A cast of celebrities return to the poker felt via PokerStars on Saturday to raise money for charity. The event includes players playing from home and was the brainchild of actor Hank Azaria and journalist, author, and screenwriter Andy Bellin. The event, dubbed Stars Call for Action, will raise funds for global COVID-19 relief efforts. Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer and friends have kept their poker gang together on Zoom, even as player Aaron Tveit tested positive for COVID-19. What to do in quarantine: Zoom poker, like these. Finally, Chad chats with Hank Azaria, who is known for his voice work on The Simpsons and the star of Brockmire. They chat about the celebrity's love of the game and the recent success of the PokerStars “Stars Call for Action” charity event. This week's sponsors: GGPoker, Oddschecker US, and Run It Once.

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How do the poker games of the rich and famous differ from your home game? The stakes are probably higher for a start, but it turns out the smack talk is mostly the same.

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Andy Bellin, director of Lovelace and writer on the upcoming Phil Ivey movie, wrote an essay for the Los Angeles Times in which he talked about how his home game has stayed alive despite quarantining using a mix of free play poker software, Venmo and Zoom (the video call app, not the poker format).

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When the game closed down in the wake of COVID-19’s arrival in the states, the outcry was immediate. One player said it was easier losing a grandmother than the game. So Bellin resurrected the game in a new form, taking it online.

Apart from a tiresome swipe at Gen-Z, Bellin gives a charming insight into a game made up of “an eclectic collection of misfits and yahoo [...] Regulars over the years have included Hank [Azaria], David Schwimmer, Eric Bogosian, Irv Gotti, Billy Crudup, Aaron Tveit and writer-director Brian Koppelman.”

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Some of these misfits speak entirely in Godfather quotes others entirely in insults. So far so normal. Bellin also talks about those features of a home game that will be familiar to most poker players: that feeling of the game being a mix between a night out and group therapy session.

With online poker not an option for most American’s and home games the world over shutting down.

The article’s most useful aspect is presenting a solution to the problem of keeping the game alive without breaking curfew.

Chad Holloway sits down with celebrity poker player Hank Azaria, known for his many voices on The Simpsons and roles in Ray Donovan and Brockmire. They talk about the recent Stars CALL for Action powered by PokerStars charity event, which raised $1 million, and how the star managed to get celebs like Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Amy Schumer, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Neymar Jr., Don Cheadle, Jeff Garlin, David Schwimmer, Edward Norton, Macaulay Culkin, Lisa Kudrow, Teri Hatcher, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Liam Payne, Ricky Williams, Jack Black, and Jason Alexander. Plus Azaria explains his love for the game, playing at the World Series of Poker, and more…like the obvious question Sarah Herring wants to know, How does the Simpsons predict the future.

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01:00 Stars CALL for Action powered by PokerStars
02:00 Celebrities turn out in full force – Breaking Bad Shootout
04:30 Origin of an online charity event to fight COVID
06:00 How he got so many celebrities to participate
08:10 Azaria shares when and how he learned poker
11:00 Playing at the World Series of Poker
12:00 How does The Simpsons is able to predict the future?
12:40 Which character that you’ve played would make the best poker player?

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For more on the charity tournament check out: https://www.pokernews.com/tours/stars-call-for-action/stars-call-for-action/online-celebrity-poker-tournament/

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