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Savage finds gold in La Lake

Steve — Sun, 09 May 2010 06:08:37 +0000

The Matt with the midas touch, Matt Savage, has struck gold in the first event of the Cal State tournament at the Commerce. Not only did he make his guarantee,of $500k, with a day to spare but he has celebrity Ricki Lake returning for the final day tomorrow. This has made the mainstream news.The poker media are used to Hollywood celebs with Jennifer Tilly, Shannon Elizabeth and James Woods all regular sightings in the tournament rooms.

Although this will be Ms Lakes first cash she did make Day2 of the WPT Invitational .

Next year this event will be competing with the Bellagio .For now it is a last chance for grinders to build a bankroll for the WSOP.

After three “flights”,as the WSOP likes to call them, the top lucky seven are:

1) Ken Bass 270k
2) Russ Balcom 258k
3) Ab Barbarian 240k
4) Joe Quintana 197k
5) Edwin Lee 197k
6) Tony Tolentino 195k
7) Jesika Snider 195k

Party at the WPT

Steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:10:37 +0000

Day 2 of the Invitational,the Media who didn’t bust out yesterday,have moved on. Although I had to have a quick tour of the final three tables from one of the WPT staff to point out celebs they are there.There are a number of people in L.A. who make a good living from celebrity home games but anyone who has made it this far might send you from Hope St to Skid Row.Once again,little Ricki Lake has made Day2.Other celebs with some poker play in them are Kirk Acevedo,Marlon Wayans,David Zayas+Grant Heslov.Trishelle is a bit of a poker player, being sponsored by Absolute,a bit of a celeb having been one of the Real World crew who lived and played at the Palms Las Vegas.

For Gentlemen who prefer blondes table 15 seat 5 was the place to sit with Sarah Underwood to your right and Lacey Jones to the left.The girls outlived most of the guys occupying the seat unless Matt Savage was selling time share on the chair.

The final six, to return on 3rd March are:

Trish Cannatella,Thor Hansen,Steve Elliot,Sean Urban,Neev Baram and LeRon Washington.

The outing of Steve Lipscomb ,who I assume was a bit of a nit picker, has breathed new life into the WPT. I am not sure I will call the new CEO Obama as one did this afternoon but the staff ,very few changes, seem more relaxed.

The media at the rival event, at the Venetian, have free rooms and $50 a day food credit. Just chop a zero off Matt Savages pay and the Commerce could match that offer.Good to see a return to those days. Lets hope Harrahs Rincon and Caesars offer something for the upcoming Heads Up at Caesars LV and WSOP circuit at Rincon.The dates for those events are March 4-7 for Vegas and March 18-31 for Rincon.

The Ironman event started at 4pm. Soon afterwards a muscle milk table was set up nearby. It that like steroids?Jennifer Tilly is hoping to take this one for the ladies.

Celebs at the Commerce gallery

Steve — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:26:07 +0000