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Big Slick Celebrity Poker Tournament & Party

Kansas Citians will be laughing their #@*% off the weekend of July 19th and 20th when Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis come back to Our Town for the Big Slick Celebrity Poker Tournament & Party. The weekend will benefit Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics and will feature a Celebrity Wiffle Ball Tournament, a Texas Hold ’em Poker Tournament and the Big Slick Party and Live Auction.

Also featured in the July 13th issue of The Independent

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Paul Rudd playing air hockey with a Children’s Mercy Hospital patient.
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Johnny Knoxville and Paul Scheer enjoyed their day at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
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Rob Riggle brought a smile to a patient’s face.
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Jason Sudeikis challenging a patient to a game of Connect Four.
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Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis, hosts

 

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