Second Annual Celebrity Casino Night at the Crystal Tea Room

Nearly 400 notables mingled with celebrities and gambled to benefit Easter Seals.

Wednesday night Zarwin Baum DeVito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C. partnered with Citrin Cooperman for the second annual Celebrity Casino Night at the Crystal Tea Room. Co-host of the evening, Mark S. Carrow, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman, greets the guests as co-host Mitchell S. Kaplan, managing shareholder of Zarwin Baum, looks on. The event drew nearly 400 people to mingle with local celebrities while playing poker, blackjack, roulette and craps.

Tickets for the charity event were $75, and each guest was given $400 to play the tables. Below, from left: Host of It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle Lynn Doyle with the funny money, and Gina Rubel of Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., check out the silent auction items that ranged from trips, to dinner to a signed hockey stick by Scott Hartnell plus balls signed by Roy “Doc” Halladay and Cole Hamels. 

Below: Dana Bello and Kyle Scott of CrossingBroad.com. I think I saw Kyle hovering over his bid for the Scott Hartnell hockey stick all night–thus ensuring a win by him.

Below, from left: Jeff Devine, Marisa Magnatta and John Clark, NBC10 sports anchor. I hear Marisa cleaned up at the table, and might just be the lucky charm you need on your next trip to Atlantic City. Other celebrities in the room were Comcast Network host Arthur Fennell;  Phillies announcer Leslie Gudel; FOX 29 Good Day host Mike Jerrick; Former Philadelphia Flyer Tim Kerr; former Philadelphia Eagle Mike Mamula; FOX 29 reporter Kacie McDonnell; olympic gold-medalist soccer player Heather Mitts;  Flyers announcer Lou Nolan; former Eagle Vince Papale and his wife Janet; former Eagle Mike Quick; and Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams.

Aida Sparta, administrative coordinator, Comcast Spotlight (below, left) and Stacey Kracher, director of marketing at Zarwin Baum, try their luck at the slot machines. Stacey told me they moved casino night out of their offices and into the Crystal Tea Room after they received so many inquires to attend the event.

Below, from left: State senator Larry Farnese (who recently joined the Zarwin Baum firm), Kacie McDonnell, Fox29’s traffic reporter, John Lazovi, first vice president at First Niagara Bank, and Randyl Case, marketing manager at Citrin Cooperman.

Below, from left: Mike Quick, Eagles radio analyst, Scott Groomsman, Jennifer Carroll, Brian Taylor, director of nightlife services for Zee Bar, Madison Alpern, marketing/PR at Chip Roman Restaurants, and Jasmine Nieves.

Below, from left: Nancy Munich, Janet Papale and Heather Mitts. Congrats to Heather and hubby AJ Feeley who are about to be parents for the first time.

Below, from left: Susie Irvine, Kim Hartline, Gary A. DeVito, a shareholder with Zarwin Baum who leads the business practice group, Kelly Ricefeld and Stephen Ritner of Gould Yaffe & Golden. Catering was provided by Finley Catering. The decor was done by Stacey Kracher and her team.

Below: Jerry Erhlich and Shannon Eifort having a good time. The evening featured dance tunes spun by DJ Dan Cronin, an art display by pop artist Perry Milou and a leaf cigar bar, along with an open bar and a buffet.

Below, center: Rob Molinaro and Amy Servis, both of Chorus Communications. Rob tells me to save the date as hair of the dog is Saturday, January 18th, 2014.

Below, from left: Marc Leone and Jason Early

Below, from left: Kimberly Tirndal, Donna Marcus, Bill Miflin, Ledia Leka and Jin Hee Park. Bill tells me that the 2013 Vision for Philadelphia Award honoring Dr. Keith Leaphart will be on November 18th, 2013, at The Union League of Philadelphia.

Below: At the end of the night, people traded in their chips for raffle tickets. Each $100 chip equaled one raffle ticket, so as you can see, some people did very well. After all the chips were cashed in, over $23,000 was raised for Easter Seals.