Carmen Electra opens new poker room at Foxwoods

Many male (and a few female) poker players wish they were on hand for yesterday’s grand opening of the Foxwoods Resort and Casino's new WPT branded poker room built in the huge casino. Why? Not just to play, but to watch the beautiful Carmen Electra walk the red carpet and then deal the first hand of poker in the new poker room.

Online poker players love the convenience of p[laying at home, but watching Carmen Electra deal poker would be worth the effort to visit the well-known casino. The actress (married to rocker Dave Navarro) was the main attraction of a celebrity-studded casino event that opened the new poker room and further formed a great bond between the giant casino and the WPT.

As with many casino poker events in the past, Mike Sexton arrived first and saluted the casino’s new poker room.  

Opening the very first official WPT poker room is just what the casino deserves because Foxwoods has supported the WPT from the get-go. It is only fitting that the massive casino would be selected as the premiere spot for the inaugural WPT poker room.

Foxwoods hosted a full list of celebrities and media to kick-start the poker room’s success. The new poker room has 114 new tables, top-notch gaming technology, and the World Poker Tour's official seal of approval.

The grand opening was such a success that the poker room was jam-packed with players and celebrities alike. In fact. Many of the players were unaware of a celeb tourney taking place.

After Electra sat for many necessary media interviews, she walked the red carpet like the pro she is giving everyone a chance to see her. Then, she sat with Sexton at the tourney table ad dealt a hand of poker. Even though she is a complete beginner, she dealt the hand just fine

Once she dealt the first poker hand, many magazine media members and others started playing a simple 10-hand poker game for $25,000. All winnings went to the winner’s favorite charity.

After the celeb/media event, hundreds of other poker players charged ahead with their chance to qualify for the April 6th $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Championship. As you can imagine, the joint was packed well into the wee-hours of the morning.

Sexton feels that this is just the beginning of great events to come at Foxwoods’ new poker room.

Worth noting, when Carmen Electra was working the red carpet, someone called to her to see if she would be interested in being his lady luck at a blackjack table – she just smiled and moved on. Beware spectators; this poker host is a married woman. Don’t even get us started about the $3,000 martini she had at the after party.

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