Celebrity Poker Player: Danny Masterson

Danny Masterson has quite a number of achievements in the entertainment industry. But what is surprising is that for someone who is not a professional poker player, Danny Masterson has already experienced remarkable achievements as a celebrity poker player.





Although known to millions of TV viewers as the Brillo-headed proto-punk Hyde on Fox’s mega-successful That 70’s Show, Danny Masterson is also one of the hottest club promoters on the Hollywood scene, the half-brother of Malcolm In the Middle’s Chris Masterson, and the co-owner along with Ashton Kutcher & Wilmer Valderrama of the Los Angeles restaurant Dolce.



He recently co-hosted and won the Phat Farm Stuff Casino Weekend Poker Tournament at the Palms Casino and Resort, winning $3,000 after besting Jeff Shulman, CEO of Card Player, and ER’s Mekhi Phifer. He is also a member of the Unabombers poker team seen on GSN’s Poker Royale series, and appeared on the second season of Celebrity Poker Showdown in Tournament Game 1 and 2.



Danny Masterson also played in such poker event and emerged victorious, taking home US$3,000. He defeated Mekhi Phifer, an actor who stars in the show "ER," and Jeff Shulman, chief executive officer of Card Player.





DANNY MASTERSON TALKS ABOUT POKER


In the Complex.com Danny Masterson opens up about his poker career and as a poker shark:

You're known for being a poker enthusiast. How good are you?

Danny Masterson: I'm really f****ng good. I have no problem saying that.



What's the most you've won and lost?

Danny Masterson: I don't really lose that much. The most I've lost is a couple of grand and the most I've won is a lot more than that.



I assume you play with a bunch of actors. Is it tougher against them?

Danny Masterson: As actors we get paid to lie, and poker players get paid to lie, so that works pretty well. But I play a lot with professional poker players and that's a different ball game.



You see certain players that can just read you. Like, is your raise a bluff raise? They just know. Kathy Liebert has my number really bad.

Danny Masterson: As actors we get paid to lie, and poker players get paid to lie, so that works pretty well. But I play a lot with professional poker players and that's a different ball game. You see certain players that can just read you. Like, is your raise a bluff raise? They just know. Kathy Liebert has my number really bad.



About Danny Mastersons: Danny Masterson started his career in show business as a child model when he was 4, and went on to start making commercials after that, but he was so popular in these commercials that he had to drop out of school so he could take all the acting jobs he was offered! He started appearing on shows like "Roseanne" and "Cybill" and "NYPD Blue," before moving into movies like "Face/Off" and "the Faculty."



He also appeared in other shows while being an active cast member of "That '70s Show," including "Robot Chicken," "Punk'd," "Entourage," "MADtv," "How to Make a Monster," "Grounded for Life," and "Strange Frequency."

Together with his brother Chris and Laura Prepon has invested in Card Player Magazine. And a member of the Unabombers poker team seen on GSN Poker Royale series.




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Celebrity Poker Player: Chris Masterson

Poker is exploding in Hollywood these days! And I've already spotted quite a few of these stars playing poker; some of the others have shown incredible skill playing on the Celebrity Poker Showdown, and some like Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire , Jennifer Tilly and Shannon Elizabeth are playing in the BIG time!







And now Chris Masterson is now making his name in the list of great celebrity poker players. Chris Masterson has been acting from a very early age just like his brother, and he actually lost a role because of his brother. They were both cast in "Beethoven" but not as brothers! The producers didn't even notice the resemblance until the whole film was finished, and ended up having to hire a new actor to re-shoot all of Chris's scenes!





Don't worry, though, he's done alright for himself since then, appearing in movies like "Cutthroat Island" and "Scary Movie" with James Woods and Shannon Elizabeth. Now he plays Francis on "Malcolm in the Middle” in 200 teaming up with Jane Kaczmarek. Now, Chris Masterson is now hitting the poker limelight. He was doing really well when he was on Celebrity Poker Showdown. Playing against Sean Astin, Lauren Graham, Matthew Perry,and Sara Rue.


However, before finally being toppled in a heads-up match with Lauren Graham when he unwisely bluffs all-in with an unsuited 7-2.






After the appearance and got hooked up in poker, Chris Masterson took part in some celebrity poker tournament. He joined in the Celebs Drop Dollar For Charity At The World Poker Tournament. Joined a star-studded celebrities and poker pros in the 7th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational last March 2009, the tournament that combines Hollywood's glitz and glamor with Las Vegas' grit and gambling.

He also joined in the Sundance Poker Festival together with his brother Danny and girl friend Laura Preppon, Shannon Elizabeth, Gina Gershon, Kevin Smith, Emile Hersch, Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel Madden, Dave Navarro, Lance Bass, DJ AM, Summer Altice, Anne Heche, and poker pros Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, Phil "the Unabomber" Laak, and Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, to name a few. The crowd was watching us play in a huge white tent, with a DJ and with video monitors covering the action. When we hit the final table, Chris Masterson had the lead with $40,000 in chips.





Unfortunately, when Masterson made a huge reraise with Ah-10s from the big blind. Reagan Silber then moved all-in and Masterson called. Masterson was now a two-and-a-half-to-one favorite to win with his Ah-10s, but Silber hit a nine on the 9s-4s-3h flop. When the Ks hit on fourth street, there was suddenly hope for Masterson; he had twelve winning cards, and needed one of three tens or one of nine spades to win the pot. It was not to be. The Jd on the river secured the pot for Silber what a bad beat for Masterson!





Chris Masterson also participated at Dr. Pauly's World Series Of Poker Main Event. The annual 37thWSOP Championship event kicked off at the Rio with 2,138 players buying in for $10,000 each. Masterson and some celebrities and poker pros such as: Wil Wheaton, Tobey Maguire, Norm MacDonald, Antonio Tarver, Laura Prepon, Matthew Lillard,Chris' brother Danny Masterson, Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen, Gus Hansen, Barry Greenstien, Chau Giang, Andy Black, Andy Bloch, Mike Sexton, Richard Brodie, Tony G, Maureen Feduniak, David Benamyine, Scotty Nguyen, Hoyt Corkins, Chip Jett, Katja Thater, Denis Ethier, Dutch "Tool" Boyd, Kristy Gazes, Erica Schoenberg, Mimi Tran, Juha Helppi, Minh Ly, Noah Boeken, JJ Lui, Julian Garnder, Jim Betchel, Clonie Gowen, Amir Vahedi, John Duthie, David "The Dragon" Pham, Action Dan Harrington, Dan Alspach, Gank, David Sklansky, Mickey Applebaum, Lee Watkinson, The Grinder, Bob Feduniak, Shance Schleger, Isaac Galazan, Roland de Wolfe, Terrance Chan, Perry Freidman, Kiril Gerismov, Luca Pagono, Chris Masterson, Matt Matros, William Rockwell, Eli Elezra, Chad Layne, David Levi, Johnny World Hennigan, Mike Wattel, Brad Daugherty, Brian Haveson, David Skalansky, Berry Johnston, Bill Chen, Allen Kessler, Layne Flack, Farzad Bonyadi, Ralph Perry, Randy Holland, and Mark Vos.





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