That was until the inaugural PokerStars Championship Bahamas in January, when Hart mysteriously showed up to play in the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament and stayed around to take part in the $5000 Main Event. Previous to 2017, there is little to no known information that Kevin Hart even was interested in the game of poker. It will present a challenge to Hart, who’s background in poker is, to be kind, limited. Including the inaugural champion Brian Rast and defending champion Rainer Kempe, other players such as 2016 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jason Mercier, 2017 Super High Roller Bowl runner-up Fedor Holz, the two winners of the $1 million buy-in “ Big One for One Drop” at the WSOP Antonio Esfandiari and Dan Colman, the only man to cash in both the previous tournaments, Erik Seidel, the all-time leading money winner in poker Daniel Negreanu and 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth are all a part of the field. The 56-player field was already replete with some of the best poker players in the world. “Kevin’s ability to resonate with audiences across the world gives Poker Central the platform to reach future poker fans who will be getting their first taste of the action.” The addition of Kevin Hart this year takes it to a whole other level,” said Joe Kakaty, the president of Poker Central, who joined Hart for the announcement. “For the last two years, the Super High Roller Bowl has been the premier high stakes poker event in the world. “I am looking forward to all the support and positive vibes from my fans who will be tuning in through Poker Central to watch me stomp all over the competition.” “I love playing high stakes poker, and there’s no better competition than at the Super High Roller Bowl – the world championship of high stakes poker,” Hart stated during the announcement of his participation.

It doesn’t seem to faze the star of Central Intelligencethat he’s in for $300,000. Some might still say that bar hasn’t been crossed but, with the announcement from Poker Central that comedian Kevin Hart will be taking part in the 2017 version of the tournament, they are drawing closer. In its previous two seasons, the Super High Roller Bowl presented by Poker Central has had its share of businesspeople ( Dan Shak, Kathy Lehne, both accomplished poker players) and poker professionals (too numerous to mention), but it has never had a “celebrity” in the mix.

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