Yesterday's Poker News Today + Obligatory Distractions

:: Depending on who's telling the story, Antonio Esfandiari's ridiculously named Rocks & Rings posse may or may not have out done Kobe Bryant in ordering $1500 bottles of Cristal during the opening night of the Wynn's new club Blush. [AlwaysBluff.com, TMZ] :: The miniscule-ly built Eva Longoria sometimes does it for us, sometimes not. It's safe to ass-ume that this time she does. [Hollywood Tuna] :: The World Series of Poker Europe officially kicks off tomorrow with a press conference featuring two of poker's most entertainingly obnoxious characters, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott. [WorldSeriesofPoker.com] :: Photos of actress Maggie Gyllenhall wearing Agent Provocateur lingerie is very confusing to our penises. [WWTDD.com] :: The IRS will soon require US casinos and cardrooms to withhold 25% from any cash wins over $5,000. Bitches. [PokerListings.com] :: The heavenly stacked Keeley Hazell is back with a new cover spread in Zoo Weekly. [TVShark.com] :: Stepping up to the big leagues, Caesars Palace is hosting a $10,000 buy-in tournament this October with a $1 million guaranteed first prize that isn't a WSOP Circuit or WPT event. [Las Vegas Sun] :: Listen, we like our girls to be wise, mature and at least of drinking age, except replace "wise" and "mature" with "morally loose" and "foolish" and somewhere in between lies the truth. Anyway, we forget where we were going with this but it had something to do with 18-year-old singer/actress Vanessa Hudgens on a beach in Hawaii. [F-Listed.com] :: Anyone who thinks Harrah's handles the poker media badly should read Change 100's post about the mess that was the EPT Barcelona Open. [Pot Committed] Got something newsworthy to share? Send us your links.

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[CHAD]

Maggie Gyllenhall just might be the hottest ugly chick around.