11/24/2009

Tara Rice: Hot Poker Babe

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Born in 1982, Tara Rice measures 36-24-34, which instantly qualifies her as a Poker Hottie. With her blonde hair, blue-green eyes and 5’9” frame, this model/actress is sure to turn heads wherever she goes. Fortunately for professional players, Tara Rice can often be found reporting on or playing poker at all the major events.

Tara Rice started her modeling career when she was just out of high school. A hopeful model, Tara entered the 2000 Miss Teen California purely for the experience. As it happened, she ended up winning the competition.

Still, celebrities aren’t always born overnight, and Tara eventually took a job as a kindergarten teacher to make ends meet. But when Hollywood came calling, she quit her day job and jumped right into the world of acting and modeling.

As soon as her tournament appearances began, hot poker girl Tara Rice became a hot topic on poker forums all across the Internet and online casino. She finished 35th in the Legends of Poker Ladies’ No-Limit Hold’em Tournament at The Bike in 2005, and she continues to take part in cash and smaller tournaments. Fans can also play directly against Rice at the Bombshell Poker website.

When she’s not playing cards or acting, Rice makes her home in Valencia, California. She’s been pursuing a liberal studies degree from the University of Cal State Northridge, and she admits to taking a yoga class at least once a week to stay flexible.

Playing poker is more like a hobby for Tara and she also loves spending time horse riding, dancing and snowboarding. Tara’s favorite poker game is No-limit Texas Hold’em.

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11/16/2009

Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh - Gorgeous Poker Hottie

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Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh is one of the most respected, and most popular female poker players around, and she just happens to be young, blond and gorgeous, Jennifer Leigh seems to have it all that's why she is a dream woman for geeks inside and outside the poker world.

Born August 10th 1983, in Wilmington, Delaware, Jennifer is a former law student turned professional poker player. She attended the University of Delaware studying philosophy and political science and started playing poker completely by chance. Jennifer Leigh has often admitted that she was a total nerd when she was growing up. At a fairly young age Jennifer got into video game, in particular Role Playing games (RPGs) and basically lived her life on the computer. Jennifer has said it was her long experience with computer based RPGs that mad her siege into the elusive world of professional poker an easy transition, in fact it was through her RPGs and their massive online community that she was introduced to poker. Jennifer began chatting to other players and one of the fellow gamers she met online turned out to be the younger brother of a poker pro - Robert Boyd, brother of Dutch Boyd and so it was Robert Boyd who introduced Jennifer Leigh to the game of poker.

Jennifer Leigh began playing online poker at PokerStars.com in January 2004. Later that same year she ended up ranked 47 on the PokerStars tournament board, making her the highest ranked female and most successful online woman poker player. This was a huge accomplishment for Jennifer who had at the time been playing poker for less than a year. Since then Jennifer has moved up to jet setting around the world to play games as well as putting up thousands of dollars a hand on occasions, as well as appearing on Poker Royale and other nationally televised poker events in Las Vegas. She has had five 1st place finishes on PokerStars and over twenty final table appearances. Jennifer is currently focused on playing live tournaments all over the world and pays her own way into tournament games funded by her continuous success at her $100/200 online games.


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11/12/2009

Leo Margets: Spanish Poker Girl

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Leonor “Leo” Margets, a native of Spain, straight out of Barcelona, has won this years title of the last woman standing in the WSOP Main Event, she beat over 99% of the field and finished in 27th place earning her $352,832 in the process, her biggest win to date.

She’s only been playing poker for 3 years and this was her first Major tournament. With her stack of 3,410,000 chips in front of her, Margets joins the ranks of Barbara Enright, Susie Isaacs, Marsha Waggoner and Annie Duke.

The petite beauty from Spain outlasted former Main Event winners Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Greg Raymer and reigning champion Peter Eastgate. For her commendable achievement Margets was awarded a special trophy from the Entities at WickedChopsPoker.com. The trophy is a gold cup with the names of all the last ladies standing since 1986 when Wendeen Eolis came in 25th.

Originally coming to Las Vegas just to play preliminary events, Margets went home and was then able to convince her sponsor 888.com to bring her back to Vegas to play the Main Event. A decision that 888 would not go on to regret.

The Media spin has been huge for her since her incredible effort and 888.com has reaped the rewards.

A bubbly personality with the looks to boot. Let’s hope we see more of Leo Margets again in the future poker tournament.

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11/09/2009

Jayde Nicole: Poker Playboy Hottie

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Jayde Nicole, the 2008 Playboy Playmate of the Year, has recently taken to the felt with an appearance on the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge. PokerNews caught up with the 23-year-old to discuss how she was introduced to poker, who'd she'd rather bluff, and what she would do with a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Jayde Nicole first started to play poker with her boyfriend Brody Jenner who loves poker. He has big poker games from time to time, and Jayde took to the game right away. She then met All In Magazine publisher Kasey Thompson and she agreed to do the "All In Magazine Project" where each month she will be trained with a different professional poker player and track all her progress and results in the pages of the magazine. She was first trained by Jamie Gold, then trained by the Online Player of the Year David " The Maven" Chicotsky, and next up was Daniel Negreanu.

Daniel Negreanu is one of her favorite poker players because of the way he plays the game and also a Canadian like Jayde. So many poker players seem to have big egos, and Daniel is so sweet and fun to be around.

Jayde Nicole is getting serious about poker and plans to take her game to the professional poker circuit. And she is planning to play two to three poker tournaments at online casinos each week. She also playing in an Ante Up for Africa event this week, and then playing in the PokerStars Caribbean Challenge in the Bahamas in January.

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11/03/2009

Brandi Williams: The Princess of Poker

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Brandi Williams is a well-known in the poker community as the sexy poker host of the hit series Ultimate Poker Challenge. Even though she shares co-hosting duties, it is apparent that the camera loves her, as she seems to get more air-time than anyone else.

Brandi Williams grew up in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania and after a stint as a cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals she moved to Las Vegas in her early twenties. She has worked in television alongside noted personalities Ryan Seacrest, Alan Thicke, and Donny Osmond. Her credits include appearances on Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment network, acting as hostess for NYE Live on MSNBC, and for two years acted as a reporter for the morning news show on the station KTLA. She also signed a deal to be the host on LiveVideo.com.

Brandi Williams has been dubbed "The Queen of Hearts" and "The Princess of Poker" by numerous popular gambling magazines. Brandi Williams got her boost of fame from the series Ultimate Poker Challenge. When the show premiered, it quickly became a hit and eventually went on to become one of the largest poker shows in syndication. The premise of the show is that each week represents a tournament with the players competing for a seat in the semi-finals. The players can qualify based on their points leader board for their finishing positions. In the show, Brandi acts as co-host with actor Chad Brown. Brandi Williams provides player interviews and into and out-of commercial breaks. The show has featured big poker names such as Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, and Phil Laak. After four seasons, the show has been a viewer favorite in the ratings.

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