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CHRIS “JESUS” FERGUSON SPINS POKER INTO GOLD
Shall we start calling him Rumpelstiltskin? Chris Ferguson completed his personal challenge of turning $0 on Full Tilt into $10,000. Starting off by playing freerolls, Chris practiced extreme bankroll management over 16 months to get the bagel to $10,000. So, isn’t it fitting that the face on the $10,000 bill is of Chase, Salmon P. Chase? Good work, Chris!
HIGH STAKES GOLF ON ESPN
If you thought golf on TV was boring, think again. High Stakes Golf on ESPN is ready to convert you to the green side. See your favorite club-swinging poker personalities battle it out for $1 million per hole at the Bali Hai Golf Course in Las Vegas. Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Dewey Tomko, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Josh Arieh, Russ Hamilton, Bill Walters, and Vince Van Patton were all there with Mike Sexton announcing. Round 1 will be aired on ESPN October 21st at 3pm EST and Round 2 the following week at the same time. www.highstakesentertainment.com
BODOG COMIC BOOK?
Can you picture David Williams, Josh Arieh, and Evelyn Ng as secret agents? You bet. And in a graphic novel, they know mixed marital arts. How else would they battle to save bears from being tortured for traditional Chinese medicines? Your very own Bluff columnist Adam Slutsky is teaming up with Shawn Martinbrough and Joseph Phillip Illidge to make this super-Bodog Entertainment project called the Calvin “Ayre Force” a reality. Coming soon to a comic book store near you – in 2008. Or will they be given out as prizes for winning $20 sit-n-gos on Bodog.com?
DANIEL NEGREANU ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE
Got a phone that plays video? Sign up for Daniel Negreanu’s Iplay’s series of Win at Texas Hold’em. The instructional mobile video series is now live on Sprint and Cingular/ AT&T Wireless, and will be rolled out across other major North American carriers this year. There are more than 100 clips in the series and Vegasophiles will be pleased to see that Daniel’s videos were filmed at the Venetian.
WHEN FANTASIES COME TO THE FELT
Look out Shannon Elizabeth, Jessica Biel is here. The sexy actress best known as Mary on 7th Heaven and Abigail in Blade: Trinity was seen playing at a charity poker tournament in San Diego for the opening of the Ivy Hotel. Recent headlines have her in the spotlight for being Justin Timberlake’s main squeeze – but the fact that she’s going to show some skin in her next movie Powder Blue is the real dish.
SAY “G’DAY, MATE!”
It’s Aussie Millions time again and you can take your stab at winning the Poker Trip of a Lifetime on Full Tilt Poker. There are five different ways to win an $18,000 prize package with a 25 Seat Guarantee tournament held on December 9th. What’s more fun, traveling Down Under with poker pros like Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Gavin Smith, and Chris Ferguson, or playing in a $10,000 buy-in international poker tournament? Get started – you’ve got until December 15, 2007 to qualify.
PLAY WITH THE GRINDER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD
As if the spacious new poker room at Planet Hollywood weren’t enough to draw in the players, now they’ve got Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi on their side. After a low turnout for the $480 NL Hold’em tournaments, Planet Hollywood lowered the buy-ins to $120, with a $300 bounty on Mizarachi himself. Now the tourneys have become popular and you can play with the pro Sunday through Friday nights at 7pm.
ANOTHER BRUNSON TO WATCH OUT FOR!
Pamela Brunson won the fifth annual Ladies Night tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Is she related to the Texas Dolly? You bet. Pamela is Doyle Brunson’s daughter. She won a $34,435 prize and a seat in the WPT Ladies Final Table during the “Go All In for the Cure” tournament to support the Susan
G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity. If you come across this Brunson at the felt, don’t worry; she’s a lot easier to look at than Todd.
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