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CSOP 107: Viva St. Jude

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If you're in the room, the silent auction is still open, and it's worth a look before it closes tonight. Among the featured items:

Two front-row glass seats on the blue line for a Vegas Golden Knights home game, donated by Lexicon Bank

A two-night stay at the Bellagio

Two tickets to the 2026 M.E.N.U.S. gala from The Hospitality Charitable Foundation

A seat in a CSOP Celebrity Cash Game, where past guests have included Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow

A Jason mask autographed by Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th films

And much much more!

Every winning bid goes to St. Jude, so pull the trigger and bring it home for the kids!

The champion tonight takes home $10,000 in cash. That's the headline, but it isn't the only prize in the room. There are prizes for the final table, the chip leader at the break and the player with the most rebuys, plus a bounty package for every one of our 20 celebrity players. The chip leader and rebuy leader awards are handed out at the add-on break, so we'll have those names for you later tonight.

Brian Kip

Shuffle up and deal! Cards are in the air at Viva St. Jude, and the bounty list is stacked: a WSOP Main Event champion, a poker legend, Miss Nevada, multiple rock stars, and the one contestant Netflix couldn't catch. Knock any of them out and you collect a bounty. Here's who's in the field tonight:

Ryan Riess, 2013 WSOP Main Event champion, who finished second at the very first CSOP back in 2014

Mike Matusow, "The Mouth," four-time WSOP bracelet winner and consistent CSOP supporter

Joe Stapleton, comedian and on camera personality for multiple major poker events, is also pulling double duty as tonight's emcee

Shelley Hennig, actress from Teen Wolf, Days of Our Lives and Netflix's Obliterated

Sean Patrick Bryan, the Mole nobody caught on Netflix's The Mole, and a BattleBots referee

Mariah Larronde, Miss Nevada 2026

Ronnie Mund, of The Howard Stern Show, known as Ronnie The Limo Driver

Jay Wasley, host of Ghost Adventures

Peter Mackenzie, actor from Black-ish and Trumbo, and a past CSOP final tablist

Joey Hamilton, Ink Master Season 3 winner, owner of Revolt Tattoos and a CSOP champion

Brian Shapiro, host of Pushing The Limits and frequent guest on major television news shows

Toby Rand, Rockstar: Supernova runner-up and frontman of Sonic Zoo

Ben Carey, guitarist for Lifehouse and Sonic Zoo

Josh Paul, original bassist for Daughtry and bassist for Sonic Zoo

Al Serrato, drummer for Sonic Zoo and Jetboy

Nick Landis, President of Michael Godard Fine Art Associates, tonight's presenting sponsor, and a CSOP champion

Kera Getter, CFO of ALSAC and St. Jude

Lisa Szyc, of Backus Law Firm, Experiential Chair for Viva St. Jude

Sean McCormack, MGM Resorts' Executive Director of Poker Strategy and Development, and a CSOP board member

Brian Kip, founder of SKC Group and CSOP Vice President

Every CSOP event has a beneficiary, and tonight's is one of the best-known names in children's medicine. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital treats children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. That promise costs money, and nights like this help keep it.

One of the people who makes that promise work is in tonight's field. Kera Getter is the Chief Financial Officer of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization behind St. Jude, and she's playing as one of tonight's bounties. Knock her out and your bounty goes straight to the mission she manages every day.

Thank you Kera, for everything you do!

Viva St. Jude

We are with the Charity Series of Poker at the Pavilion Ballroom at Red Rock Casino tonight for the annual Viva St. Jude event, presented by Michael Godard Fine Art Associates and benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Doors opened at 5:00 PM. The cocktail reception and silent auction are underway, and cards will be in the air at 7:00 PM. A $10,000 cash grand prize is on the line, and twenty celebrity bounties will be scattered around the room. This year's theme is All That Glitters.

Tonight's tournament is the middle of a full weekend that started this morning with a 144-player golf scramble at The Arroyo Golf Club and wraps up Saturday with the Taste of Viva St. Jude, also here at Red Rock. All proceeds benefit St. Jude, where families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on their child's treatment.

This event is always a monster and the room will be filled with celebs, poker pros, and incredibly generous donors. Stay with us for coverage all the way to the final table!