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There are plenty of poker pros in the seats at the 2009 WSOP Main Event but the only real celebrity we've seen is Ja Rule, and he's here to support Phil Ivey.

Other players might have gangloads of supporters cheering every time they're in a pot but Ivey has Ja Rule.

We're big fans of the lifestyle Ja Rule portrays in his videos. Jet skis, amazingly beautiful women, popping bottles of expensive drink, all good things.

We think Ivey's down with that stuff too so it's no wonder these two hit it off. Anyway, one thing's for sure, if Ivey wins and Ja Rule's still around it's going to be a sick afterparty.

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If you're anything like us you're going to be enjoying a few adult beverages as you watch this year's ESPN broadcast of the WSOP Main Event final table.

To help you make the drinking part a bit more entertaining we've developed a drinking game based around televised poker.

The game will work with any televised poker but for best results use it for final tables, since they show all full hands.

The rules are simple and, if followed to the letter, will guarantee a drunkening to remember (or not remember).

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Things were a bit slow to get going this morning at EPT Barcelona and the video below will give you a little idea why that might be.

As is the custom on the EPT PokerStars treated players and media to an open-bar party at a club beside the casino. ElkY was given his Guinness Book of Records awards and we all had a chance to knock back a few drinks on PokerStars' tab.

ElkY and William Thorson really took advantage of the open bar, although it ended up costing ElkY a hell of a lot more than what he would have paid for the drinks.

Thorson gave him 3 to 1 on $5K for the drinking contest. First of all, he could have given him 100 to 1 since ElkY had zero chance of winning this bet. Thorson takes him to school and even rubs salt in his wounds, taking breaks from drinking to heckle his opponent.

This footage was taken by the incredibly sexy Swedish blogger Lina Olofsson so you can blame her for the quality. We brightened it up a bit at the expense of resolution.



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We dug up another gem from this summer at the WSOP: Todd Brunson shotgunning beers in our kitchen at the PokerListings ranch. Not quite as awesome as Erica Schoenberg on the trampoline but still pretty good.

This video was recorded during the epic birthday party we hosted for Lara Miller and it kicks off with a textbook shotgun demo from Mr. Brunson, complete with elevated finish and high-five with yours truly. Check below for the insider play-by-play.

As a small aside, Brunson's wearing Roderick from POKERLISTINGS' media badge, not PokerNews as Lara says.



Sadly some of the other participants were unable to learn the proper technique. Second up is Newby who pretty much blows the entire operation. Sorry Newby but it's true. First he punches the hole with the can vertical, then somehow takes like a minute to drink whatever was left.

Third is our good friend, and pride of the French poker media, Benjo. He had the determination but didn't fully understand the process.

Benjo forgets one important part, popping the top of the can. As a result he spends a good 18 seconds getting it done.

I'm up next and I hold my own pretty well. I'm saying about 2.5 seconds. I get a nice little angle-shot in by yelling "Go!" while Todd's still punching the hole in his can.

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Here at PokerListings.com we like to keep things understated but since someone else recorded and leaked this video of Erica Schoenberg jumping on our trampoline we have to show it.

Our friends at WickedChopsPoker got their hands on this vid of the breathtaking E-Scho rocking backflips and just being her general loveable self at the last PokerListings party of the 2009 WSOP.

We thought we liked her before but when she showed up at the PokerListings Ranch with a case of Fat Tire and a desire for some trampoline action we were fighting the urge to get down on one knee right then and there.

Happy birthday once again to Lara Miller, who the party was in honor of, and special thanks for filming.

PS: There's also a video of Todd Brunson shotgunning beers in our kitchen but you'll have to do your own sleuthing for that one.



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PokerStars threw their WSOP party last night and despite all the razz-a-matazz PokerStars could muster, it was rap superstar Nelly who stole the show.

The party was hosted by Rain nightclub at the Palms casino, and the entertainments were many and varied.

Dancers revelled on the dancefloor to a musical medley of contemporary dance and rock tunes, their grooves accompanied by alternating gouts of flames, delivered by overhead jets and periodic sprinklings of foam.

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The red carpet opening ceremonies for the Ante Up For Africa event was pure spectacle, the pinnacle of poker's existence as part of mainstream pop culture.

Media coverage for the event was overwhelming, with anywhere from 200-300 people on the floor, ranging from photographers, television camera operators, public relations specialists and reporters.

Brad Garrett was the first celebrity to come out and he literally took more than 30 minutes to pose for every camera and talk to every reporter on the carpet.

Other celebs, like Ben Affleck, were over the whole thing about halfway through the carpet walk. Affleck ignored everyone on the second half of the carpet and made his way into the Amazon Room.

The official after-party for the event went down at Pure Nightclub inside Caesars Palace, and it was a much more subdued affair than the actual tournament.

The entire main room was roped off for the party, which featured Charles Barkley partying it up and two of poker biggest names getting a lot of attention.

Barkley went up to the DJ booth at one point and gave a tribute speech about Michael Jackson, saying that the two were good friends, and making sure the DJ followed with a Jackson song.

On the other side of the club, a group of about 8-10 young women surrounded a booth that appeared to be the life of the party, with the females taking lots of pictures and generally having a good time.

At the center of the chaos? None other than poker bad boys Mike "The Mouth" Matusow and Phil Hellmuth.

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Describing the Black Belt Poker mansion as a mansion is somewhat deceiving; Mexican villa is a closer representation.

After getting buzzed through the front gates of the compound, you walk through the double front doors and step into the landing area to be greeted by a grand piano, water fountain, wide staircase and three different escape routes.

Route one leads to the billiards room, route two to the TV room, and route three will take you to the kitchen, where you'll find three full-sized convection ovens.

Walking through the dining room with a table fit for 30, you walk out to the back yard. The buildings surround the pool in the middle; a pool which includes a waterfall, grotto, volleyball net and jacuzzi.

Now add 30 flats of beer, 6 shifts of grilled food, a crew of English poker pros and you have yourself a party.

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One of the perks of working at the World Series of Poker is definitely the parties, and last night we were invited to check out the WSOP kick-off party hosted by the always enchanting Lacey Jones at the new club at the Rio, ND's.

In true PL.com fashion we fenagled pretty much the best table in the house, resplendent with free bottle service and an amazing upwards view of the hottest dancer in the house.

Between recruiting trips to the dance floor and refills of the questionable yet perfectly-priced drinks we barely had time to put together this video. Enjoy!



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What's better than a charity car wash to raise money for a worthy cause? How about the Sapphire strip club girls soaping up your ride for just $5 while you eat a snow-cone and watch?

It sounded like the impossible dream to us when we heard so we threw some dirt on our Prius and took it in for a clean.

As if this video needs any real introduction.



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There was only one good thing that came out of my last trip to Bellagio: the opportunity to get together with some buddies and get crunked while playing $2/$4 mixed games at Treasure Island.

I don't really like to go to clubs, so this is my equivalent of "getting a table." It's a blast, especially when you're trying to learn the games as you go along at a high level of inebriation.

Amanda "Mandy B" Baker, Paul Wasicka, Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke, Jason "OUEmoKid/JP OSU" Potter, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, and my friend from AC named Leo "smoothustler" August joined my girlfriend Aimee and me for the game.

Since my girlfriend doesn't read my blog, I can safely say that the highlight of the night was set-over-setting her in pineapple and stacking her. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

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The World Series of Poker announced today that All-In: The Poker Musical, a theater production focusing on nine players at the final table of the WSOP Main Event, will debut at the Rio's Masquerade Showroom during this year's $10,000 World Championship. The mix of poker and Broadway-style musical is completely unprecedented and represents a new opportunity to showcase the human drama of the world's favorite card game.

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I've been very busy since my last entry. Well, maybe not busy, but just occupied for the most part.

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Lasting close to 14 hours, Day 1 of this year's WPT World Poker Challenge was anything but short. A field of 261 coughed up their $7,500 buy-in and packed into the tournament area at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino here in Reno but by the end of this marathon day only 80 were left standing.

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It's a yearly tradition on the World Poker Tour. Invite as many random celebrities as possible to the Commerce Casino, ply them with liquor, chocolate and 30-minute blind levels, and let the madness begin.

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Sometimes the life of a poker tournament reporter can find you partying it up with the likes of Daniel Negreanu in one of Europe's hipper nightclubs. Such was the case last night at Copenhagen's Vega.

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After an awesome Super Bowl weekend, my friend and I drove to L.A. on Monday night. Let me give you a quick tip: if you're driving to L.A. from Vegas, don't ever leave at 5 p.m.

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I don't know how your poker home games go, but this is how my weekly game tends to play out:

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It is the only place on Earth which can contain the World Series of Poker, but why? What is it about this stretch of arid Nevada desert that brings every shark and every fish together in the same beautiful, steady surf of shuffling chips?

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