Inside the sold-out poker tournament with hedge funders, NBA stars, poker pros and an 'American Pie' actress

Poker pro Phill Hellmuth (aka the 'Poker Brat') was the emcee for the night. He just got finished with the World Series of Poker. He dedicated his latest WSOP finish to his friend, the late David Goldberg. He gave Sheryl Sandberg his WSOP bracelet.

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Hellmuth started off the night by teasing hedge fund manager David Einhorn about his t-shirt choice.

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Here's Whitney Tilson (Kase Capital), Osman Hussein (Tiger Global), and Gary Vura (Tullett Prebon Financial Services)

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Gary Vura, Bobby Fallon (Tiger Global), and Tony Eisenberg

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Shavar Jeffries (Lowenstein Sandler, partner) and Kwane Thomas (Sanford Bernstein). Jeffries gave the keynote address for the event.

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Retired NBA player Charles Smith playing a hand.

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Here's Amber Sabat. She placed 2nd in 2013. She started playing poker after she graduated from Michigan State. By the way, she played hockey there and won a national championship as a starting left wing.

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Poker pro Erik Seidel has eight World Series of Poker bracelets.

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Event chair John Sabat is a quantitative portfolio manager at Cubist Systematic Strategies.

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John Sabat sat next to poker pro Layne Flack.

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Event chair Michael Sabat with former New York Knick Allan Houston

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Roy Behren is a portfolio manager and managing member at Westchester Capital Management.

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Here's poker pro Andy Frankenberger with retired NBA star Allan Houston. By the way, Frankenberger used to be a JPMorgan trader.

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Here are Frankenberger's WSOP bracelets.

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The Sabat brothers with 'American Pie' and 'Scary Movie' actress Shannon Elizabeth.

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Retired New York Knick John Starks with Shavar Jeffries and Phil Hellmuth.

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Greenlight Captal's Justin Lepone

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There's Boaz Weinstein of Saba Capital at the table with Einhorn.

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We stopped by to watch one of Einhorn's hands.

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Einhorn had pocket aces.

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Here's the flop. He won that hand.

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Omar Saeed (left), a partner at Hutchin Hill Capital, finished 37th at the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Professional magician Joshua Jay amazed a group with his conjuring tricks.

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Phil Hilal (left) is the founder of Clearfield Capital Management, which launched this year.

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Michael Sabat (Sanford Bernstein) with Ross Behren (The Cowen Group) and Roy Behren.

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John Petry (Sessa Capital, founder) and Jae Hong (Sessa Capital, COO)

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Paul Britton, the CEO of Capstone, won the tournament in 2013.

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Poker pro Vanessa Selbst is the highest earning female poker player ever, with over $10.5 million in winnings.

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The tournament went past midnight. The final table included Scott Potash (Postable.com, cofounder), Shannon Elizabeth (actress), Todd Lopez (Goldman Sachs), Tim Wong (BlackRock), Dan Fleishman, Michael Outlaw, Mike Doniger (Green Owl Capital), Dee Dozier (actress, poker pro), Oleg Nodelman (EcoR1 Capital), and Grant Yshitsu.

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Scott Potash won and Shannon Elizabeth came in 2nd place.

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