Tiffany Michelle Gets Railed By Ho and a Porn Star Today

It's 'Girls Gone Deep' today with last year's last woman standing Maria Ho and porn star Samantha Ryan (on right) at the WSOP to rail Tiffany Michelle.

Poker hottie and The Last Woman Standing^TM Tiffany Michelle may be rollercoasting it today in the chip department at the 2008 WSOP Main Event but she's kicking ass when it comes to hot chicks who are railing her. Among them, her hot lover/friend Maria Ho, who notably went the deepest of any female at last year's WSOP ME, and adult entertainer and model Samantha Ryan, who notably went the deepest of any female in flicks like Ass Fanatics, Meat My Ass #3 and Throat Gaggers.

More photos from today below.

For more of Samantha Ryan, check out an SFW shot of her after the jump here, and for the good stuff start with a little Google Image Search . . . with SafeSearch off (NSFW).

THO Girl Is Back! Again!

Our favorite girl on the rail has returned.

We are very, very pleased to announce that our favorite Girl on the Rail, THO Girl, has returned again, and hopefully not for the last time. She needs to get her own menu category.

Anyway, gotta run and try to get an interview with this chick...

PokerListings Out-Wicked Chops Wicked Chops

Look what we found going through PokerListings.com's photos from Day 3 of the 2008 WSOP. It's our new favorite photo of Pearljammer, a ginger, taken by Matt Showell.

Well played Matt. You're hired.

Check out more PL photos here and check out their live WSOP coverage here.

2008 WSOP Main Event Player Spotlight: David "Raptor" Benefield

David "Raptor" Benefield (foreground) contemplating a call on Day 3 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event, Wicked Chops Poker is introducing our readers to poker players you may not know already who are doing well, or you may have forgotten, or for some reason caught our photographers eyes. Today we're featuring David "Raptor" Benefield.

Benefield is a 21-year-old poker pro who kills it online and is killing it today on Day 4 of the Main Event. He has about 1.43 million in chips before the dinner break.

He's durrr's roommate.

Stay tuned for more in-depth Player Spotlights throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Day 4 Action is Fast and Furious(TM)

Mark Vos (above, bottom left) is currently sucking the soul...and chips...out of his opponents.

People are exiting the Rio Amazon room like someone took a dump in the middle of the floor. You almost can't get them out of there fast enough. By the first break, we've already nearly 100 players.

Among the departed include Jean-Robert Bellande (who went out in dramatic fashion at the featured table, read about it on Tao of Poker), Iggy (same), and Jason Lester/Al Krux (same guy).

Some big movers & shakers^TM on moving day^TM include poker pro Allen Cunningham, who moves up to third overall with 1,2M. Cunningham only trails the Mormony named duo of Jeremy Joseph Jingleheimer Schmidt his name is my name too (2,000,000) and Jeremiah Smith (1,480,000).

Also stacking up are Owen Crowe (1,200,000), Matt Matros (1,200,000), Gus Hansen (785,000), "Asian Tommy Lee" Tommy Le (764,000), and Mark Vos, a ginger (735,000).

Feature tabled Phil Hellmuth is also moving...but in the wrong direction...as he's down to 180,000.

The poker hotties (or as they like to be referred to, The Over One Percenters) still competing for the coveted (and trademarked^TMTM) The Last Woman Standing^TM crown include Evelyn Ng (410,000), Maya Antonius (330,000), Tiffany Michelle (200,000), Carmel Petresco (160,000), and Kara Scott (150,000).

Get full chip counts here.

2008 WSOP Main Event Player Spotlight: Jeremiah Smith

Jeremiah Smith is having a really good day.

Throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event, Wicked Chops Poker is introducing our readers to poker players you may not know already who are doing well, or you may have forgotten, or for some reason caught our photographers eyes. Today we're featuring Jeremiah Smith.

Smith is killing it right now on Day 3 of the Main Event.

Stay tuned for more in-depth Player Spotlights throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

This Girl Is A Fan

"Our Bluff column brings all the girls to the rail. And they're like, it's better than yours. Damn right it's better than yours."

If we had Hellmuthian^TM*-sized egos we'd assume this hot girl on the rail was doing what every other hot girl does when they open an issue of Bluff Magazine, they go straight to the Wicked Chops Poker page, laugh uncontrollably and say to themselves "This is the best thing I've ever read in a poker magazine or any magazine period. I can't believe they write this stuff while sitting on the can. They're geniuses. I want to bang them."

But we're humble guys.

Truth be told, she was in fact reading our "7 Things to Absolutely Not do at the 2008 WSOP" in the June issue of Bluff, which you can read online here.

More of the above below including one with that Moneymaker guy.

* This trademark currently the subject of litigation between WCP and some guy named Dr. Pauly.

2008 WSOP Main Event Player Spotlight: Arnold Spee

Poker pro Arnold Spee, looking a bit like TJ Cookier sans glasses above, is today's player spotlight.

Throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event, we're introducing you to poker players you may not know already who are doing well, or you may have forgotten, or for some reason caught our photographers eyes. Today we're featuring Arnold Spee, who's currently stacked at about what he started with on Day 1 so he's probably the "All In and a Call" we just heard on the tournament floor. Good look Arnie.

From Agoura Hills, Calif., Spee bursted onto the poker scene back in March 2005 when he won the WPT World Poker Challenge in Reno, besting a final table that included Phil Ivey and Blair Rodman.

Spee is really tall.

Stay tuned for more of our in-depth Player Spotlights throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Day 2A Table of Death?

Chau Giang, Cute Chick, Mark Vos and Hoyt Corkins (l. to r. above) on Day 2A of the Main Event.

Day 2A of the 2008 WSOP Main Event has been short on big name big stack players but late in the day over at Orange Table #35 we have perhaps the most intriguing line-up of notable pros seated together. Or maybe not. We haven't been really paying attention.

Chau Chiang and Hoyt Corkins are both stacked just over 160k and Mark Vos, a ginger, has soul-stole his way to 184k.

Keep track of chip counts here. Bizarre boob tattoo here.

Player Spotlight: Stefan Mattsson of Sweden

Stefan Mattsson of Sweden (foreground) is looking to go deep once again in the Main Event.

Throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event, we're going to introduce you to poker players you may not know already who are doing well or for some reason caught our photographers eyes. Today we're featuring Stefan Mattsson of Sweden, who's currently stacked at 200,000 late on Day 2A.

Recently signed to Purple Lounge, the Scandi poker pro finished 22nd in the Main Event of the 38th World Series of Poker, banking $333,490.

That's pretty much all we got on him.

Stay tuned for more of our in-depth Player Spotlights throughout the 2008 WSOP Main Event and for the latest in Scandi Poker News, head over to ScandiPokerNews.com.

Btw, based on the photo below, we're pretty sure this girl's boyfriend wants to punch us in the face.

Erick Lindgren's WSOP Comes to an End, 'Friends and Family' Guy Has Half a Mil

For all we know this guy on the right could be Brian Schaedlich, the current chipleader.

In big-name big news 2008 WSOP Player of the Year Erick Lindgren just saw his redunkulous 2008 World Series of Poker come to an end after the dinner break on Day 2A. Our live reporter was on hand to witness the hand E-Dog busted out on and here's how it went down: Lindgren played a hand and ended up getting all of his chips in before it was over and he lost.

In no-name big news a guy who his friends and family call Brian Schaedlich and everyone else refers to as "hey you" is the first player to cross the half a million mark, or about 3% of what the average chip stack will be at the final table in November. Just in case he Jamie Golds this tournament we'll mention his name again. It's Brian Schaedlich, and apparently he qualified via a $135 satellite.

In not-so-related news, Keeley Hazell and Vikki Blows.

THO Girl Is Back On The Rail

Known internally around here as the Official 2008 WSOP THO girl, our most prolific railbird of this year's world series returned today to rail some dude one table over from Thor Hansen. We learned a little more about her from a trusty source of ours. Apparently she's a dancer over at Treasures on the weekend and works at Diablo's Cantina during the week. Based on the shirt she's wearing above, the latter seems true. As for the former, we'll look into it this Friday night.

Check out the best of THO girl here, here and here.

Kathy Liebert Looking Good on Day 2 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event

Kathy Liebert (with headphones above) is hot right now at the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Poker player Kathy Liebert gets a little too much shit for the velour suits and general urban housewife look. Truth be told, she dresses no differently than many of her schlub male counterparts. However, Liebert has never looked as good as she does in the above photo.

Relatedly, she's looking good in the chips department right now with over 100k before the dinner break on Day 2A.

We Heart Them Hoes

Hi girls, we're Wicked Chops Poker. Pretty sure we've met before in a fantasy of ours.

The Last Woman Standing at the 2007 WSOP Main Event^TM Maria Ho did a stellar job getting our attention today when she showed up with an entourage of railbirds that included three of her hot friends (pictured above) and her super hot sister Judy (not above but on the right in this pic). Calling themselves Maria's Hoes, the four of them were decked out in tummy-bearing tees that read "I Heart Maria Ho" and on their backsides a tiny, well-placed Bodog patch you can get nice look at here.

Check out our Girl on Girl interview with Maria here.

For a different kind of Ho at the 2008 WSOP, go here.

Loosely related, watch some Asian kids lip sync Eamon's "I love them hoes" here.

2008 WSOP Day 1C: Henning Granstad Is The Chip Leader

Max Pescatori (bottom with headphones) was one of the many big names who departed us on Day 1C at the 2008 WSOP.

We've covered Day 1C of the 2008 WSOP Main Event ad naseum at this point, and we have some big news to break, so we'll keep this post brief.

Henning Granstad ended the day as chip leader stacked at 228,000. While we have no idea who this so-called "Henning" is, he does have two cashes so far this year.

Among some of the big name big stacks making it to Day 2 include David Singer (128,000), Brad "Yukon" Booth (110,000), Evelyn Ng (104,000), Nenad Medic (91,000), Jeff Madsen (85,000), Isabelle Mercier, or as we like to now call her, "Va Va Va Voom" (58,000), seriously Chris Moneymaker (62,000), Liz Lieu, a woman (57,000), Poker News hottie Tiffany Michelle, a woman (49,000), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (48,000), Shawn Sheikhan (42,000), Archie Karas (40,000), that guy who played with his foot from a few years ago William Rockwell (30,000), Poker News editor-in-chief John Caldwell (18,400), and the hottest girl in poker Lacey Jones (17,000).

2008 WSOP Band of Bloggers: Get full recaps and payouts from WorldSeriesofPoker.com here. Get Dr. Pauly's take on WSOP happenings here. Please please don't forget Pokerati here. And get Poker Prof's recap and more photos here.

Get full chip counts here.

2008 WSOP Update: Day 1C is More Like It

Poker's hottest girl Lacey Jones (photo above, on left) is among the many wildly more interesting runners alive and thriving on Day 1C.

Now we're talking. 2008 WSOP Day 1C has 1,928 entrants and plenty of star power.

And hot girls.

So much better. Day 1C Kicks Day 1A and 1B's Ass^TM.

At dinner break, the chip leader is probably Michael Martin with 98,800. Plenty of big names (and big name women) remaining among the chip leaders, including Brad "Yukon" Booth (90,000), Clonie Gowen, a woman, (77,000), Jeff Madsen (72,000), seriously Chris Moneymaker (67,500), Evelyn Ng, a woman, (63,000), and Sorel Mizzi (61,000).

Lacey Jones, who was rail'd today by Christina Lindley and rocking a sweet pair of gold Skully Candy's, is also still alive with around 19,300.

Sadly, many have departed us as well, including Marco Traniello, Joe Tehan, whose name sounds too much like "Tehran" for our liking, Justin Bonomo, Max Pescatori, and our pick to win it, Huck Seed. Get full chip counts here.

Photos of Lacey, Christina and Max Pescatori after the jump...

2008 WSOP Day 1B Update: Robert Mizrachi, Erick Lindgren Among Chip Leaders

Robert Mizarchi and Erick Lindgren are somewhere in the Rio Amazon Room at the 2008 WSOP.

It'll be an interesting day. With turn-out a little under expectation for Days 1A and 1B of the 2008 WSOP Main Event, everyone is hoping for a strong surge of registrants this weekend. Actually, that's not very interesting at all.

A little more than half the starting field survived play yesterday, with 615 poker players moving on to Day 2. A couple of "some guys" are big stacked, with Ben Sarnoff (177,500) and Brian Schaedlich (160,725) atop the leaderboard.

Of the pros who have formally formed a consurtium of sorts to pile-drive home The Year of the Pro^TM, The Grinder's bro Robert Mizrachi is among the big stacks with 142,400. Other pros still in pursuit include the wildly underrated until we keep saying that and make him overrated Alex Balandin, oh wait never mind we're thinking of Alex Bolotin (109,925), Erick Lindgren (92,325), Barny Boatman (80,600), the blind guy from last year Hal Lubarsky (70,700), Hoyt Corkins (67,525), Erik Seidel (64,925), Patrik Antonius (64,125), Vanessa Rousso, a woman, who went to Duke (48,450), and 2007 WSOP final table-ist Alex Kravchenko (45,300).

For a list of those who have departed us from the 2008 WSOP Main Event, read here and here.

Get full chip counts here.

Talk it up about the WSOP, railbirds, Danish girls on bikes, the death of Jesse Helms, hot top droppers, whatever, on the new WCP poker forum.

Railbirds Don't Get Much Hotter Than This at the 2008 WSOP

A hot railbird amidst a sea of schlubs at the 2008 WSOP.

We've been trying to stay true to the whole concept of having a poker pro appear somewhere in each of our railbird photos from the 2008 WSOP, but with the Main Event underway it's getting hard. First, the ratio of donkey schlubs to pros is about 100 to 1 early on at the Main Event so it ain't always easy finding a pro nearby. And two, we're getting lazy. Oh and three, fuck it.

So the hot railbird (above) standing directly across from us on Day 1A is about as hot as they've come all series long (except for maybe this blurry one). She was there to rail her guy who was seated next to 2006 WSOP Main Event runner-up Paul Wasicka. Unfortunately her boyfriend sucks at poker and got knocked out early, and with him, went her. Get a new boyfriend hun. At least one who will keep you around 'til Day 2.

Check out some more shots of her looking hot on the rail and a few other railbirds from Day 1A of the 2008 WSOP Main Event below.

2008 WSOP Day 1B Update: Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles (bottom left) among the many "name pros" eliminated on Day 1B.

All right, seriously y'all, where the fuck are you?

Apparently you're all waiting to play Day's 1C and 1D, because you're not here. Only 1,158 registered today.

And when the fantastic WorldSeriesofPoker.com's list of "10 Top Notables" includes Tony Hachem, Neil Channing, and Barney Boatman (as of post time), you know it's slim pickings for big names.

Unfortunately, as noted earlier many of the top pros playing today have since departed. That list continues to grow as a steamed Greg Raymer busted and bolted, canceling all of his media gigs on his way out. Joining him on the rail include Kenny Tran, 2006 Main Event champ Jamie Gold, Orel Hershiser, Peter "Nordberg" Feldman, and Scott Fischman.

Going into the last break of the night, some guy named Brian Schaedlich is big stacked with 107,000. Other notable big name pros "Keeping the Dream Alive^TM" for The Year of the Pro^TM include Patrik Antonius (82,000), Hoyt Corkins (70,000), Robert Mizrachi (70,000), and a still-at-the-featured-table Erick Lindgren (66,700).

In related news, we've learned there are just over 5,400 people confirmed registered runners for the 2008 WSOP Main Event as of post time. With satellites running around the clock and many people still traveling here this weekend, there is still an outside shot of besting last year's total. Although that's still fairly unlikely.

However, as we witnessed just an hour or so ago, that didn't stop Mike "The Mouth" Matusow from making a $10k wager with Phil Gordon on a 7,500 +/- entrant prop bet. Matusow, who is not known for being an astute prop better, is the one taking the over. Good luck with that. Listen for some play-by-play action of this with one of the Entities on ESPN.com's Poker Edge radio show in a couple of days.

And finally in unrelated news, Dancing with the Stars' Shannon Elizabeth was seen in the Rio Amazon Room holding hands with Derek Hough, so guess they're still a couple and out in the open about it, which is great news for the .0001% of our readers who give a shit.

Adam Sandler Also Played the Ante Up for Africa Charity Poker Tournament

Adam Sandler couldn't hide his excitement of playing in the Ante Up for Africa charity poker tournament yesterday

Not much more to say than the headline above. We have tons of photos from the first 3 and a half minutes of the event yesterday before all the celebs busted, so we're dumping some more on you.

See a few more shots of Adam from a different angle by clicking thumbnails below.

And oh yeah, Johnny World Hennigan took down the event and won a bunch of money. He was asked to give 50% of it to charity and he ended up giving it all away because apparently pros like him and John Phan are out to make us seem like bigger assholes than we already are.

Ben Affleck Among Celebs Playing Today in the Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament

Actor Ben Affleck was among the A-list celebs who played in today's Ante Up for Africa poker tournament today at the 2008 WSOP. Click away below to see the rest of the photos our trusty photog got of Ben playing today.

For more girls on the rail, at the table, or within eyeshot of some notable pro at the 2008 WSOP, go here.

2008 WSOP Update: The Year of the Pro(TM) Back In Jeopardy as Phil Hellmuth, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi Do Not Win Bracelets

The Grinder failed to rack up his first WSOP bracelet last night.

Uh oh.

:: Event #50 ($10,000 Pot Limit Omaha) - Errr. Eeee. Hmm. Well, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi entered final table play as chip leader, but he couldn't pull through that first WSOP bracelet, eventually falling in third. Instead, Marty Smith, who is not even a pro, took the title, his first bracelet, and $859,549. Even worse, and this is truly scary, Marty Smith is...ugh...a ginger. Get full payouts here.

:: Event #51 ($1,500 H.O.R.S.E.) - After Grinder not winning a bracelet, all eyes were on Phil Hellmuth. Could Hellmuth keep hope alive for The Year of the Pro^TM at the 2008 WSOP? It was such a main storyline that nobody was even paying attention to the fact that Phil was going for his 12th bracelet. Didn't even cross anyone's mind. It was all about The Year of the Pro^TM. But following in the steps of The Grinder, Hellmuth finished third. Instead, James Schaaf took his first bracelet, banking $256,412. Get full payouts here.

:: Event #52 ($1,500 No Limit Hold'em) - There is still hope though. Three guys we consider pros by any measurable standard, Matt Matros, David Daneshgar, and Dan Heimiller, who happens to be THIS GINGER, enter final table play stacked second, fourth, and sixth respectively. If Heimiller pulls out his second bracelet, will that make this The Year of the Ginger? (patent pending) They all trail chip leader Corwin Cole (not a pro). Get full final table chip counts here.

:: Event #53 ($1,500 Limit Hold'em Shoot-Out) - A field of 823 whittled down to 72, paying out first $278,180. Some pros still alive and fighting to ensure this year is their year include Jean-Robert Bellande, Hoyt Corkins and Kenna James (see their brokeback moment here), and David Bach. Get chip counts here.

2008 WSOP Band of Bloggers: Get full recaps and payouts from WorldSeriesofPoker.com here. Get Dr. Pauly's take on WSOP happenings here. Please please don't forget Pokerati here. And get Poker Prof's recap and more photos here.

2008 WSOP Update: James Mackey, A Ginger, Leads $50k H.O.R.S.E; Erik Seidel Goes for 9th Bracelet Again

David Benyamine (above right), continues his assault on 2008 WSOP POY honors as he's among the chip leaders in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.

After a few days of downtime, the hype/action/buzz returned to the 2008 WSOP yesterday with the start of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. The Rio Amazon Room was packed with newly arrived so-called poker "media,"
railbirds, fanboys, and industry types. Action for the H.O.R.S.E. event picks up again today at 3pm.

:: Event #42 ($1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em) - Whatever.

:: Event #43 ($1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo) - The big story here is that Erik Seidel is making his second run at bracelet #9 this year. Seidel is stacked second overall with 340,000. He only trails Jon Maren (377,000), who you've likely discerned then must be the chip leader. Also in contention is Casey Kastle (188,000), who joins Shannon Shorr as the two dudes on the circuit with the best hot porn star sounding names. Let's just say if we saw a DVD called "Girl-Girl-Guy Threesomes Galore! (43)" starring Casey Kastle, Shannon Shorr, and Brock Parker, we probably wouldn't even do a double-take. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #44 ($1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/ Rebuys) - 115 remain of the original 879, and with all the rebuys, first place with pay $693,444. Jamel Maistriaux ended Day 1 as chip leader, stacked at 169,300. Big name big stacks remaining include Mark Seif (133,000), Joe Tehan, whose name sounds too much like "Tehran" for our liking (108,200), and the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran (54,900). Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #45 ($50,000 H.O.R.S.E) - The big one. The event everyone was waiting for and the title the pros most want to claim. Each table is stacked with a who's who of poker greats. Surely the event will continue the trend this year that we exclusively trademarked as The Year of the Pro^TM. Frightening the competition with fearlessness that could only be accomplished by someone lacking a soul is James "mig dot com" Mackey, a ginger, with 214,000. With 140 of the initial 148 remaining, and with virtually every person in the field someone that you've heard of, it'd be, as Dr. Pauly would say, "redunkulous" to list all the notables. But we will mention that Phil Hellmuth, seen here talking about the bad WSOP he's having right before the event began, was one of the eight eliminated on Day 1. Also, the four pros most likely to claim 2008 WSOP POY honors (and solidify this year as the Year of the Pro), Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, and David Benyamine, are all above averaged stacked going into Day 2. Get full chip counts here.

After the jump, a photo of the fantastically stacked and looking-better-than-ever Isabelle Mercier next to Dario Minieri. Mercier seriously looks like that hot teacher everyone wanted to bang in 9th grade and Dario like the student who gets a little too nervous around her. Also after the jump is possibly the best photo we've ever taken of Tom Schneider.

You Can't Spell HORSE Without H-0

We snapped our new stock photo for Gus Hansen tonight during the HORSE event.

We haven't a clue who the hooker girl is above. We just know that she walked out onto the floor of the World Championship HORSE event at the 2008 WSOP earlier tonight without a care in the world, and started to chum and chat it up with Daniel Negreanu at his table for awhile.

After she walked away, Daniel said he had no idea who the girl was.

The big-boobed buttaface then found Gus Hansen at his table across the room, and as you'd expect, the self-proclaimed ladies' man was more open to having a conversation than Daniel was, and by conversation we mean having her sit on his lap while he played, getting David Williams to snap photos of the two, getting her phone number and generally enjoying her huge breasts in his face before she was more or less escorted away.

And of course our photog was right there to capture all of the above.

Click away to see her in action below . . .

2008 WSOP Update: $50K Buy-In HORSE Event Underway

Chad Brown (above, headphones) at the tail end of the first level of the $50k HORSE event.

Saddle up!

The HORSE event at the 2008 World Series of Poker got out of the gate off to a galloping quick start tonight with a stable field of 146 players who ponied up paid the $50k buy-in to compete for what is now the most coveted title in poker.

Poker stallion great Gus Hansen has grabbed the reins taken charge early to amass the chip lead.

Last year's champ, the Shetland-sized half-man, half-amazing Freddy Deeb is currently second in chips.

Also doing well just after the first break are a few young foals guns, including James Mackey, a ginger, and Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond.

Filly Female player Isabelle Mercier is among the top twenty, while Annie Duke, a mare woman, was off to a good start as well but has fallen back to 100k in chips.

Surprisingly a no show is a lame stud not-feeling-well Patrik Antonius.

Get current chip counts here.

UPDATE: PA showed up during second level.

2008 WSOP Update: Shorr, Seidel and Hachem Among Leaders on Day 1 of Event No. 43

Shannon Shorr (above photo, on right)