Celebrities, poker gamers and nonprofit volunteers will mingle on the upcoming Charity Collection of Poker (CSOP) Awards Dinner and Event, an evening that can honor the highest volunteers and sponsors of the group that has raised tens of millions by poker.
The fourth-annual CSOP Awards Dinner and Event will happen on Feb. 24 at By way of Brasil Steakhouse in Las Vegas. Doorways open at 5 p.m. and the awards ceremony will start at 6 p.m., whereas a no-limit Maintain’em event will shut out the night time starting at 7 p.m.
Occasion Particulars
Location: By way of Brasil Steakhouse at 1225 S Fort Apache Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89117$300 for dinner + open bar + poker event; $150 for simply dinner + open barDinner + Open Bar begins 5:30 p.m.Awards Ceremony begins at 6:00 p.m.Poker event begins at 7:00 p.m.10,000 chips per rebuy; 20,000 chips per Add-OnDress Code: Enterprise Informal
Mike Matusow, Kane Hodder, & Fats Mike Anticipated to Attend
Like many CSOP occasions, a number of Vegas-based celebrities are slated to participate within the night’s festivities. That features punk bassist “Fats Mike” Burkett of NOFX, Friday the thirteenth star Kane Hodder, and grownup actresses Katie Morgan and Insurgent Lynn, each of whom are regulars on the CSOP circuit.
Others anticipated to attend embrace poker coach Jonathan Little, WPT event director Matt Savage, MGM Resorts poker director Sean McCormack, and four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow, who himself is a CSOP champion.
The buy-in for the event is $150, whereas $300 poker, dinner and open bar packages are additionally obtainable. Every re-buy and add-on prices $100.
Final 12 months’s award ceremony featured a shock look from poker legend Phil Ivey, whose mom, Pamela Ivey, performed within the event spoke to PokerNews about elevating one in every of poker’s greatest-ever gamers.
The occasion raised greater than $60,000 for charity as Nate Gelinas of DexaFit Las Vegas received the trophy. Those that received CSOP awards embrace content material creator Joey Ingram and Bar Poker Open and Gorilla Gaming.
The public sale for the ceremony, which kicked off on Wednesday, features a handful of artwork items and sculptures and glass seats for a Vegas Golden Knights recreation. Extra details about the public sale may be discovered right here.
When the CSOP arrange its tables inside By way of Brasil Steakhouse earlier this month, it was PokerNews’ personal Connor Richards who received the trophy after profitable a flip towards WSOP broadcaster Jeff Platt and Carolyn Patterson, the spouse of two-time bracelet winner and fellow closing tablist Tyler Patterson.
A listing of upcoming CSOP occasions is obtainable within the desk beneath.
Participant Enters Dozen-Plus Occasions in CSOP Occasion
Upcoming Charity Collection of Poker (CSOP) Occasions
February 24, 2026Event #94: CSOP Awards Dinner and TournamentVia Brasil SteakhouseCharity Collection of Poker
March 21, 2026Raise the Stakes for RescueThe Stirling ClubHearts Alive Village
April 16, 2026Kickz & CardzVia Brasil SteakhouseKickz For Kidz
April 11, 2026Bet Massive, Bounce BigVia Brasil SteakhouseBounce Massive Basis
*Photographs courtesy of Tina Compise & CSOP
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
