August 19

Now, you can access odds for this year's Legends of Poker event at Sportsbook.com. The tourney that begins August 27th will have online poker players wagering on their best pick to win. This year's event has lured the interest of big-name Hollywood hitters like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Tilly and Toby McGuire along with pro players like Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen. To catch all the online poker player interest, Sportsbook.com has posted its offerings online.

The poker event takes place in Southern California at the Bicycle Casino (a favorite Affleck haunt) starting Saturday, Aug. 27th. The event will end after the final poker table is played-out on Wed., Aug. 31st.

Favored to win is Phil Ivey with odds of 66 to 1. After Ivey, there are a whole group of pro players that have 80 to 1 odds. They are, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Layne Flack, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer and Marcel Luske.

The top celebrity players - Affleck, McGuire and Tilly all have odds of 400 to 1. Although they are not expected to win, all will be watching them. You never know.

Online poker and casino based poker are both extremely popular forms of entertainment and gambling alike. Because poker has such a huge mainstream following all over the World, it is not abnormal to see Hollywood types playing at the event now. We may see Ben Affleck at the final table, or even Tilly and McGuire.

Representing the growing amount of female players you will see Jennifer Harman, Kathy Liebert and Annie Duke along with other female players slugging it out for a chance to win the event. These 3 women are all being offered 150 to 1 odds.