Hollywood Celebrities Tackle Trash Talk Championship During Super Bowl Weekend Sponsored by VictoryPoker.net

Trishelle Cannatella becomes first Trash Talk Champion at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Poker Lounge benefiting Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

LAS VEGAS, NV -- (February 10, 2010) - Team Victory, along with dozens of Hollywood, sports, and poker celebrities rushed the Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Poker Lounge this Super Bowl weekend to compete in the first annual Trash Talk Champion of the World. The no-limit hold’em charity poker tournament raised more than $30,000 for the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai. Real World’s Trishelle Cannatella became the the first Trash Talk champion, winning the first place prize money, a 20-pound custom designed crystal trophy, and a World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational seat sponsored by ClubWPT.com. Cannetella donated a large portion of her winnings back to the charity.

Players putting their money where there mouths were included actor Lou Diamond Phillips, “The Voice of Bart Simpson” Nancy Cartwright, “The Sopranos” Robert Iler, “Dukes of Hazzard” April Scott, “Desperate Housewives” Jesse Metcalfe, “Mental” Nicholas Gonzalez, “Melrose Place” Shaun Sipos, Playboy Playmates Sara Underwood, Jessica Burciaga and Jessa Lynn Hinton, “Saved by the Bell” Dennis Haskins, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Cheryl Hines, actor/producer Joe Reitman, artist Michael Godard, “The Amazing Race Team” Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho, “Mind Guru” Sam Chauhan, and a slew of Team Victory players.

Later that evening, VictoryPoker.net hosted its official launch party at Vanity Nightclub. Highlights included a red carpet walk, a cake designed by Las Vegas’ Marie’s Gourmet Bakery, 30 pounds of various confections, an open bar, and an impromptu Playboy Playmate photo shoot. Team Victory hosts included Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari, “Rodeo King” turned poker pro Lee Markholt, Dan “Blitz” Bilzerian, High Stakes Poker guest Andrew Robl, young cash games specialist Keith Gipson, “Who’s Your Daddy” CEO Dan Fleyshman, WSOP Champion Paul Wasicka, professional backgammon and poker player Sander Lyloff, “The Maven VT” David Chicotsky, Brian Rast, Alec Torelli, and no-limit hold’em tournament slayer Danny Wong.