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Former Face of Absolute Poker Serinda Swan is moving up in world starring in the soon to be released movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and is featured in this month's Maxim Magazine (photo top left).
We met Serinda at the 2006 WSOP with fellow Vancouver beauty Lynette Chan where Serinda offered and we stupidly never took her up on to bring some friends and show us around Vancouver for our buddy's bachelor party the following month. Unfortunately, we haven't seen Serinda since, but it looks like she has been busy advancing her career and we are happy that she ditched the losers at AP for bigger and better things.
Serinda was casted to play Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexual desire, which doesn't seem like much of a stretch for her. Yes, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief really is the name of the movie in the Tron Legacy, and yes, the director's name really is Chris Columbus.
By no coincidence we haven't mentioned Absolute Poker for years since Absolute Poker hasn't given any real details about the cheating scandal on their site and we think the same people still own AP/UB/SERIOUS? So, here's a cartoon we made a few years ago as a warning reminder from us for those thinking of playing on those sites:
Kara Scott has just signed a deal with Party Poker to be the newest member of "Team Party." Details of the sponsorship are a little vague, but we have to assume that she will be playing in high buy-in live tournaments as well as hosting TV shows and being one of the (pretty) public faces of Party Poker. In the press release Kara said, "It is fantastic to have signed a deal to join Team Party. It works perfectly for me as I get the opportunity to further improve my game on the live circuit as well as carrying on presenting. I'm so excited about the future."
Kara is a great signing for Party Poker and it remains to be seen if she will continue in her role on High Stakes Poker as that show is produced by rival site Poker Stars.
Well, we admit we were slightly off (for now) a few weeks ago when we predicted that PokerStars may be buying a land based casino, but today PokerStars did make an announcement involving brick and mortar casinos that should have a huge impact on the world of poker. PokerStars announced and kicked off the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) earlier today from Bahamas during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).
We knew PokerStars had to have something land based in mind due to their recent insertion of an article on Vanessa Rousso (with no naked pictures) in the latest Hustler Magazine because we are convinced that no one paying over $13 for that magazine has ever been on the internet.
PokerStars has wisely picked Joanna Krupa (left) to host the NAPT and she's already on the job at the PCA. Even before Krupa's arrival, the PCA has been one of the most popular tournaments on the circuit due to the younger age limits in the Bahamas so PokerStars picked the 2010 version as the inaugural event for the NAPT.
The next stop on the NAPT will be in February during the Venetian deepstack tournaments, then it moves to the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut in April. These tournaments should be filled with qualifiers from online satellites so they should be a great value for the usual suspects on the high buy-in live tournament circuit.
Check out the PokerStars Blog for more info on the NAPT and for more of Joanna Krupa head over to wicked chops poker where those guys have been all over Joanna as much as possible without being all over her since she made her poker debut in the 2005 WSOP Main Event.
TMZ.com has just reported that Phil Ivey and his wife Luciaetta folded their marriage of seven years just days before Christmas. Knowing Ivey's love for gambling, we wouldn't be surprised to learn that Ivey and Luciaetta played a high stakes game of let's make a deal with the marital assets. Ivey is believed to have won the most money playing poker (both online and live) the past three years, but little will be learned about his financial status because the divorce documents are sealed in the Clark County Courts.
Before becoming one of the biggest names in poker, Ivey earned the nickname "No Home Jerome" for his reputation of never leaving the poker table during his younger years grinding in Atlantic City. Ivey's bankroll and reputation grew from there earning him the honor of being the most feared and respected player in the world. Earlier this year, Ivey dropped almost all of the horses he had been backing, now he has dropped his wife and appears to be completely free heading into 2010. Sources say Ivey's resolution for 2010 is total world domination and we're not betting against him.
Surprisingly, all of the photos below were taken during Ivey's marriage.
Recent reports out of Hollywood are suggesting that the stars of MTV's The Hills, Jayde Nicole and Brody Jenner, have ended their highly public 15 month off screen relationship. Both have hinted of the break in recent tweets, but neither have confirmed the reports outright. On December 18, Jayde Nicole Tweeted "Sometimes when you truly love someone you have to let them go…..’ I never really understood that quote until now.’” Jenner seemingly responded the next day the only way he could, through twitter saying, "So I decided to stay in Australia BY MYSELF!!! Hahaha this is Crazy…Might just stay here and start a new life.”
Considering Jayde Nicole recently told Pokulator.com that she will be appearing in many more poker tournaments including the 2010 WSOP, the breakup can only be good news for poker players looking to be Jayde's rebound. Given the amount of sharks in the water and the Playboy beauty's interest in poker, we would not be surprised to see a love connection (or rebound) with someone from the poker world in Jayde's not too distant future.
For more of Pokulator's pictures of Jayde Nicole click here.
Poker related or not, MTV's Jersey Shore featuring "The Situation" is "The Shit." But, while watching the latest show on my DVR I learned MTV is not airing a new episode of Jersey Shore this Christmas Eve in the show's regular time slot. Instead, MTV is waiting until New Year's Eve to give us any more of "The Situation." I was pissed, but still hit replay and watched the show again. I'm not afraid to admit I can't get enough of "The Situation," but MTV should be changed to GrinchTV for not giving us more of "The Situation" as a Christmas Eve treat.
Luckily, some people still feel the giving spirit this holiday season as Conan O'Brien killed it with "The Situation" and "Snooki" on the Tonight Show (below) and this blog that beat us to the punch with their own Jersey Shore Nickname Generator. Speaking of punches (although we don't condone this action), here's where Snooki got punched by a Jersey gym teacher, which MTV eventually decided not to air during the episode despite running it at least 10,000 times in the show's previews.
UPDATE: Santa Claus must be real because "The Situation" and "Snooki" showed up on Saturday Night Live just hours after making the post above.
Harrah's announced the 2010 WSOP Schedule today with a few changes to begin the PP era (Post - WSOP Commissioner- Pollack). The WSOP opens with a 50K almost all H.O.R.S.E. tournament in honor of the late Chip Reese. With the final table being all NL Hold'em, ESPN will once again cover the event.
Another new tournament is the 25K 6max tournament that should draw a star-studded field. There are also weekly $1,000 weekend tournaments for all of the donkeys that can't afford the bigger buy-ins. Different convention space will also be utilized at the Rio this year so no tables will need to be in the hallways or outside. Players and spectators will also no longer need to eat outside as food services will be placed in the Brasilia room this year. Everyone involved is curious to see how a WSOP goes off without Pollack's influence.
One of Pokulator.com's all time favorite interviews, Mark "Newhizzle" Newhouse, just took down the PokerStars Sunday Million last night for almost $250,000. Big congrats to Newhizzle, who we suspect is now celebrating in a similar fashion to how he prepared for this WPT tournament in 2007.
If Poker Stars paid to insert a Vanessa Rousso spread in the latest Hustler Magazine it can only mean one thing. Sorry guys, not Vanessa Rousso nude, but rather that Poker Stars must be looking to expand its business to land based casinos. Obviously anyone paying over $13 for porn in Hustler Magazine has never been introduced to the internet, let alone capable of navigating to Poker Stars to sign up for an online poker account. So only one questions remains, what is the brass at Poker Stars really eyeing?"
I recently got word that Vanessa Rousso was on the cover of this month's Hustler Magazine. So when I finished what I was working on I headed to the Hustler Store conveniently located just one block away. My first visit to this same store was about eight years ago for the grand opening party where I was able to meet Hustler founder and poker enthusiast Larry Flynt. That night he rolled through the store in a golden wheelchair and signed appendages of many of the well endowed ladies in the greeting line.
Upon entering the store today I saw no sign of Mr. Flynt but did see a lovely woman at the front desk carefully folding a pair of black see through thong panties that seemed too small to fold. I interrupted her folding show to ask "Do you have a Hustler Magazine with a poker player on it?" She pointed me to the stairs and said all magazines are on the third floor.
At the top of the stairs I navigated through a maze of swings, lubes, and other sex toys and made my way to the magazine rack.
Just next to Barely Legal I found the copy of Hustler with Vanessa Rousso on the cover and took it up to the register. The guy ringing me up said, "You know if you spend $50 you get a mess of free porn." I declined any extra purchases and was amazed when my total came to $13 and change for just the one magazine. "Wow, that's a lot to pay for just an article," I told him, "because I know this poker player won't be nude in here." He said, "No bro, she's on the cover, she'll be naked in there." I offered a friendly $5 bet that he was incorrect, but he declined and said, "Let's just open it and see." We ripped off the protective wrap and in addition to learning that Hustler is much different than Playboy, we saw:
It seems pretty clear that Poker Stars is willing to spread Vanessa Rousso's name through a wide variety of media outlets despite the lack skin shown in this particular magazine. So, I thanked the guy at the register and headed back to my car arriving just as the parking meter enforcement guy was pulling up. He stopped at my car eyeing the expired meter next to it, so I quickly slipped in and said, "Not this time buddy," just as I'm telling you if you came here to see pictures of Vanessa Rousso naked!
We're still digging through the archives and found this clip of outtakes put together by the WPT featuring two all time Pokulator favorites Kimberly Lansing and Layla Kayleigh.
Rumors are flying around the poker world that the dreaded UIGEA is going to be delayed 6 months. The compliance date was originally set for December 1, but this rumored delay would allow time for Rep. Barney Frank and the PPA to get legislation passed on behalf of online poker. Hopefully this rumor is true and is a sign of good things to come for online poker in the US. But, based on the shitty politicking that got the UIGEA passed in the first place, who knows. Stay tuned... Continue Reading…
From her days on MTV's The Real World, Trishelle Cannatella is known to have a lot of gamble in her. Now players on the poker circuit will have to worry about bad beats from Trishelle as she hits the poker circuit as the new celebrity endorser for Absolute Poker. Good friend of Pokulator and Full Tilt Pro Lynette Chan caught up with Trishelle at the Annie Duke Charity Event and asked her about poker, men, and more...
We decided to bring you no coverage of the 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table, but instead present a November Nine of our own. Nine previously unpublished photos of Jayde Nicole playing poker and hanging out around a poker tournament. Be on the lookout because rumor has it that Jayde will be playing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
Jayde Nicole got a few quick pointers from WSOP Champ Jamie Gold before the tournament began. Jayde Nicole got some coaching from 2007 WSOP Main Event Winner Jamie Gold (far left - actually the guy sitting across from her at the table not the asian woman dealer) prior to the Legends Media Tournament.
You may think this photo is cropped funny, but I wanted to show up in a picture with Jayde Nicole. I actually think she was pointing to me and telling her blonde friend that she wanted me (note the pouty expression on the blonde's face when she realizes that she may lose another one to Jayde), while the lady in front in the purple blouse says "I'm glad they like the guy in the peace shirt cause no way dude with frosted tips can or even wants to handle those two."
Kimberly Lansing burst onto the poker scene in 2007 doing live updates for the World Poker Tour. She quickly moved into the hostess role and built a huge fan following. She made a deep run in the 2008 WPT Invitational making the final table before finally getting eliminated. Kimberly left the World Poker Tour, but still works as a journalist and her work can be seen in People, Us Weekly, In Style, and many more.
More Kimberly Lansing Photos and Videos after the jump.
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Before getting kicked out of the event three times for unruly behavior our own ass kicking Jew Gordon caught up with Samm Levine at the 2009 WPT Invitational. Gordon wanted to know just how much ass Samm and the rest of the Jews would be kicking in Inglourious Basterds. Well, the movie came out today and let's just say Samm and the rest of those Bastards kicked some serious ass. Hear it from Samm below:
By the way we highly recommend Inglorious Bastards unless you happen to be a Nazi sympathizer, in which case fuck off.
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Today there are hundreds of poker rooms offering great action online. But if you are an american player it can be hard to know where it is safe to play poker games. Still there are many poker rooms that accepts U.S players and we will help you find the best US poker site for you.
2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole is getting serious about poker and plans to take her game to the professional poker circuit. We first played with her after Thanksgiving dinner in 2008 at a home game with her boyfriend Brody Jenner, then saw her again at the 2009 Legends of Poker Celebrity Media Invitational.
Prior to the tournament Jayde got some pointers from former WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold, then she made a deep run herself (lasted 7 levels longer than both of us) before finally busting out - no pun intended!
Jayde Nicole and Jamie Gold do an interview together
Jayde Nicole was stacked for most of the tournament
Howard Lederer's sister Annie Duke recently appeared on the Celebrity Apprentice where she lost to Joan Rivers in the finals. Here Howard talks about how poker players and the poker industry were portrayed on the show and how the family has no love lost for Donald Trump.
Despite having the third least chips heading into the final table, Phil Ivey is the biggest story of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Widely regarded as the best poker player in the world, Phil Ivey outlasted 6,485 others like no other big name pros could. He trails chip leader Darvin Moon by almost 50 million chips, but only fools would bet against Ivey taking it down when play resumes in November.
Somehow the WSOP has already awarded Jeffrey Lisandro the 2009 Player of the Year title for winning three bracelets during his ultra-successful WSOP, but few would argue that this WSOP has belonged to Ivey. If he matches Lisandro by winning his third bracelet in the Main Event in November the WSOP is going to have a tough time explaining snubbing possibly the greatest player of all time.
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Play resumes November 9 with the chip counts as follows:
Darvin Moon
58,930,000
Eric Buchman
34,800,000
Steven Begleiter
29,885,000
Jeff Shulman
19,580,000
Joseph Cada
13,215,000
Kevin Schaffel
12,390,000
Phil Ivey
9,765,000
Antoine Saout
9,500,000
James Akenhead
6,800,000
*photo credit IMPDI for WSOP 2009 (cause of course WSOP would give credit for everything they borrow)
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Lacey Jones and Christina Hall are Dreamy at WSOP's Dream Team Poker Event
Lacey Jones and Christina Hall weren't too hard on the eyes in the Dream Team Poker Tournament at the 2009 World Series of Poker.
Here they talk about poker, show off their tan lines, say what kind of guys they like, and even mention a potential mud wrestling match with former friend Christina Lindley.
See more of Lacey Jones on our Lacey Jones Photos Page
2009 won't be the summer of George, at least as far as the WSOP is concerned as Jason Alexander was eliminated last night on a brutal bad beat. Alexander called a bet for all his chips with the best hand, but it couldn't hold up when the river card made trips for his opponent and sent him packing. We asked him about the hand and his impact on the world of poker.
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Serinda was casted to play Aphrodite, the goddess of love and sexual desire, which doesn't seem like much of a stretch for her. Yes, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief really is the name of the movie in the Tron Legacy, and yes, the director's name really is Chris Columbus. 
Well, we admit we were slightly off (for now) a few weeks ago when we predicted that 
Recent reports out of Hollywood are suggesting that the stars of MTV's The Hills, Jayde Nicole and Brody Jenner, have ended their highly public 15 month off screen relationship. Both have hinted of the break in recent tweets, but neither have confirmed the reports outright. On December 18, Jayde Nicole Tweeted "Sometimes when you truly love someone you have to let them go…..’ I never really understood that quote until now.’” Jenner seemingly responded the next day the only way he could, through twitter saying, "So I decided to stay in Australia BY MYSELF!!! Hahaha this is Crazy…Might just stay here and start a new life.”
Poker related or not, MTV's Jersey Shore featuring "The Situation" is "The Shit." But, while watching the latest show on my DVR I learned MTV is not airing a new episode of Jersey Shore this Christmas Eve in the show's regular time slot. Instead, MTV is waiting until New Year's Eve to give us any more of "The Situation." I was pissed, but still hit replay and watched the show again. I'm not afraid to admit I can't get enough of "The Situation," but MTV should be changed to GrinchTV for not giving us more of "The Situation" as a Christmas Eve treat. 
Harrah's announced the 
If Poker Stars paid to insert a Vanessa Rousso spread in the latest Hustler Magazine it can only mean one thing. Sorry guys, not 
I recently got word that Vanessa Rousso was on the cover of this month's Hustler Magazine. So when I finished what I was working on I headed to the Hustler Store conveniently located just one block away. My first visit to this same store was about eight years ago for the grand opening party where I was able to meet Hustler founder and poker enthusiast Larry Flynt. That night he rolled through the store in a golden wheelchair and signed appendages of many of the well endowed ladies in the greeting line. 
Just next to Barely Legal I found the copy of Hustler with Vanessa Rousso on the cover and took it up to the register. The guy ringing me up said, "You know if you spend $50 you get a mess of free porn." I declined any extra purchases and was amazed when my total came to $13 and change for just the one magazine. "Wow, that's a lot to pay for just an article," I told him, "because I know this poker player won't be nude in here." He said, "No bro, she's on the cover, she'll be naked in there." I offered a friendly $5 bet that he was incorrect, but he declined and said, "Let's just open it and see." We ripped off the protective wrap and in addition to learning that Hustler is much different than Playboy, we saw:
