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Liv Boeree- is a poker player

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:17:00 -0700

The Liv Boeree- is a poker player

Olivia “Liv” Boeree (born 1984) is a poker player, TV presenter and model from England. Born in Kent, Boeree studied in Manchester before moving to London.

Boeree was introduced to the poker industry when she was selected as one of five contestants for the reality TV show "Ultimatepoker.com Showdown" which aired on Five in autumn 2005. During the show she was coached by professional poker players Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott.

After the show Boeree began playing poker as a serious activity and, in 2006, she became a TV presenter and journalist for Gutshot TV at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Shortly afterwards she became the host of Challenge TV's on-line coverage of the European Poker Tour, also appearing as a reporter for the World Series of Poker Europe on WorldSeriesofPoker.com. Boeree also writes a regular column in the magazine Bluff Europe and has had front cover features in Gambling Online, World Poker Tour and Online Gambler magazines.

Boeree's initial successes in poker were: a 7th place finish at the Welsh Amateur Poker Championships; a 1st place finish at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; and winning a $19,000 package to the 2007 Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio, Las Vegas. Boeree has also appeared in the Gala UK Poker Tour Season 1 on Channel 4 as a featured player, the World Women's Open on Five in 2007 and on Sky Poker channel 865 in 2008.

In May 2008 Liv won the 2008 Ladbrokes European Ladies Championships for $30,000. Boeree cashed in two events at the 2008 World Series of Poker: Event 38 $2000 Pot Limit Holdem, finishing 49th for $4,074; and Event 41 $1500 Mixed Limit Holdem, finishing 64th for $2,793. She also finished 49th at the 2008 Aruba Classic for $5,500. In January 2009 she finished 7th in the $1500 NLH Bounty event for $18,900 AUD and in April 2009 made two final tables in the preliminary events at the World Poker Tour Championships, with winnings totalling $23,000. She also won a $25,000 seat in a satellite to the WPT Main event, in which she finished 37th for $41,000.

On 21 April 2010, Boeree won the European Poker Tour in San Remo. Boeree won €1,250,000 and thereby became the third woman ever to win an EPT title. On 2 September 2010 Liv Boeree opened the Poker in the park Festival in London. The event attracted people from all around the globe, who came there for the various attractions and free Poker tournaments.

Boeree has been a member of Team PokerStars Pro since September 2010 and her total live tournament winnings exceed $2,050,000.

Top 10 Facebook Girls Play Poker Online

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:53:00 -0700

Whilst poker is a male dominated sport there are a number of females that can not only play but are also attractive, yes it's like finding a needle in a haystack but if enough monsters like Annie Duke play there is going to be the exception somewhere.

Below you will find a selection of the 10 best looking players, so we can work outwho is the hottest of them all please leave a comment under your favourite player.

They are not in any particular order but once enough comments are left I'll rework them around.

No idea about copyright on these pics, if it's an issue for anyone speak to my lawyer

The Next Top Female Poker Players: The Women Of Poker

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:40:00 -0700

The Women are playing poker, and playing very well. Some of poker's top players are You play poker girls or man We also have player bios for your favorite Poker Guys and Poker Girls!

Most Beautiful Women In The Worlds

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Most Beautiful Women In The Worlds

Poker Women

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Poker Girls

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Top 100 Poker Girls

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Liv Boeree doing well at the LA Poker Classic Event $48

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Seems that Liv Boeree is doing quite well for herself at the commerce casino. Liv currently holds an above average stack of 98,100 chips, which ranks her #7 among the 27 players remaining in the $1,065 No Limit Hold 'Em event .

The tournament drew 222 players total, creating a $214,260 prize pool. The winner of the tournament will be collecting a nice $62,100 - nothing really outstanding, but hey - it's just one of many events at this year's LA Poker Classic!

With the World Poker Tour Main Event, the final table of the Celebrity Invitational and the High Roller tournaments coming up in LA, we're hoping for at least one or two poker girls to take home a trophy.

2011 EPT Copenhagen - girls out of nowhere

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:45:00 -0700

It seems that we might have spoken too quickly when we concluded Annette Obrestad was the only poker girl left in the EPT Copenhagen Main Event. Seems as if a few women came out of nowhere, some of them vanishing just as quickly as they have appeared. Let's take a look at the current status of the tournament.

Unfortunately for everyone, the girls' highest hope for a solid performance, Annette Obrestad, was eliminated from the tournament by Lars Krogh, who's pocket aces dominated Annette's AJ without mercy. This adds to her line of recent losses, but good times will definitely follow soon - they always do.

One of the girls we apparently missed was Xuan Liu. Currently residing in Toronto, Canada, Xuan has been around playing live poker tournaments ever since late 2009. She actually took down the Pokerstars.com IPT San Remo No Limit Hold 'Em event in December 2011, outlasting a field of 153 and earning a $68,857 prize. Her total bankroll is estimated at slightly above $90,000, excluding any cash games winnings. Jenny Chu would be proud of her! Xuan was eliminated from the EPT Copenhagen Main Event yesterday (Day 2) when her pre-flop attempt at a 3bet shove against cut-off raiser Johan van Til's was met by a call from Johan. Liu turned out to be holding T7 , which stood no chance against Til's AQ. The board brought no surprises.

Next on the list is Pernille Ravn. She actually seems to be the last woman standing in the event at the moment, going into Day 3 with a short, yet still playable stack of 76,900 chips. Blinds are at 1,500/3,000, just so you know. Pernille is called the Dannish poker queen, largely because of her beauty, and has been around the poker tournament scene since early 2005, just like Vanessa Rousso. Not many achievements to her name as of this moment, with a few WSOP appearances and a total of $30,000 won live. Let's see if things change for her in Copenhagen. Oh and, if you are interested, you should check out her personal website - it's in Dannish, but if you use Google Translate, you should do fine.

Day 3 of the event starts today. Let's see what happens.

Charlotte Van Brabander: The PokerStars Girlfriend

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:27:00 -0700

With EPT Copenhagen Main Event well underway, and the LA Poker Classic in full throttle, what better way to relax than a quick look at Charlotte Van Brabander, member of team Pokerstars Friends.

For those of you who don't know, Pokerstars friends are talented professional poker players, who aren't really members of Team Pokerstars pro, but who still get sponsored to play in the biggest tournaments around the world. We are not exactly sure about the difference between a PS friend and a PS pro, but as long as it adds more poker girls to the mix, we won't be asking too many questions.

Charlotte Van Brabander, known online as Sjlot, is a professional poker player born and raised in Belgium. What might come as a surprise to most of you is that, before getting into poker, Charlotte was a professional Counter Strike gamer. She even formed a CS team comprised of herself and four other girls, eventually getting sponsored and making it all the way into the Electronic Sports World Cup tournament. We have a feeling she and Liv Boeree would get along just fine.

As a poker player, Charlotte Van Brabander is still waiting for her big break. She plans to play in as many of this year's UKIPT events and EPT ladies events as possible, so hopefully she'll get something going soon. One thing is certain: with Pokerstars backing her, Vanessa Rousso giving her lessons at her Big Slick Bootcamps, and the competitive instinct that she's nourished throughout her years of playing Counterstrike, we could be looking at the next Annette Obrestad here. Let's wish her the best!

2011 LA Poker Classic Main Event: Liz Lieu, other girls

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:05:00 -0700

The 2011 Los Angeles Poker Classic Main Event is in full throttle right now, with Day 2 of the tournament already approaching its end. We've just found out that Liz Lieu managed to double up early on in the tournament with KK. We're not sure exactly how well she's doing right now and we'll update as soon as we find out. What's interesting to note is that Liz Lieu played in the Celebrity Invitational event, which has a final table scheduled for March the 2nd.

Other than Liz, a few other poker girls signed up for the Main Event: Liv Boeree, Lauren Kling, Maria Ho and Melanie Weisner.

We'll wrap up this brief newspost by mentioning that Liv Boeree managed to come in 10th at the LAPC No Limit Hold 'Em $1,065 buy-in event, netting $2,680.

Play And Be Famous Like These Celebrity Casino Players!

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:59:00 -0700

It seems that gambling can get the best of us! Famous personalities and celebrities also have their share of taking time out to play. Celebrity poker players are spread all over Las Vegas and in the Internet but are obviously given the special treatment..

Most actors were involved in gambling movies like Casino, California Split,Rounders, Oceans 11,12,13 and the movie 21 had developed a strong interest in gambling many celebrities play at special tournaments that raise money for different causes and some stars just play for fun!

Here are the big names of the celebrity casino players:

Let's start off with the Batman, Solaris, Intolerable Cruelty and the E.R man, George Clooney. Perhaps inspired by his starring role in Oceans 11, 12 and 13, or more likely by the fact that he is ridiculously minted, he also taken an active role in the gambling business when he invested an unknown sum of money in a $ 3 billion resort in a Las Vegas and the co-owner of Las Ramblas, a casino-hotel-condominium complex since 2007.

Another Oceans 11,12 and 13 cast is Brad Pitt, he also invested $ 3 billion in a Las Vegas casino complex. While filming Ocean's 12 in Rome, Bradley, along with co-stars George Clooney and Matt Damon with their guest, Michael Douglas, husband of co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones, were engaged in late-night poker sessions, and some of them were as good as professional players.

Also an Oceans 11, 12, and 13,the star of Jason Bourne Project, Saving Private Ryan, Matt Damon is also very passionate about poker. He’s a regular entrant in the annual World Series of Poker, and his most interesting WSOP story occurred back in 1998.

Miramax Studios entered both he and Edward Norton in the WSOP Main Event ($10,000 buy-in) to promote the upcoming Rounders. He is considered an excellent poker player and was rumored to have been offered a $1 million endorsement from online gaming giant Nine.com.

In a blockbuster movie Pearl Harbor, Armageddon and Daredevil, Ben Affleck is one of the most accomplished celebrity poker player, Affleck won $ 356,000 at the California State Poker Championship in 2004 and a $25,000 seat in the 2005 World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship.

An Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Tilly is more interested in poker than acting. In June of 2005, Jennifer won her first celebrity World Series of Poker bracelet and $158,625 in the Ladies' No-Limit Hold’em event. She has also won the World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament and competed in Poker Royale, Poker Superstars, and Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Spiderman himself, Tobey Maguire also one of the players that were beaten by Ben Affleck at the Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship but he made a strong comeback in October 2004 and he won $186,000 at a $2,000 buy-in tournament at the Hollywood Park Casino and a $2,000 Phil Hellmuth Invitational at World Poker Tournament and World Series Of Poker.

Gambling is not just of big celebrities but also for the music artist like Justin Timberlake, the love, sex and magic singer is also a poker and blackjack lover.

The RnB singer, Macy Gray hits the table and made a surprise appearance in Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, and finished in a respectable 3rd place. Still, with the perfect smoky poker voice, she has the potential to go far.

They are just a few of the many celebrity casino players who loves to play for fun and for real money. Big names who play the big games. So don’t be surprised if you happen to have a chat with them who may find time to play in the same site.

Get into the game! Just head over to Online Casino Admin and see what they have to offer. Who knows, maybe your next opponent is part in the Hollywood!

Montel Williams: From An Emmy Award Winning TV Talkshow Host To A Revolutionary Poker Reality TV Host

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:53:00 -0700

Who does'nt know the longest running talk shows in the history of television?

An Emmy Award winning host and the Executive Producer of the Montel Williams Show.

In September of 2009, the show completed its final season, but it can still be seen around the world in a Best of Montel series. Although bittersweet, the finale of the “Montel Williams Show” marked an important juncture for Williams.

Montel Williams has signed a multi-year deal with radio syndicator “Air America” for a daily 3-hour talk radio program entitled Montel Across America slated to begin on April 6th, 2009.

He knows what it takes to make and continue a successful television program. Now, Montel Williams has decided to fuse his love of TV with his passion for poker in a new show said to be broadcast in the late months of 2009.

Montel Williams has working out a new poker TV show called "International Team Poker League", their press release statements announced that it will revolutionize poker on television in 2009, as the show will combine poker with reality television.

Williams reveals that his series was made possible through the advancement of poker in the Internet and part of Williams' new show will take place on the Internet. Online satellite tournaments will be held online and at land based casinos for the poker series. The show will run much like a conventional talent show.

The concept includes of thousands of poker players fighting it out in both land-based and online poker tournaments with the winners moving to the next round and the possible to become part of the ITPL poker team for 2009 and 2010. That will result in the best players in the tournament being selected for 6 respective teams, which will then be condensed, through more tournament play, to 6 winners who will become the ITPL team for the season, and will receive more perks that just the title. They will also be taped playing pros and living the poker lifestyle.

International Team Poker League (ITPL) will start in March with a number of satellite tournaments and build up to the televised segment from November 2009 which will take in both game play and reality TV style elements covering the major names in the poker industry and the poker community.

As the Creator, Commissioner and CEO of International Team Poker League admits, “ I love poker, it's a game that has everything! Played by the kings and leaders and regular Joes alike. It crosses boundaries and boarders, now, thanks to technology and the Internet, a global phenomenon that brings people of different ethnicities and origin together around the world.”

International Team Poker League is designed to fit a one-hour TV slot, the show will air each week for a season and offers high profile strategic partnerships and affiliate activity for both the casino and remote gambling industries. A number of global brands have already shown interest in taking part, although no announcements of partnerships are being made at this stage.

Neither of the stars showed up at Indiana Live! Casino

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:11:00 -0700

“Justin Timberlake was invited by The Cordish Company to attend the VIP party and grand opening of the Indiana Live! Casino on Friday, March 13. An RSVP was received for Mr. Timberlake that he and his guest would attend the festivities.” -Sherry Amos, Marketing Executive with The Cordish Company

Indiana Live Casino may have put on an excellent opening of their new Shelbyville casino, however, many audience are upset after the grand opening festivities.

The grand opening was supposed to feature 2 of the top stars in Hollywood: the actor-singer Justin Timberlake and actress-model Jessica Biel.

The Ads were run promoting their appearance at the opening ceremonies. Unfortunately, neither of the stars showed up!

So was it a dupe to pull large crowds to the opening? As the Mayor of Shebyville, Scott Furgeson stated, “I guarantee it was not a dupe, and I thought he was going to be there".

Also the Mayor said that the President of Baltimore-based Cordish Company who runs the casino is Justin Timberlake's friend had pledged to attend but had not signed a contract.

Guest Marian Flemming says, “It was ridiculous. They promised us that Justin and Jessica were going to be here, so we came down to check out the new casino and had hoped to see the two stars. When they did not show up, we simply felt cheated.”

On the contrary, Justin Timberlake's publicist told the Cordish Company that the Justin never planned to attend the event. The day after the actor-singer publicist said Timberlake never agreed to attend Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for Indiana Live! Casino, the only business that's talking was the casino's local public relations firm.

The stars then added to the speculation when they failed to deliver a scheduled promotional appearance at the launch of an Indiana Live Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana on March 13. The 2 Hollywood stars absence infuriated many members of the 8,000-strong audience.

The new $200 million Indiana Live Casino will feature over 200,000 square feet of gaming and dining. The casino and horsetrack are located only 15 miles southeast of Indianapolis on I-74.

As the promotion ads stated, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel will be on hand for the 6:00 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony. Following that, the doors open to the public at 6:30 p.m.

But unfortunately, on that night, no Justin Timberlake and Jessice Biel's appearance in the casino!

The Indiana Gaming Commission is investigating whether a casino broke rules with promotions claiming that pop star singer and actor Justin Timberlake and the actress model Jessica Biel would appear at its grand opening.

Ernie Yelton, a Gaming Commission Director told the Indianapolis Business Journal he's not accusing Indiana Live of any misconduct, but he wants to make sure the casino followed regulations, and if the Indiana Live Casino is found to have a violated commission rules, the casino could face reprimand, fines and even its license
revoked.

What do you think? Is this a marketing tactic of Indiana Live! Casino?

Your thoughts..

Meet and Beat Affleck and Damon: Play Poker Now!

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 18:53:00 -0700

How would you like the chance to meet Matt Damon and Ben Affleck? Or better yet a chance to defeat Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in poker? This is not a dream, you can actually meet them and beat them at the same time with Pacific Poker and 888 Ladies are offering an opportunity to play against Hollywood celebrities and Oscar winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon at a special Cannes Poker Charity Event!

The Cannes Charity Poker adventure is a privately trace by reflection business and the final 60 places have a mind esteem been severely vetted by the organizers in some attempt to bring into proximity only the very top ‘A’ list celebrities in addition to the richest donors from encompassing the World.

A special freeroll will take place on May 9th where the winner will receive a package to the Cannes Film Festival. There are two ways to qualify for this freeroll. The freeroll tournament takes place at Villa Oxygene in Cannes on May the 19th and amongst the prizes on offer is a $250,000 Villa in Durban, South Africa.

The players who earn 1,200 points between March 1st and May 6th will be automatically entered. Anyone who does not accumulate that many points have another chance. On May 7th, a special $150+$10 tournament will take place where the top 3 finishers advance to the Cannes freeroll.

Also, to seat in the 60 player celebrity poker tournament, 6 other A list celebrities at the event which will take place on 19th May. The Cannes package winner will receive 3 nights in a five-star hotel with costless airfare. The lucky winner of the Cannes Charity Poker event will walk away with a $250,000 beach house in Durban, South Africa.

All you have to do is sign up to 888 Poker and accumulate 1,2000 FFPs between April 1 and May 6 to play in the freeroll on May 9. For those who may have not receive joined 888.com state a little later by way of a buy-in forward May 7th into the promotion, there choose an opportunity to procreate onto that final part.

Once you either opened an account yourself or registered a poker playing friend, you will first of all find a nice sum of 3,000 Ladies Points in your account as a reward. If you are determined to get to Cannes any time soon, you or your friend better participate in the 888 Celebrity Challenge tournament.

The Cannes Charity Poker Event Final hold 7 tables with Matt Damon or Ben Affleck. The lucky 888.com winners not only get a chance of tempting $250,000, and has the opportunity to mingle in contrast with a certain number of of the biggest celebrities onward the planet and you will also be in Cannes for their world famous film festival, which is a great prize in itself even if you don't go deep in the Celebrity Challenge.

This event is sponsored by 888.com and will accord with the Cannes Film Festival and being held to raise money for Ben Affleck's and Matt Damon's charities - "Not On Our Watch" in Darfur region, and "One Voice For Freedom" the children's anti slavery charity.

Celebrity Poker Showdown: The Celebritie's Poker Obsession

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:49:00 -0700

How many times have you found yourself at the movies or sitting in front of your television just to watch your favorite celebrities in action? How about watching your favorite celebrities in front of your television playing poker?

Yes! In fact, The celebrity poker tournament has achieved in popularity! Big name celebrities are also playing poker. And even Hollywood could not resist the influence as more and more stars are going to the poker tables.

Definitely, celebrity interest in the game of poker has encouraged public interest in the game of poker. And because poker is so popular, and many people like to watch their favorite celebrities compete on the popular television show, Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Celebrity Poker Showdown is a series of tournaments that match against 5 celebrities against each other when they play for their favorite charities. Airing its first show in December 2003 with Gordon and actor Kevin Pollak announcing a star packed table that included David Schwimmer of comedy series Friends, Ben Affleck, and Academy Award nominee Don Cheedle and actor Dave Foley.

The winners of each of the tournaments play one another in the season finale for the largest part of the prize pool of money used. The show is so popular in fact, that Bravo now averages more than one million viewers per episode. Bravo aired the series for five seasons and it was a very simple assumption.

On the brighter side, celebrities that have appeared on the prominent game show demonstrate the interest that not only average people have for celebrities and poker, but shows the fascination celebrities have with wagering their money for a better cause. It was very much like The World Series of Poker (WSOP), where people are eliminated through a series of rounds to get to the championship game.

The card game played was Texas Hold'em and the stakes went as high as a million dollars. The winner from each week's game will advance to the championship sixth game finale. Bravo viewers will have the inside track on the hands the different players hold through hidden cameras. They will also be able to hear commentary from the eliminated players, who will watch the rest of their respective matches from the “Loser's Lounge” through closed circuit television (CCTV).

The first 5 winners of the Celebrity Poker Showdown tournaments are Nicole Sullivan of "King of Queens", Maura Tierney cast of "ER", Seth Myers of "Saturday Night Live", Mekhi Phifer cast of "ER" and Brad Garrett cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond".

Some celebrity names that have appeared in Celebrity poker Showdown are Jason Alexander, Jennifer Tilly, Mena Suvari, Mimi Rogers, Dennis Quaid, Shannon Elizabeth, Kevin Nealon, and Lauren Graham. Together, they have driven a new public awareness of poker and helped to bring it from backroom poker tables out into the limelight.

Unfortunately, Celebrity Poker Showdown is no longer being aired on Bravo. There were eight tournaments held and Bravo elected not to have a 9th tournament. All told the tournaments traversed 5 seasons, which is not a bad run on today's television viewing list. But don't fret, there is still celebrity poker showdown, just wait for my other post for another Celebrity Poker Showdown update!

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The Hottest Celebrity Poker Babe: Shannon Elizabeth's Poker Stats

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Sun, 5 Apr 2009 22:03:00 -0700

Remember Nadia who teased a pie-humping Jason Biggs?

The Euro-vague accent in American Pie series and Scary Movie hot chic is spending more time playing poker than acting! Behind the beautiful brown eyes, sexy curves and a great assets is a true card sharp.

Shannon Elizabeth got her first tournament poker taste when she signed on to do a little show “Celebrity Poker Showdown”.

Since then, Shannon, who was previously married to actor,director and part-time poker player Joe Reitman, and now, Annie Duke’s current fiancé, has fallen in love with the game.

She’s become a fixture at cash games, charity poker tournaments and World series Of Poker Tournament (WSOP).

Her recent play has raised her status from mere celebrity poker player to serious pro. Shannon goes to Vegas almost every week to play against the best poker competition in the world.

Shannon has been playing in the Main Event of the WSOP since 2005. A winner of the 2005 Nicky Hilton New Years Eve Poker Tournament at Caesars Palace, outlasting 91 other players. She also placed 6th in Calvin Klein’s 2nd Annual Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament.

Shannon has also found a way to include poker in her day job. She is one nokf the cast in 2006 movie, “Deal”, along with Burt Reynolds. She played the apple of the eye of a young gun who winds up heads-up at the World Poker Tournament (WPT) championship against his mentor. Shannon take part in an actual tournament.

She has one a few tournaments including a recent charity tournament at the Playboy Mansion. In 2006 she had 3 cashes at the World Series of Poker. Beating out 83 celebrities and poker professionals to win $55,000!

According to Terry and Alex interview with Shannon Elizabeth about her poker career goes:

“Your game has evolved quickly. You started playing for the first time when Bravo did their “Celebrity Poker Showdown.”

Shannon: And I just did that to raise money for my charity. But I kept playing different events like that to raise money. Eventually, I just started to understand what the game was all about, and started really liking it.

“You had more of an affinity for it than your typical beginner. Did you quickly feel like you could be great at it when you started playing?”

Shannon: No, I was horrible in the beginning! (She laughs). The first time I played, that time on TV, I didn’t know what I was doing. It was once I started to understand the psychological aspects of it, that there was more to it than just the cards…that’s when I really began enjoying poker. When I first played, I never understand what was so much fun about a game where you just get two cards and you just play it out. How is that competitive? But there’s so much reading of what’s going on at the table, reading other people, through their actions, and their betting patterns. You’re always gathering information. That’s kind of what the game is all about.

At 2007, Shanon's most memorable run was earlier this year when she shocked the poker world by making it to the semi-finals of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship,taking home $125,000.00 . She finished in the Semifinals, tied for 3rd. Shannon as her second career is one of the leading celebrity poker players. She defeated many notable professionals during the tournament including Paul Wasicka, Barry Greenstein, Humberto Brenes and Jeff Madsen.

She also makes an appearance in the video game World Series of Poker 2008: “Race for the Bracelets”, won the first Nicky Hilton Poker Tournament at Caesar’s Palace on New Year’s Eve 2005, taking home $55k. She’s cashed four times at the World Series of Poker in the past two years, each time in No-Limit Hold’em, her favorite brand of the game. She sits in 67th position on the top female money-earner’s list so you know she’s got to be good.

The online poker room Full Tilt Poker once had a sponsorship agreement with Elizabeth.

Want to be like Shannon Elizabeth? You can practice playing poker now and click this link to start playing!

For sure,your next opponent at the table will be Shannon Elizabeth.

Celebrity Poker Moments at Celebrity Poker Showdown

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:25:00 -0700

Everyone knows that these famous poker reality TV show is a big smash where in each week, there are 5 celebrities competing for a No-Limit Texas Hold'em to win $250,000.

Whoever wins with every winners in the previous games donates the money to his chosen charity. As I watch some of the episodes, I've been watching them how the celebrities fold, raise, bluff, hand the cards too seriously and so much more!

Celebrities' Quirky Moments

When the comedians appeared on the show, it's like that you are watching a comedy show and not a poker show with hours of laughing and teasing on each players. Usually when their cards runs out, they usually take a quick exit to the Loser's Lounge!

Celebrities' Bluffing Moments

This is when The host of Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil Gordon convinced the 5 celebrity players namely; Nicole Sullivan of 17 again and the MadTV writer, Willie Garson of CSI Miami and Sex and the city, David Cross of Arrested development, Paul Rudd of the TV series Friends and Richard Shiff of the West Wing. They are all agreed to go all in on the first hand no matter what. Only these 5 players at the table and the host were in on the joke.

During the game, when Nicole Sullivan re-raise, Willie Garson raises, David Cross calls, Paul Rudd calls and Richard Shiff also calls. Each of the tables calls all in! The audience are stunned and the productions don't know what to do. All the actions in the shows are paused, the producer wants to start the show again. After about 5 minutes of bluffing them on, the 5 celebrities stand up and shouted, “Gotcha!” at the producers. It took almost an hour to sort it out and telling to the legal department that everyone was just joking.

Best Celebrity Poker Player Moments

Some of the celebrities who appeared in the show are competed and won at World Poker Tour, Online Poker and even at home games. The celebrity best poker players are Ben Affleck, Paul Rudd, Seth Meyers, Sara Rue, Mena Suvari and Mimi Rogers.

Worst Celebrity Poker Player Moments

Yep! There's still a worst celebrity poker player at the the table and it's Scott Stapp of the band Creed.

Improving Celebrity Poker Player

There are many celebrities appeared first and went home with nothing, and when they returned, they've learned and strengthen their poker ability, and the person who is improving his poker ability is Matthew Perry of the TV series Friends.

Celebrities' Horrifying Moments

The show is so entertaining, until celebrity poker showdown's guest is Dennis Rodman a basket ball superstar made a championship into the final table.

Dennis Rodman and his opponent Mekhi Phifer of the TV series ER checked both the river and Mekhi showed a pair while Dennis Rodman hurled his cards face down.

The dealer jiggled the cards and started dealing the next hand. Dennis Rodman went hot under the collar and said to the dealer that he is trying to turn the cards up.

Alarmed, the director explained to Dennis Rodman that the dealer did the right thing and he folded his cards face down. Dennis Rodman got up from the table, lash out the microphone.

However, the production crews whose watching the players cards said that Dennis Rodman doesn't have a pair.
The director convinced Dennis Rodman and decided to resumed the play gain. Just a few minutes Dennis Rodman busted out , lose, and came to the Loser's Lounge.

Whether if we watch our favorite celebrity won, lose, went ballistic, laugh at their bluffs, the good thing is that with the help of Celebrity Poker Showdown they give more than a hundred charities and they maintain the fairness of the game and the popularity of a skilled game-poker.

Jason Alexander To Host A Charity Poker Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:03:00 -0700

Seinfeld actor and pokerstars.net ambassador Jason Alexander will be the host of the 3rd Annual 1736 Family Crisis Center's Poker Tournament on May 9th, 2009, at the Hollywood Park Casino in Los Angeles, California. The festivities starts at 2:00 pm.

This charity poker tournament’s sponsors include Toyota Financial Services, All In Magazine, and Webexposure.com. A press release announcing the event discloses that it presents a unique opportunity “for a fun-filled day of poker, laughter, food and celebration and the success over domestic violence. Each hand played will be a strong step towards ending domestic violence and helping youth who have been abused and abandoned.”

All proceeds from this tournament will go towards benefiting 1736 Family Crisis Center, Los Angeles' largest domestic violence agency for the last 36 years.

The 1736 Family Crisis Center operates 5 shelters in Los Angeles County, including 4 domestic violence shelters and 1 emergency youth shelter. The Family Crisis Center also operates 3 outpatient clinics, f5 24-hour emergency response stations and educational/outreach services at the shelters. The Family Crisis Center support 100% on donations to provide its “free” services to victims of violence.

You can buy your tickets through the 1736 Family Crisis Center’s website using Paypal or by calling 310-543-9900, Extension 210. The donations and buy-ins can be mailed directly to the facility. Further opportunities available consist of an All-In Sponsor for $25,000, a Royal Flush sponsor for $10,000, a Straight Flush sponsor for $5,000, and a Table sponsor for $3,000.

The program advertising varies from $100 for a quarter page ad to $500 for a full page spread. And for those who would rather take a quick look of the Hollywood and poker world meeting heads-on rather than actually play, spectator passes are available for $75. The first place comes with a $10,000 cash prize, the runner up will receive an “eco-friendly” poker table, while the 3rd place will take home a World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Boot Camp package presented by “Celebrity Apprentice” candidate and the duchess of poker Annie Duke and the 4th place will be given a cruise for 2.

Since Jason Alexander is a serious poker player as he is about raising awareness for putting an end to domestic violence. He stated to his interview last year at the Ante Up For Africa Poker Tournament,"All the tournaments I've ever won have been for charity," Alexander said. "When there's no actual money for me, I'm very good."

Many Poker Champions will come such as: the 2004 World Series Of Poker Champion, Greg “the fossilman” Raymer, 2006 World Series Of Poker Champion, Jamie Gold, World Series Of Poker veteran Chip Jhett. Also Hollywood celebrities will participate to this prestigious charity event.

Jason Alexander made into the poker field when he try his luck on the Celebrity Poker Showdown. Unfortunately he was not fated to go home with a Texas Hold’Em Championship. Alexander is a regular player on the online poker site and participate in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. He was knocked out the second day.

Alexander returned and appeared for the second time on ‘Celebrity Poker Showdown’, making it once again to the final table and win the Championship. He won $500,000 for the Unite Way of the greater New Orleans area during that game, which was the final game of the 8th season.

Ben Affleck Smashed The Poker Limelight

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:39:00 -0700

Before making it big in Hollywood, Ben Affleck appeared in small feature films like Kevin Smith's "Mallrats" in 1995 and "Chasing Amy" in 1997. After a few years, Ben and his best friend Matt Damon, won an Academy Award for the screenplay of Good Will Hunting which Ben is the co-writer.

It was not only Ben’s movies that were bombing, his success at the poker table was also about to explode. Unlike most other celebrity poker players, Ben Affleck has had professional poker teachers train him to be a skilled poker player .

Tutored by Annie Duke, Ben has been smashing the poker table than he has at the theaters, he latterly won 1st place and $356,400 in the $10,000 buy-in tournament at the Commerce Casino.

Ben won by riding some well timed pairs to victory. Before finishing the match heads-up against Stan Goldstein, he had to get through a couple other obstacles: namely Chuck Pacheco.

Ben also beat fellow star Tobey Maguire and nearly 90 other poker players to win nearly $300,000. The actor went home with the money after winning the Commerce Casino's tournament in California. It qualifies him for a seat at the World Poker Tour Championship.

Ben and Matt Damon teamed up for a good cause, the 2nd Annual Ante Up For Africa Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last July 2008 and they took time out of their lives to help the less fortunate.

Last August 2008, Ben had a democratic convention plan for poker where in he renowned more than one political party. Among his official duties are performing at a round table event for SeaChange Ideas Forum, packing food for the needy and playing poker to benefit paralyzed veterans.

Together with pros Andy Bloch and Barry Greenstein, he sits down and play poker at the Ballpark, with the proceeds going toward the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Some Hollywood celebrities such as Paul Rudd, Jessica Alba, Oprah Winfrey, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Silverman,Montel Williams and Seth Meyers are also expected to ante-up at the VIP tournament sponsored by the Poker Players Alliance. The tournament held at the Club Level section of Coors Field, with a new Washington lobbying outfit that works to protect the right to play poker.

Where Ben Affleck won and outlasted over 100 other players in a 6 hour tournament that ended around 4 a.m. In the morning. With the results inconsequential Ben is holding an Ace-10 and chopped the pot, the organizers would say the key to the event was the $100,000 that was raised for the Paralyzed Veterans of America. He also beat the 2 professional poker players , including Andy Bloch, who won more than $1,000,000 million with a second-place finish in the 2005 World Series of Poker.

Ben also appeared at the first poker reality TV show, Celebrity Poker Showdown, but unfortunately, he did not take home the jackpot.

Jennifer Harman Holding Her Poker Charity Tournament

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:48:00 -0700

The most feared woman in the world of poker and with a soft spot in her heart for animals, Jennifer Harman is hosting her 3rd Annual Jennifer Harman Charity Poker Tournament. Harman's Charity Poker Tournament helping the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), a nonprofit organization operating a no-kill sanctuary for stray animals in Las Vegas, is looking forward to raise a lot of money, partly because of her celebrity connections, and partly for players love for both poker and animals.

With the help of her co-host, Matt Savage, many of the poker players will surely stopped by The Venetian to play, to present and give their support. Typically, the contest was constructed professionally by Kathy Redmond the Director of Poker Operations, and her efficient staff to make sure that everyone is enjoying the event!

This is a great opportunity to all interested poker players, you have the chance the mingle with some of the poker's most renowned poker professionals and celebrities. Jennifer Harman's Charity Poker Tournament is available to all interested poker players ages 21 and up. The buy-in for the Charity Poker Tournament is $ 330 with $100 rebuys during the player's first hour and a $ 100 add-on. And the grand prize is a $10,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Seat, and a Curtis and Co.

Also included the top 10 finishers that will win a valuable sponsored prizes.

The 1st Place is a $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event seat, Legacy Alliance custom designed crystal trophy, Curtis & Co. sports watch, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 2nd Place and 3rd Place are World Series of Poker (WSOP) Academy certificate, Legacy Alliance custom designed crystal trophy, Curtis and Co. sports watch, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 4th Place is a 2 nights luxury accommodations at the Venetian, dinner at a Delmonico Steakhouse, certificate to Venetian’s Canyon Ranch Spa Club, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 5th Place is a complete autographed home poker chip set, tickets for 2 to David Spade Live at the Venetian, Quad Queens all-in-one cushion backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 6th Place is a tickets for 2 to Phantom at the Venetian, autographed complete home poker chip set, Quad Queens all-in-one cushion backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 7th Place is a tickets for 2 to Wayne Brady at the Venetian, autographed complete home poker chip set, Quad Queens all-in-one Cushion Backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 8th Place is a tickets for 2 to Madame Tussauds, autographed complete home poker chip set, Quad Queens all-in-one cushion backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

The 9th Place is a tickets for 2 to Jersey Boys, autographed complete home poker chip set, Quad Queens all-in-one cushion backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

Lastly, the 10th Place is a tickets for 2 to Blue Man Group, SuperSystem leather-bound autographed by Doyle Brunson, Doyle Brunson autographed cowboy hat, Quad Queens all-in-one cushion Backpack, Life’s A Bluff autographed Limited Edition Lithograph.

All the confirmed celebrities and poker professionals renowned names are Nancy Cartwright the Voice of Bart Simpson, Poker professionals Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Tiffany Michelle, Eli Elezra, Davis Singer, Andy Bloch, Lacey Jones, David Williams, Lon McEachern commentator of ESPN, Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the stars and a lot more!

The Charity Poker Tournament started at with a red carpet walk at 4:00 pm and the event started at 5:00 pm at Venetian Poker Room.

About Jennifer Harman: her first real successes at the poker table happened in Los Angeles, When she began to buy into major tournaments in the mid 1990s and in 2000, This is not just the first time Jennifer Harman held a prestigious events, In fact, she has been a professional poker player for over 10 years. Harman has 2 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in open events.

In 2000, Harman won the Deuce to Seven Draw Tournament and it was her first time to played that event. And in 2002, Harman won the Limit Holdem Tournament. Harman once won $1.7 million in a single pot, and at the time, $ 1.7 million is the most ever won in a single hand of poker.

Harman on being a woman poker player: “It probably helps me to be a woman. In general, most men don't think women can play. So, what often happens is that they try to run over me. They bluff their money off to me. I guess they see me as a meek little girl and think that I'm easily bluffed. I'm not. ”

“The Duchess Of Poker”

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:09:00 -0700

How far would you go if you played at World Poker Tour for the first time?

When Annie Duke made her first major public appearance in the poker scene, she showed the world that females can play poker too. Many years of experience with cards and competition made her last until 14th place, and a total of $70,000 richer.

She spends 16-20 hours at a poker table making a living, all while being a full time mom of four and a yoga and health fanatic, hence, Duke is known as the world’s most successful female poker player!

Before Duke concentrated herself in poker, she is focused on her career in college where she excelled in academics and was studying for her PHD in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

With the suggestion of her brother, renowned poker player Howard Lederer, Duke tried her hand at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. She ended up placing 13th in her first tournament, knocking her brother out of play. Duke won 70K in her first month of competition.

Since Duke began playing tournaments,she won over $3 Million dollars in poker tournament profession. Duke has 1 World Series Of Poker bracelet and has finished 2nd place twice.

In 2004, the stardom of her poker career, Duke won the $ 2,500 Limit Hold'em Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic/WPT Championship, and Las Vegas winning close to $150,000. Duke also won the very impressive tournament, Tournament of Champions for $2,000,000.

Duke generally does not attend ladies only events. She stated in an interview with CBS, "Poker is one of the only sports where a woman can compete on a totally equal footing with a man, so I don't understand why there's a ladies only tournament." Duke wants to beat only the best at the game whether they are male of female.

In 2005, Duke launched her first book called, “Annie Duke: How I raised, folded, bluffed, flirted, cursed and won millions at the World Series of Poker”. Written by herself and her co-writer David Diamond. The book includes from Duke's personal life to her poker career in achieving her first WSOP bracelet. Duke also launched her DVD’s, which include “Annie Duke’s Advanced Texas Hold’em Secrets: How to Beat the Big Boys”

Duke also launched “Annie Duke’s Beginner’s Guide To Texas Hold 'em” and “Annie Duke’s Girl’s Guide To Texas Hold 'em” both released in January 2006, and in February 2006, she launched, “Masters of Poker: Annie Duke’s Conquering Online Poker”.

In addition, Duke also engage in the Team Ultimate Bet,and is a sought after poker coach, teaching celebrities like Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ashton Kutcher and Charles Barkley. She has a reputation of taking on the poker regulatory affairs in televised tournaments. She is also a member of the Mob on NBCs 1 vs 100. She also appeared on NBCs Poker After Dark thrice, without a win.

Duke was also featured in GSN premiered special Annie Duke Takes on the World appearing as an amateur poker player. She has also made an appearance on Deal or no Deal by supporting a contestant.

Annie Duke is one of the most famous names in the tournament circuit! In 2208, Duke holds the women's record for most "in the money" finishes at the WSOP.

Annie Duke routinely raises funds to benefit charities and frequently offers a private poker lessons with herself as a charity auction item. She is involved in various charitable organizations including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Ante Up for Africa, Children’s Hospital, and many others. That is why Duke is chosen to be a project manager on Celebrity Apprentice.

Lou Diamond Phillips On His Poker Career

noreply@blogger.com (Alt) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:58:00 -0700

You probably recognize him for his appearances in such programs as Twilight Zone, Spin City, Route 666, Miami Vice and the movie Bats.
It is not only the acting inoculate that has put in Lou Diamond Phillips. When he is not acting he is in a tour with the band called The Pipefitters and a serious poker player.

In fact, Lou Diamond Phillips is a great poker player

The focus of the instructional video is the Texas Hold'em. The video include tips offered by Lou Diamond and perceptions on his favorite poker skills and betting strategies. He explains in an articulate manner how Texas Hold'em is played.

Lou Diamond Phillips plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games and plays for the Sierra Canyon H.S. & Santa Suzanna Montessori charity.

that's why he did not have any second thoughts when he was asked to partner with CelebPoker.com and create an instructional video about poker.How long he's been playing poker?

Lou Diamond start playing poker since college, together with his friends, they play a typical dealer's choice: 7 card stud and 5 card draw. And when he started his first movie La Bamba and moved to Los Angeles near with his friends and co-stars, there were a lot of his friends and have a weekly poker game, also Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Brandon Leeand Jason Priestley drops by at his house to play poker with the and it was a celebrity home game.

How he falls for the game: poker?

Lou Diamond play kitchen poker over 2 decades with his friends, however, he never had a chance to play Texas Hold'em, until he was invited to play and he accepted it!

Unfortunately, with his first Texas Hold'em trial, he got busted out. He is now hooked in the game Texas Hold'em because he love the style of the tournament that he started going to the commerce and play a lot!

How many times he played poker?

Lou Diamond plays poker twice a month but unless if there’s a big tournament on at the Bike or the Commerce with $ 100 buy-in.

Does he got a poker room at home?

As a serious poker player, he got a poker table in one of the rooms at home separated in his living room where he and his friend can smokes, tell jokes and whatsoever which Lou Diamond don't want to expose his 3 kids.

Does he asked for some poker techniques to poker professionals?

Lou Diamond sought some poker advices and playing with Doyle Brunson, TJ Cloutier and Amarillio Slim in a World Poker Tournament in Los Angeles.

What is his best weapon at the poker table?

Since he is an actor, it's his best weapon. He is a quite tight player, where he kept acting cunningly.

A lot of celebrities are playing poker and just like Lou Diamond Phillips well, it does seem like this celebrity poker player will not make an international name in the poker industry, because this celebrity poker player has already take the plunge to make a name worldwide.