The Hangover Charity Poker Tournament

In anticipation of the release of the new comedy movie “The Hangover,” Warner Bros. Pictures hosted a celebrity charity poker tournament at The Poker Room of Caesars Palace last Friday, the stars of the latest Vegas-based comedy, “The Hangover,” will return to the scene of their soon-to-be-released film on Friday for a star-studded poker tournament.

Heather Graham, and Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper are three of the celebrities expected to attend the event, which will support Opportunity Village.

Other members of the cast, including Ed Helms and Justin Bartha, and director Todd Phillips will also participate.

The private poker tournament took place in The Poker Room at Caesars Palace.

The card game will be closed to the public.

To promote the movie, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Heather Graham and boyfriend Yaniz Raz, Justin Bartha and director Todd Phillips hosted a charity poker tournament Friday at Caesars Palace.

Heather Graham has become the latest celebrity to fall for the poker madness after hitting the tables in Las Vegas while making her new movie the Hangover.

Heather Graham admits that she never had any interest in the game before but now she's hooked - and let in gambling brings out her nasty side.


"We had a poker tournament and I did really well; I came in fourth!” ,"Poker is pretty vicious and dark. It brings out an ugly side of me that's pretty competitive." Heather Graham said.













When the stars of the new film The Hangover shot their location scenes in and near Caesars Palace, they promised to return for the press promotion.

They also wanted to do something special for our beloved local charity Opportunity Village, and our contributing photographer Erik Kabik was on hand to capture the action.

True to their word, the cast led by director Todd Phillips organized a celebrity poker tournament to benefit Opportunity Village.

Taking part were actress Heather Graham and her boyfriend Yaniz Raz and actors Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and a bearded Zach Galifianakis, who played with his dad, Harry Galifianakis, and came in third place.

The poker tournament winner was Aaron Wong, who helped present the $10,000 check to Linda Smith, Opportunity Village’s director.

The movie “Hangover” premiers on June 5.

The premise of the film involves four friends: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha who come to Las Vegas from L.A. for a bachelor party.

The men wake up the next morning missing the groom Justin Bartha, a tooth, and all memory of what happened the night before.

Their suite at Caesars Place is completely trashed, and there’s a tiger in the living room; a baby crying in the bathroom; and an unexpected wedding ring on one of their fingers.

The groomsmen are forced to retrace their steps from the night before in effort to find their friend and get him back to L.A. in time for his wedding.

While Heather Graham, who plays the woman Bradley Cooper accidentally marries during the booze-fueled night of debauchery.