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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.

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.

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.

Just launched this week, the PL tournament clock has everything you need to run your own pseudo-professional No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament.

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?

On Thursday, PokerListings.com wrapped up our comprehensive coverage of the 2007 Los Angeles Poker Classic with the crowning of Eric Hershler as champion. On Saturday, worn out from six days of hard-core, high-stakes Hold'em, we returned to the Commerce Casino to kick off coverage of a second event - the World Poker Tour's Celebrity Invitational. As soon as we hit the red carpet, it was obvious this was different breed of poker tournament.

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