The Aria casino in Las Vegas is bringing the blockchain to poker. This October, it will host the inaugural World Crypto Conference and is expected to draw a number of celebrity guests. Highlighting the three-day event will be a poker tournament unlike any seen before.

The conference will be held from October 31 through November 2. The poker tournament, which is sponsored in part by Decent.bet, will bring together live poker action with blockchain technology. Complete details have yet to be released, but Aria has said that “some of the biggest stars in poker” will attend.

The lineup could include poker high roller such as Daniel Negreanu or Antonio Esfandiari. It might also be that Phil Hellmuth, who has a tight relationship with the Aria, could decide to drop in. No matter who it is, this will certainly be one for the history books, and will go down as a prime example of how closely linked the gaming world and cryptocurrencies are.

Several poker companies, including Virtue Poker, use decentralized smart contracts for their data management and use random number generators to ensure fairness at the virtual felt. Since all licensed online poker portals have to allow their software to be assessed and monitored, there is an added sense of confidence surrounding blockchain-based poker.