WORLD POKER TOUR: HOLLYWOOD HOME GAME ON THE TRAVEL CHANNEL BEGINNING JANUARY 25

Hollywood's Elite Have Plenty Of Surprises in Store for Audiences and Each Other in High-Drama, High-Stakes Poker Games

With the Hollywood sign looming large in the background, they stride to the table like red-carpet royalty. And it's no wonder: these poker players have day jobs in blockbuster films and popular TV shows. But most of them will go out far less ceremoniously -- bounced from play by bad beats, bonehead moves, and more calculating competitors - when the WORLD POKER TOUR: HOLLYWOOD HOME GAME premieres on the Travel Channel. Sunday, January 25 from 9-11 PM (ET/PT) . The four-part series complements the World Poker Tour's much-anticipated new season beginning March 3, 2004 .

The stakes are high, the tension palpable and the outcome entirely unpredictable as Hollywood superstars battle for bragging rights, $25,000 in charity donations and a coveted $25,000 seat in the WORLD POKER TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. The women prove far more cunning and cutthroat than some would expect. The chips change hands radically. Sometimes, old-timers outwit the young turks by simply wearing them down. Often, the novices prevail because they know when to use their "red cards" - the WPT equivalent of "phone-a-friend," in this case professional poker players Jennifer Harman and Daniel Negreanu.

"It is remarkable how many A-List celebrities and Hollywood moguls tell us they are addicted to our show," said executive producer and founder of the World Poker Tour, Steven Lipscomb. "The WPT Hollywood Home Game edition gives these celebs a chance to see how it feels to sit at WPT final table. It's clear that there is a growing

culture of very good poker players in Hollywood and its fun to see them get down to business on a sound stage, with nothing between them but the chips and the felt."

" WORLD POKER TOUR: HOLLYWOOD HOME GAME pits Hollywood 's brightest stars against one another and fulfills the World Poker Tour/Travel Channel promise of high quality televised poker programming," said Travel Channel's executive vice president and general manager, Rick Rodriguez.

Celebrities featured in the four-episode WORLD POKER TOUR: HOLLYWOOD HOME GAME include:

• Episode 1: Jack Black, Drew Carey, Fred Savage, Steve Harris, Mimi Rogers, Aisha Tyler

• Episode 2: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Willard, Lolita Davidovich, Norm McDonald, Richard Karn, Camryn Manheim (Airdate: *)

• Episode 3: Jennifer Tilly, Ming-Na, Joshua Morrow, James Woods, Robert Wuhl, Daniel Baldwin (Airdate: *)

• Episode 4: Ben Affleck, Jon Favreau, Ed Asner, Mo Collins, Sharon Lawrence, Gary Busey (Airdate: *)

The series, the most popular in Travel Channel history, continues to revolutionize televised poker. Through expert analysis, multiple camera angles, and the patented WPT Cam - which shows close-ups of the players' hole cards - the WORLD POKER TOUR has created a whole new element of high-stakes, high-anxiety excitement.

The WORLD POKER TOUR airs Wednesday nights from 9-11 PM (ET/PT), and season two is scheduled to premiere Wednesday, March 3, 2004 .

The WORLD POKER TOUR series is produced for the Travel Channel by World Poker Tour, LLC. Steven Lipscomb is the show's creator and serves as Executive Producer. Joe Swift is the Executive Producer for the Travel Channel. World Poker Tour, LLC is a joint venture between Lipscomb and Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (traded on the NASDAQ as "LACO").

* Airdates subject to change: please check local listings.

Editors Note: World Poker Tour downloadable photos are available at www.media.worldpokertour.com

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