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Celebrities vie for $2 million poker prize

LONDON, June 26 (UPI) -- Willie Garson, Nicholas Gonzalez, Richard Kind and Mimi Rogers join Poker Pros in London this August to vie for a $2 million jackpot.

The World Poker Exchange announced its first round of celebrity poker enthusiasts.

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Garson of "Sex and the City," Gonzalez of "The O.C.," Kind of "Bewitched" and "Spin City" and Rogers of "Stone Cold" will be among the international stars of film, television, music and sports, joining professional poker players in London Aug. 3-6.

"The London Open is going to be an 'all in' experience unparalleled by any other poker tournament," said World Poker Exchange Managing Director Haden Ware. "Our first round of celebrity poker enthusiasts, who are each accomplished players in their own right, are expected to show their best poker faces as they go against poker pros."

The tournament will be broadcast as a Bravo primetime TV special, "World Poker Exchange London Open."

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