the hole, he would win the bet, but missed a crucial putt. Meanwhile, de Wolfe, once down to 3,600 chips, doubled twice through Steve Gee to move to over 30,000. Alexander raked in the last pot of the evening at the feature table to make his first Day 3.

New episodes of the 2009 WSOP on ESPN air on Tuesday nights at 8:00pm ET.

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Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander has won 'The King's Celebrity Poker Challenge' which premiered on ClubWPT last night. The event partnered with Budweiser to help raise $125,000 for World Central Kitchen, a charity that is helping to deliver meals to families, seniors and frontline healthcare workers.

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Alexander defeated comedian and actor Kevin Pollak heads-up, in an event that was streamed on the World Poker Tour Twitch channel.

The event also featured Mad Men star Jon Hamm, World Central Kitchen founder, Chef José Andrés, NBA all-star Pau Gasol, and surfing champion Kelly Slater

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The players each received 25,000 in chips, with the blinds starting at 25/50. It took 40 minutes for the first elimination, with chef José Andrés heading to the exit. He was eliminated by Kevin Pollak who moved into the chip lead.

After his elimination, Andrés told Lynn Gilmartin that he felt 'invincible' despite his early exit, and thanked the WPT for their involvement.

'I'm super happy and thankful to World Poker Tour and Budweiser to support the men and women in the frontline of World Central Kitchen'

Kelly Slater went next after trying to hero-call Jon Hamm with ace-high, only for Hamm to have flopped two pair. This put Hamm second in chips, but it was Pollak who still sat as the big stack.

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Eventually both Hamm and Pollak sat level in chips at the top of the counts, but Jason Alexander closed the gap when he eliminated Pau Gasol in fourth place.

Alexander was on fire, blasting past his two opponents and into the lead, and eliminated Hamm in third place. Hamm flopped top pair, but Alexander made a set and took a commanding lead into heads-up play.

'It was very fun,' said Hamm. 'Obviously [World Central Kitchen] is pretty impressive so that part has been amazing! I'm very familiar with what the organisation has done and I've worked alongside him on some of those projects. What [José Andrés] is doing is super important!'

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It didn't take long for a winner to be crowned. Pollak got his last seven big blinds in with queen-ten of clubs and was called by the queen-nine of hearts by Alexander. However, it was the former Seinfeld star who rivered a flush to secure victory and a $50,000 donation to the World Central Kitchen.

'It was a blast and it's an amazing cause. I couldn't be more proud of my friend Jason Alexander for taking the trophy,' said Kevin Pollak.

'It's fantastic and God bless [World Central Kitchen Founder] José Andrés,' said the newly-crowned King's Celebrity Poker Challenge champion Jason Alexander.

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'Innovative' WPT Partners with Budweiser

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“WPT is always looking to be innovative,' said Adam Pliska, CEO of the World Poker Tour. 'This partnership with Budweiser leverages our 18 seasons of world-class production and our ClubWPT online platform, to bring real poker into people’s homes during this unprecedented era without live events.

'We graciously thank our partners at Budweiser for their contribution of $125,000 to help those in need during this time.”

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“Budweiser has had a long legacy of an association with competition,' said Monica Rustgi, Vice President of Marketing, Budweiser. 'We, like everyone else, are missing the excitement of watching a live game,” “Bud wanted to give people chance to feel a little of that thrill of competition while staying safe at home [...] and to make a positive impact by spotlighting the great work of World Central Kitchen.'