Leo Margets: Spanish Poker Girl

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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Jayde Nicole: Poker Playboy Hottie

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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Brandi Williams: The Princess of Poker

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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Heather Graham: A Demon Poker Player

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 29th, 1970, poker hottie Heather Graham was destined for stardom right from the beginning. Heather did everything in her power to pursue her acting career and soon found herself in Hollywood. Heather Graham has been in the spotlight since her performance in Boogie Nights as Rollergirl. She has had a number of big roles in many movies since Boogie Nights, including Lost In Space, From Hell, Bowfinger, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Heather Graham is known for having some of the most interesting roles in Hollywood. From the roller skating love interest in Boogie Nights to the Irish lass in From Hell, she has quite a resume. Her new movie, The Hangover, has her hanging out with Bradley Cooper, Mike Tyson, a lion and a chicken in this Las Vegas comedy about a bacehlor party gone wrong. When in Vegas filming, however, she didn’t just stick to acting. She’s actually a self proclaimed "demon poker player".

The beautiful actress Heather Graham has fallen in love with the card game poker, because she spent a lot of time in Las Vegas where she recorded the film “Hangover”.The star of the film “Boogie Nights” has thus become another one in a series of famous people to fall to the charms of poker.

The actress has admitted that this initially innocent game has awoken the dark side of her.

“Poker is pretty vicious and dark. It brings out an ugly side of me that's pretty competitive” said Heather, who participated in a poker competition and finished fourth.

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Anna Benson: Gold Digger of Poker

Not many people enter the World Series of Poker on a dare, and those who do usually wind up as competitive debris before the first break. This is not how things happened when Anna Benson stepped up to the World Series of Poker plate because of dare.

According to rumors, hot model Anna Benson "Gold Digger" entered the 2005 WSOP just because of dare and taken the poker world by surprise. Bringing beauty, brains, and wit to the tables, she has quickly gained respect as one of the foremost women poker players in the world.

And all because of a dare. An anonymous fan bet that she would win the World Series of Poker, fronted her entry, and challenged her to test her skills with the cards. And did she ever! By entering the 2005 W.S.O.P with just under a month of training, she gained nationwide respect by lasting until the end of the third day. She beat out 1200 other players and shocked the poker professionals that gathered to watch her.

By the time she was eventually eliminated, three days had gone by and over twelve hundred other players, many of them established professionals, were watching her from the rail and still in shell shock from the fact that they had been eliminated and the FHM cover girl was still going strong.

Anna caught the poker playing bug and the poker world will never be the same. Besides occasional tournament play, she has recently moved on to $10-$20 no-limit cash games.

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