Spider-Man is a Poker Player!

Who would have thought that Spider-Man's lead actor will bring his luck to the poker table? Tobias Vincent Maguire, also known as Tobey Maguire, was not only renowned in America as a great actor who portrayed a number of major roles in movies such as "The Ice Storm,” "Wonder Boys," "the Cider House Rules," and of course our all-time favorite, the “Spider-Man” movie. He is also one of the Hollywood celebrities who has decided to learn the game of poker.

Although Tobey hasn't took home any headline winnings, he is still named as the Hollywood's poker shark. He did play in several poker game events in which he ranked pretty well. Mr. Maguire participated in the No Limit Hold'em event last July 27, 2004 at the Mirage Poker Showdown. And in the $2,000 buy-in, Maguire finished in the 15^th place out of 247 players and won $5,271. While on October 12, 2004 he played in the 2004 Festa al Lago III /Doyle Brunson North American Poker and came in 4th winning $17,967. Not bad isn't it? Well boasting more of his accomplishments as a poker player, Tobey was also personally invited to play at Phil Hellmuth's Poker Tournament, among a lot of the great professional poker players; and luckily he won - receiving a $246,000 as jackpot prize. Phil Hellmuth himself even said that he expects Tobey to be become a poker star himself.

Spider-Man's star Tobey Maguire is indeed a strong poker player, and he is a legitimate danger to go deep in any poker tournament that he plays. In fact, Tobey comes out and play occasional poker tourneys here and there. He even done quite good at them, cashing a number of times and actually winning a tournament for just south of $100,000.

In reality, Tobey Maguire is cash player. He plays private poker games that are held in his Hollywood Hills mansion. They call this game as "Tobey's Game", and involves some of the heaviest hitters in Hollywood. The "Tobey's Game" is actually where Maguire becomes popular. There are series of reports stating that this celebrity poker player has won millions of dollar, $10 million to be more specific, just by playing this game. He is often been referred to by poker professionals as a "cash game specialist".

Tobey Maguire has played multiple times in the World Series of Poker, his best finish to date is 54th. He has also placed in the money at the WSOP 2 other times.