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APPT Maccau: It's Still Going On

2008-09-05T08:13:49-07:00

The final table is set at the APPT Maccau tourney. Leading the way is Diwei "Bryan" Huang of Singapore with 1,046,000. He's closely followed by Day 2 chip leader and U.S. American Edward Sabat (results here) with 1,002,000.

Hopefully a group of naked girls will come and heist the cash on the final table so we have something interesting to write about.

Get full final table chip counts here.

In completely unrelated news, when did Cindy McCain go from being hot for her age to looking like a veloca raptor?

Well, Well, Well, Look Who's At It Again...

2008-09-04T07:32:25-07:00

Keeley Hazell decides to try something new this time and do a photo shoot topless.

Official Wicked Chops Poker Girl of 2006-2007 (and 2008?), Keeley Hazell, has decided to shake things up a bit in her latest photo shoot and go topless.

And this is a good one. Somewhere on one of those off-ramps of the Information Superhighway^TM, the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran is thinking to himself right now, "Daaag, I can't compete with THAT."

One thing we find interesting with Hazell is that she disproves the old adage that women get less attractive with age. If anything, it seems like Keeley has gotten MORE attractive from the ages of 19 to 22. Truly amazing. What's the secret?

See the whole NSFW Keeley Hazell topless spread here.

First Member of Hostage Group The November Nine(TM) Aligns with Pros for Consulting Advice

2008-09-03T22:52:18-07:00

One of The November Nine^TM, Dennis Phillips, has formally signed with Oracle Poker Consulting for 2008 WSOP final table advice.

When everyone first learned that the World Series of Poker would hold nine people hostage (later to be dubbed The November Nine^TM) from July until November this year, one of the first outcries from the public was, "Who will HELP these people???"

The first shoe has dropped (publicly at least) on Wednesday as big stack Dennis Phillips as aligned himself with Roy Winston and Joe McGowan of Oracle Poker Consulting for advice leading to the final table.

Says Dennis Phillips (of this cry for help?):

"I look forward to working with Roy & Joe and Oracle Poker Consulting over the next couple of months leading up to the Main Event. I'm confident in my game and don't intend to change it, but I'm also smart enough to know that you can always learn more. Roy and Joe's help and insight will be invaluable, not only in preparing for the final table but in helping me navigate through the many aspects of being in the poker spotlight."

How this may or may not impact Phillip's relationship with the other hostages, or when he is released back to the general poker public, remains to be seen. Will he suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome? Will he bank $9M? Will he be good or bad for poker? As John Wetton might say, only time will tell.

Read the full press release in the WCP Forum here.

Guess We Have to Keep Writing About the APPT Maccau

2008-09-03T22:26:52-07:00

The APPT Maccau isn't doing it for us but this RawVegas.tv MMA Fix photo shoot is. Vid coverage here.

Man not much interesting going on, so...

Day 1C wrapped at the APPT Maccau today! 229 players showed, giving the event a total field of 538!

The consolidated Day 2 will bring back 210 tomorrow. Mark Walsh (one APPT cash to his credit) ended Day 1C as chip leader, stacked at 95,000. He's followed by Quinn Do with 83,600.

Get a more fullish tourney report here.

ElkY as the Joker Is Some Creepy Sh!t

2008-09-02T22:54:32-07:00

There's some shit we'd rather not see ever again. Another river suck-out on Stars. Lucky You. Anything involving Horatio Sanz.

Now add to that list Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier dressed up as The Joker.

We'll never be able to dress up our first/current wives in clown make-up and have sex with them again.

The APPT Macau is in full swing, with Day 1B action wrapping earlier today. And ElkY's joker garnered the most attention. According to one of our readers on hand:

"ElkY turned up for day 1B dressed as The Joker. He was really into it, eyeballs rolling, the whole works, for most of the day..."

Other than that, nothing of note to really report. David Steicke ended the day as chip leader with 87,700. Zzzzzzzzzzz.

Get a more spirited report here.

2008 WSOP Main Event Debuts on ESPN Tonight

2008-09-02T16:58:29-07:00

Hopefully ESPN's profiles tonight will cover more of this girl and less of some schlub you'll never hear of again at the featured table.

With the more entertaining than normal prelim events out of the way, we begin our path towards The November Nine^TM as ESPN begins airing the 2008 WSOP Main Event tonight.

Featured tonight will be drunken douchebag Scotty Nguyen, Gavin Smith, Fucking Erick Lindgren, and Daniel Negreanu (who suffered yet another ridiculous beat in being eliminated).

Hopefully ESPN also found some time to cover her, her, her, and her.

Relive all of our 2008 WSOP Main Event coverage here.

Labor Day Poker Blog Round-Up

2008-09-01T13:30:38-07:00

Hopefully you too are just lounging around and taking it easy like Gemma Atkinson this Labor Day. More of Gemma taking it easy here.

We're taking it easy this Labor Day, but fortunately other people are still writing about poker. Here's some good poker blog reads we found while surfing the Information Superhighway^TM this weekend.

:: The always solid LasVegasVegas has a list of the top five poker blogs out there. Can't argue with it. [link]

:: Speaking of the best poker blogs, the OnlinePoker.com forum has a debate going where someone apparently isn't a fan of WCP...or breasts. Says said poster, "...as for Wicked Chops that is more about tits than poker, your choice." [link]

:: Great post by on Aimlessly Chasing Amy on the so-called poker "media" and how their coverage of poker is changing, at least a little. [link]

:: Although 1/3 of the Entities took 7 years of French, we still don't understand a damn word in this French poker forum, although we can only assume it's mostly about frogs, capitulation, and the 10 hottest women who don't shave their armpits. However, one hilarious poster chimes in simply saying, "France sucks." [link]

:: Kid Dyamite has lost his shirt but not his sense of humor. [link]

:: And this should be way hotter than it is. [link]

F*cking Erick Lindgren

2008-08-29T13:39:39-07:00

While John Phan may be on a sick run this summer, Erick Lindgren has been on a filthy streak for 31 years.

Fucking Erick Lindgren.

And since it's not human nature to actually be happy for someone else's good fortune (what fun is that?), a bunch of pro poker players and celebs got together to sing about that fucking Erick Lindgren guy's good run.

Maybe the vocals aren't as "in tune" as "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" or "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck," but it's not like Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler is going to go to choir practice or anything. Dudes like him are too busy on Facebook for shit like that.

Fucking Erick Lindgren

Is John Phan the New Spectacularly-Breasted J.C. Tran?

2008-08-29T10:59:23-07:00

John "The Razor" Phan continues his "redunkulous" (trademark Dr. Pauly) summer by capturing his first WPT title by winning the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Cashithole^TM.

Phan defeated Amit Makhija for the title in what Mike Sexton called, "the greatest heads-up match in WPT history."

For the win, Phan banks $1,116,428. Amit takes home $563,320. See Phan try to talk about the win below. We say "try" because like us when eating dinner with our current/first wives, he's too busy on the old iPhone.

Get full final table payouts here.

John McCain Shuns Cookier, Picks VPILF(TM)

2008-08-29T10:48:55-07:00

In a shocking reversal, John McCain has dumped one-time VP running mate T.J. Cookier from his ticket and has now opted for VPILF^TM Sarah Palin (R-Alaska).

Quote McCain's camp:

"While T.J. Cookier has served his country well for many, many years, his love of craps and inability to win 'the big one' ultimately led us to change course. Plus, we'd much rather look at Sarah Palin for the next 8 years than an old, crumbly cookie. Even if he is delicious."

Cookier could not yet be reached for comment.

Palin has sexily served as Alaskas sultry Governor for the past two years, more than qualifying her for the most important job in the world.

When not governing Alaska, Palin wears skimpy lingerie around the house and gives hot oil body massages.

As reader APOSEC72 has already commented on our site, "Actually, [McCain's] pick could double as a Friday Night Parting Shot."

While we won't go that far, more Sarah Palin pics after the jump. Very hot for teachery...

BREAKING: John McCain Picks T.J. Cookier as VP Running Mate

2008-08-28T15:09:03-07:00

Earlier today, DrudgeReport.com broke that John McCain would leak his VP running mate at 6pm EST. And on cue, he has.

To the shock of many (except us Entities), John McCain has tabbed T.J. Cookier as his VP pick.

McCain and Cookier go waaaaaaaaaaay back and will form the most "senior" ticket in U.S. American presidential election history.

Both also love playing craps. The two promise to be the most craps playing ticket in U.S. American political history as well.

They both will likely drink lots of warm milk at night too.

Developing...

WPT Legends of Poker: Amit "Amak316" Makhija, John Phan Gun for First Title

2008-08-28T07:43:21-07:00

John Phan is almost as hot this summer as Krystal Forscutt and Joanna Krupa. Almost. Ok, not really.

It's been one helluva summer for John "The Razor" Phan.

First he captured two bracelets, being the only person to do so at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Then he final tabled the first WPT event of Season 7 (Bellagio Cup IV).

We may need to rewrite the Fucking Erick Lindgren song (potentially released today, btw) to Fucking John Phan if he keeps this up. The only thing hotter than Phan this summer is Krystal Forscutt and Joanna Krupa in dueling bikinis (full spread here).

Phan is second in chips going into final table play, stacked at 2,415,000. He only trails Amit Makhija (3,225,000). Amit also had a good summer, final tableing the $10k Pot Limit Hold'em WSOP event won by Nenad Medic.

The rest of the final table is filled out by Zach Clark (2,025,000), Kyle Wilson (1,425,000), Paul Smith (1,130,000), and Trong Nguyen (980,000).

In a bit of karmic retribution for his douchebag performance at the $50k H.O.R.S.E. final table, Layne Flack busted out in seventh place, just missing the TV table.

Ben Affleck Finds Time To Play Poker, Wins Tournament

2008-08-27T15:53:37-07:00

That's Ben Affleck in the photo above playing at the Ante Up for Africa poker tournament. He's the one on the left. Kind of blurry.

Legendary tipper Ben Affleck, who told us over the summer that he no longer plays poker because he's got kids now, has finally found some time to play cards.

Affleck is one of those politically active/annoying celebs at the Democratic National Convention in Denver right now, and he ended up taking down the charity poker tournament held at Coors Field sponsored by the Poker Players Alliance.

The tournament drew around 100 players that included celebs like Sarah Silverman, Richard Dreyfuss and Montel Williams, along with poker pros Andy Bloch and Barry Greenstein.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the PPA covered the $500 buy-in for each player as well as paid for the club house at Coors Field, the dealers, tables and open bar. The event raised around $60,000 for the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The PPA will do a similar tournament next week at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In related news, you're currently staring at Abi Titmuss' fantastically large breasts right now. See more of them here (NSFW).

WPT Legends of Poker: Flack, Markholt-Watkinson, Cunningham Among Day 3 Chip Leaders

2008-08-27T08:14:16-07:00

Action got a little more fast and furious^TM at the WPT Legends of Poker yesterday, as the field shrunk down to 27 [to borrow a phrase popular with WPT tournament reporting staff] "runners."

The anonymously named Paul Smith leads the tourney stacked at 946,000. He's followed by Amit "Amak316" Makhija (842,000), Scotty Nguyen's drunken "Grover Dill" Layne Flack (807,000), and Lee Markholt-Watkinson (779,000).

Allen Cunningham isn't far behind, stacked at 420,000.

Finally, Maria Ho!!!!!!!!!! is short-stacked at 158,000. Looks like she needs to don her Wicked Chops tee again and look smoking hot/smoke the field. That shit is like spinach.

Get full chip counts here.

Maria Ho Showing Some Wicked Chops at the WPT Legends of Poker

2008-08-26T08:15:38-07:00

Maria Ho wearing the new Wicked Chops tee well on Day of the Legends of Poker.

FOWCP Maria Ho, a woman, is slaughtering the field in the looks department on Day 2 of the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Cashithole. And she isn't doing so bad in chips either as she's stacked at 101,400 with only 79 players remaining heading into Day 3.

The secret to her success so far? She's wearing a Wicked Chops shirt. And she's hot. And she's a good poker player.

Ho, who was The Last Woman Standing^TM at the 2007 WSOP Main Event, figured out what Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet already knew. Wearing a Wicked Chops tee is good karma. Apestyles wore his new Wicked Chops threads back in July at the WPT Bellagio Cup IV and went on to finish deep in 29th place for a $38,785 cash.

Not wearing a Wicked Chops tee is chip leader Adam Weinraub (461,900), although he probably brushed against Ho a few times during the day rubbing off some good karma. Other big name big stacks include Max Pescatori (246,500), Mark Seif (242,600), and Erick Lindgren (221,700).

Follow the action at the WPT Legends of Poker over at worldpokertour.com and also check out the live updates from PokerListings' Arthur Crowson and Martin Derbyshire here.

More Maria Ho goodness here and here.

Two more pics of Maria from today below . . .

Police Have Suspects in Hoyt Corkins Burglary

2008-08-25T20:27:21-07:00

Photo of super hot Sara Tommasi in lieu of trying to find a new Hoyt Corkins pic to use.

We're getting word tonight that police have suspects in the burglary of Hoyt Corkin's Las Vegas home, and our sources are telling us that they are, and we quote, "f-ing retards."

Corkins seems to be taken the burglary rather well, basically saying life goes on. In an interview with Channel 8, the two-time WSOP bracelet winner commented, "Hey, you got to be lucky through life, and sometimes you're lucky, and sometimes you're not. And lot of it is dealing with your bad luck."

Corkins also said, "I don't really believe it was anybody from poker doing it, but it could have been one of their friends or something that overheard something."

Watch the interview here.

Channel 8 has some more photos of the crime scene, in addition the ones we posted in our forum. Check them out here.

Sara Tommasi as a sexy teacher stripping here.

Poker Player Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons At Odds with ESPN.com, Rick Reilly

2008-08-25T12:41:53-07:00

If you're a regular reader of ESPN.com, you're probably wondering what happened to Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons. Easily the website's most popular columnist, Simmons' writing is a staple among 21-34 year-old Corporate America types who need time killers as they grind it out in their cubes.

Simmons you may recall played the 2006 WSOP Main Event where he was eliminated when his K-T flopped two-pair was counterfeited. He was also supposed to have played both last year and this year's Main Event, but didn't end up showing to either. And he was supposed to have Daniel Negreanu on a podcast the week of this year's Main Event, but that fell apart at the last minute.

Aside from an occasional podcast, Simmons has been almost completely missing from ESPN.com this summer.

According to his Page 2 site:

Quick announcement from Bill: ESPN was gracious enough to give me 10 weeks off to finish my second book. My column will return right before Week 1 of the NFL season, just in time for another year of crappy football picks! If you're a fan of the "B.S. Report," we're still doing weekly podcasts, but that's it. Enjoy the summer.

However we've learned from multiple sources at ESPN that there's a deeper issue involved. And his name is Rick Reilly.

It all reached a boiling point around the time Simmons cancelled that aforementioned podcast with Daniel Negreanu before the 2008 WSOP Main Event. ESPN.com "people" (as in, some of the management) are rumored to believe that The Sports Guy's best days may be behind him. That he's lost his fastball, so to speak. Rick Reilly (who lost his fastball around the same time Satchel Page did) had recently been put/heavily promoted on the homepage. This has further steamed Simmons, as the two have certainly taken their jabs at each othere. (read more on the tensions here)

But the real root of the problem may be that Reilly is getting paid a bundle more than Simmons.

Reilly is rumored to be making well above seven figures, blowing away what Simmons banks. Even though Simmons essentially built the house that Reilly's working in.

So Simmons has shut down his laptop and gone away for a little. In the meantime, the ESPN.com folks keep putting Simmons and Reilly's mugs next to each other on the homepage. That is, when they're not just showcasing Reilly by himself. We're sure The Sports Guy^TM has noticed these not so subtle digs.

Not sure why ESPN.com would do this. Sure Simmons went heavy on Boston sports this year, but why not? Boston was the center of the sports universe the past 365.

And Rick Reilly? If you're gearing towards the 50+ demo, sure, great move. Makes sense. But we stopped reading Rick Reilly when we stopped reading Sunday comics.

If all of these rumblings are true, ESPN.com needs to get its collective head out of its butt. For now, we'll see whether Simmons does in fact return. Or better put, if he returns with the same productivity as he had before.

If not, Bill, you can stay sharp by writing for WCP when not moonlighting with the great Deadspin. It's an open invite. You're welcome here. You don't even need to write about poker. Hell, we hardly ever do either.

In completely unrelated news, listen to Scott Van Pelt's legendary voicemail here.