The stakes were high. The players were famous. The charity was worthy.

The Bravo Channel’s Celebrity Poker Showdown has nothing on the action that took place at the tables inside the Esquire House in Beverly Hills on September 16th, where a star-studded roster of amateurs took on some of the best poker players in the world in a memorable 10-table tournament.

Instead of playing against each other, such celebs as Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Tilly were pitted against 20 poker pros, including Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Chip Reese, Barry Greenstein and Johnny Chan, to name a few.

Sponsored by Bvlgari and Esquire magazine, the charity poker tournament benefited the Las Vegas-based Keep Memory Alive Foundation, which raises critical research dollars and public awareness for Alzheimer’s.