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PokerPadz® Poker Dogs Jose Canseco playing in Ladies Poker Tournaments?

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Jose Canseco (ex-baseball player/steroid user) played in last weekends California State Poker Championship LADIES No Limit Hold'em poker tournament that was held at the Commerce Casino !

R e a l l y? I mean R E A L L Y?

In case you hadn't heard Jose the premise of LADIES ONLY events is to provide a safe place for women to play poker. LADIES ONLY events translates into men are NOT welcomed to play in these events.

Debbie Burkhead gives a great explanation of "Why Have Ladies-Only Tournaments?"

It's bad enough to worry about a man playing in a LADIES ONLY event BUT could a larger, more intimidating man show up to play at your table?

I personally saw Jose at the Bicycle Casino several weekends ago and he is a monster in size. Perhaps the most intimidating man in the WORLD to sit at a LADIES ONLY poker tournament!
You should be ashamed of yourself Jose for playing in this event!

Apparently 5 other men broke ettiqute and showed what kind of men they really are by enforcing the "no discrimination" policy that casinos must abide by on Saturday, September 15th.

Jose was the first man to bust out of this "ladies" event!

The women tried to shame them from playing in this event, as they should have and hopefully this will be the last of this kind!

Men are not welcomed to play in LADIES ONLY events. It's really that simple.

Congratulations to Gabrielle Wagner who took down first place......

We'll see what I fetch next time....
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PokerPadz® Poker Dogs Lifes a Bluff

Congratulations to Frank and team at "Lifes a Bluff." If you haven't had a chance to read the best poker webcomic in the world, you need to visit their site and read it from the beginning up to date - LaB . These guys are very talented and have nailed it!

Today they just announced that they have brought on Phil Laak!!!!

They will be writing a series called "Lack and Loaded" starting October 1, 2007! In addition to the new series, they will be releasing 3 LaB comic strips a week minimum on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule.

Today is a big day for everyone involved and we wish LaB the best of luck and look forward to starting our days off with reading the new series!

We'll see what I fetch next time and I inserted one of my favorite LaB comics that has Clonie Gowen and Paris Hilton.

PokerPadz® Poker Dogs Pamela Anderson and Mystery Poker Player Engaged?!?!?!

Pamela Anderson says she's all-in love with a professional poker player. Appearing on Wednesday's Ellen Degeneres Show, Pamela Anderson not only claimed she doesn't know why exes Kid Rock, and Tommy Lee traded blows at Sunday's VMA's and shared that Tommy earlier that night gave her a spanking, but also revealed that she has found new love, this time by settling a gambling debt with some T, A and who knows what else.

Anderson declined to identify her new mystery man on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," but there's scuttlebutt in the poker world that she's been seeing 29-year-old Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari .

Anderson later said on the show she lost $250,000 in a poker game and was offered an "Indecent Proposal"-like out to clear the debt.

"I paid off a poker debt with sexual favors, and I fell in love," Anderson told DeGeneres. "It's so romantic. It's romance."

Pressed for details, Anderson said, "I'm not really engaged. I don't know what I am. We may never get that far. We're in love. This is nice."

The mystery man will be revealed in the near future - Is it Antonio Esfandiari or Rick Salomon is the other possibility that has been reported?!?!?!..........

We'll see what the pack leader "fetches" next time......

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MS Team PokerPadz completed their first annual MS Challenge Walk in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past weekend walking 50 miles (80 kilometers) in 3 days!!!!

Nearly 300 Walkers and crew walked 50 miles (80 kilometers) in 3 days in a movement that brings us one step closer to a world free of MS!

Our team raised over $7,000.00 USD and the Minnesota MS Chapter raised over $700,000.00 USD to support research and fund programs and services for people living with MS!

Our goal is to find a cure so we don't have to walk in 2008!!!!

Please donate today to help fund this goal and make the world MS free and if we have to walk in 2008 because a cure hasn't been found, we will walk all over MS in 2008!

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PokerPadz® Poker Dogs Linda Johnson Ladies Night V

Kristy Gazes wins WPT Ladies Night V! It was quite a show as one can imagine, the following 6 ladies played and finished in this order:

Kristy Gazes
Linda Johnson
Pam Brunson
Miami Tran
Melissa Hayeden
Joanne "JJ" Liu

All of the ladies are fantastic poker players, although I was personally cheering for Linda Johnson! Not only is Linda a dear friend of mine but she is an incredible poker player and unfortunately she just didn't get the cards at this table, although she came in second.

Linda had the largest cheering section of all of the players, including her mom, although she is the "Queen of Poker" and she happens to be the announcer for the World Poker Tour for the past 6 years, so she had the entire staff and crew, including Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Layla rooting for her!

Here is the play that transpired for the last 3 ladies:

Hand #137 - Linda Johnson has the button in seat 6, Brunson moves all in from the small blind, and Gazes asks for a count before she calls with A9. Brunson shows K5, and she'll need to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes 663, and Gazes retains the lead with ace high. The turn card is the Q, and Brunson needs a king or a five to survive.

The river card is the 2, and Gazes wins the pot with ace high. Pam Brunson is eliminated in third place.

Seven hands later of heads up poker:

Hand #143 - Linda Johnson has the button, she raises to 82,000, Gazes moves all in, and Johnson immediately calls with JJ. Gazes shows KK, and she's in a dominating position to win the tournament right here. Linda Johnson will need to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes A43, and Gazes retaisns the lead. Johnson needs a jack to win, or a runner-runner straight to chop the pot.

The turn card is the 5, and now a deuce will chop the pot between them. A jack will give the pot to Johnson, doubling her into the chip lead.

The river card pairs the board with the 4, and Kristy Gazes wins the hand -- and Ladies Night V -- with two pair, kings and fours.

Linda Johnson made an excellent showing in second place!!!!

Kristy Gazes is the new WPT Ladies Night V Champion, joining past winners Clonie Gowen, Isabelle Mercier, Jennifer Tilly, and J.J. Liu. With the victory, Gazes receives a $25,000 entry into the Season VI WPT World Championship next April, where she'll try to parlay this into some serious money.

Congratulations to all of the women for making such a great show!

We'll see what I fetch tomorrow!

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