Vanessa Rousso - The "Lady Maverick"

Vanessa Rousso is a professional female poker player and big-time poker girl. Also known as “Lady Maverick”, she can always be recognized at the tables by her over sized sunglasses, cap and Bose headphones. But Vanessa isn’t just another pretty face, she finished in the money in over 14 major tournaments and shows no sign of slowing down.

Vanessa Rousso had been playing poker since the age of five, and she developed a real interest in the game after graduating high school. But since she wasn’t old enough to legally play at casinos, she honed her skills by playing online poker.

When she started attending law school, Rousso would play poker at the nearby Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Usually playing $500 and $1,000 sit and go games, she quickly honed her skills by reading strategy and playing regularly.

In May of 2005, she competed in her first major tournament at the WSOP circuit event in New Orleans. The first event was a $200 buy-in with around 700 participants, and Vanessa finished in 7th place.

She gave the law books a rest that summer and played in a number of poker tournaments, including a cash finish in the Ladies’ Event at the World Series of Poker. She also finished 7th in the World Series of Poker in New Orleans and first in the Palms Summer Series $200 buy-in.

2006 was even more successful, as she took 7th place at the World Poker Tour championship event and 8th place in the 2006 World Series of Poker $5,000 event. In September, she racked up winnings of $285,450 at the Borgata Open.

As a member of Team PokerStars, Vanessa Rousso took part in the World Championship of Online Poker Main Event in 2007. While she originally finished in third place, a disqualification of the tournament winner vaulted her into runner-up status with a prize of $700,782.

As of this writing, Rousso has career earnings in excess of $1,000,000. She credits her study of game theory in college for much of her current success.

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Annie Duke - Best Female Poker Player

Annie Duke, one of the well known woman professional poker player because of her success on different poker tournaments. And that made her as being the world's best female poker player and arguably one of the best poker players irrespective of gender.

Annie Duke is a compelling figure. She was raised in a scholarly family and she originally sought out a much different career path. She was attending the University of Pennsylvania, in pursuit of a degree in psycholinguistics. There was only one problem, and that was that she was utterly miserable. So, she turned to her brother for advice, and he suggested that she follow in his footsteps. Her brother happens to be Howard Lederer, one of the best poker players in the world, and a man who loves teaching the game. Howard taught Annie how to be a poker player, and she soon started building a name for herself in underground poker rooms on the east coast.

In 1994, at the urging of her brother, Annie Duke entered the World Series of Poker. In her first tournament at the WSOP, Annie Duke did very well, taking 13th place and outlasting her brother. The next few months after her first tournament, Annie Duke poker wins were just over $70,000. It was enough to convince her and her husband to move to Las Vegas where she could pursue a career at poker.

All throughout her career, Annie Duke has been consistent with her success at the table. Annie Duke poker wins have been recorded in 40 cash games. In 1996 at the World Series of Poker, Annie Duke took second place in Limit Seven-Card Stud and earned $72,000. In May of 1999, she won second place at No Limit Holdem at the World Series of Poker and earned $110,000. She has also finished in third place at the Ultimate Poker Classic and has finished in second at the Five-Star Poker Classic.

The year 2004 was a good year for Annie Duke. Poker plays in April, put her in first in Limit HoldEm at the Five-Star Poker Classic. The win earned her $157,140. Then in May at the WSOP, Annie Duke took first place in Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, beating out a field that included her brother Howard, to win $137,860 and her first WSOP bracelet. Then in August of that year, at the WSOP invitation-only Tournament of Champions, Annie beat out a table full of legendary players such as Doyle Brunson and her brother Howard Lederer. Annie Duke went on to defeat Phil Hellmuth in heads-up to win $2 million. At the time, it was the most money paid to a female player in a single event.

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Shannon Elizabeth - Celebrity Poker Player

Perhaps best renowned for her starring turn in Hollywood's American Pie sequence of teen comedies, Shannon Elizabeth is starting to make a title for herself in the poker world as well. Although most persons aide Shannon Elizabeth with portraying, she is furthermore an avid poker player that has made rather a vocation out of the sport. In detail, Elizabeth considers poker to be her “second career” and numerous have mentioned to her as being “one of the premier celebrity poker players.”

The Texas-born actress has established her table presence in a number of celebrity poker tournaments, including the 4th edition of Celebrity Poker Showdown and the 1st Annual Nicky Hilton New Year's Eve Poker Tournament at Caesars Palace, in which she outlasted 91 other celebrities and poker professionals to claim first place and the largest chunk of the $120,000 prize pool.

Shannon Elizabeth got her start playing poker at a young age, playing stud and draw games with her family in Texas. It wasn't until she'd established herself in Hollywood, however, that the actress was introduced to Texas Holdem - and she hated it. Turned off by the lack of opportunities to discard or draw new cards, Elizabeth didn't warm to the game until 2003, when she befriended poker professionals Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak (along with fellow-actress Jennifer Tilly) and began to hone her skills under the tutelage of some of poker's best teachers.

During the 2006 WSOP, Shannon Elizabeth competed as the newest representative of Full Tilt Poker, joining the company of 47 professionals in whose company the actress is looking more and more at home. Underlining her commitment to the sport, Elizabeth signed a poker marketing representation agreement with Poker Royalty, the poker world's foremost player marketing and representation agency.

At this time, Shannon Elizabeth is busy juggling her acting and poker careers while also working actively with the charity Animal Avengers.

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Shana Hiatt - WPT Hostess

First on the list of girls on poker would be none other than, Shana Hiatt. If you've ever had a glance at World Poker Tour, you may have noticed that she is the beautiful hostess of the whole game. Shana Hiatt is actually not a professional poker player and does in fact stay away from the game, but has had deep roots in the scene since Party Poker picked her up as a spokeswoman.

Shana Hiatt was born on the 17th day of December on the year 1975. She is a professional model and presenter who has appeared in several magazines and TV shows.

Shana Hiatt is the poker girl who hosted the first three seasons of the World Poker Tour. Because of her beauty and attractiveness, she made a very a big role on the success of the show. But its not just the pretty face and a great figure that made her so successful, she also did a great job on making poker players comfortable.

The World Poker Tour featured a weekly poker tournament where the best and most famous professional poker players. Shana Hiatt would interview the players and quickly was noticed by the poker viewing public. As the WPT became a large part of the poker industry, Shana Hiatt became one of the noted poker girl in US. The World Poker Tour was an innovative broadcast, including rare access to the poker competitors. Shana Hiatt was a large part of that, because she would interview players aside from the game play, allowing the players to display their often colorful personalities to the world.

These days, Shana Hiatt's only connection to the poker industry is her occasional online poker game. Given that she has just come through a pregnancy, she still has time at her age to return to the game which first made her famous. With the popularity of poker, it's likely other opportunities will present themselves. Any new outfit looking for name recognition in the poker industry might hire Shana Hiatt to act as their host or presenter. Those poker fans who miss Shana Hiatt can always see her on some magazines and photos online as she still involved in modeling.

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GirlsOnPoker Blog

Poker is not just a man's game anymore. It is true! Even girls can play poker, in fact, there is an increasing number of successful female poker players dominating the poker industry and managing to win on some poker tournaments. Girls have really started to win games of poker and even manage to be better than men.

GirlsOnPoker Blog will give you the list of all the talented and successful girls on poker. Profiles, biographies and photos of women on poker industry. Professional poker players, models and even female celebrities who loves to play poker are can be seen in this blog.

You will absolutely enjoy seeing at this blog, so better to look forward for more articles about the Girls on Poker!!! :)

Zarah Pacheco: Hot Poker Model

Each and every poker sites has searched long and hard for some of the most attractive poker model in the poker world to create this unparalleled poker hotties list in their site. Whether they are playing at the tables, or hosting one of the greatest poker TV shows, these hot poker model are definitely turning heads in the poker industry.

But have you seen some of the hot women on the circuit? Poker? You bet we would. Play your cards right and you would losing more than your shirt – and love every minute of it. We had no idea poker was so sexy like Zarah Pacheco.

Poker hottie Zarah Pacheco has been a successful fitness model for the last 5 years which includes coverage in the current issue of Planet Muscle magazine, a 12 page feature in a recent Musclemag publication, appearances in Playboy, top rankings on the FAME Stage and now her WNSO Pro Status. Zarah Pacheco exemplifies the Body Proud lifestyle year round stating "Body Proud is the way you treat your body. It will be there with you all throughout life, so keep it the healthiest you can".

In her interview of FuelFlexed.com, the poker hottie Zarah Pacheco talks about her fitness style and her next career – to be the next poker model in the making:

FF: Tell me about your life before “fitness”, and the wake up call that turned your life around…

Zarah Pacheco: Well i was always active in sports and never stopped training, just my eating habits had to be changed. I was in college downing beers, eating pizza, training hard, working hard, I always had energy… just the reflection in the mirror didn't match up! I was trying to lose weight like most girls and was so frustrated and realized after reading a lot of fitness models diets that I was dieting completely wrong and needed a change, so I entered a bodybuilding competition to get myself in shape with a deadline.

FF: When most people start training, they have very little focus and tend to only do the “things they know.” When you first started training, did you focus more on weight training, cardio, or both?

Zarah Pacheco: When I started training, I started getting my hands on as much info as possible reading in my spare time. I learned there are formulas to follow and if you stick with it the results are life-changing… a morph into what you want.

FF: Any accomplishments you’d like to share with us?

Zarah Pacheco: I got my pro card in the WNSO Fame and Im Bodyproud and competing in my first pro-show this year.

FF: What advice can you provide to younger lifters, female or male, so that they don’t waste precious time and wear out their bodies?

Zarah Pacheco: Take your time and remember, you build more muscle at home than at the gym! recover and eating right will get you the best results!

FF: What are your goals for 2010?

Zarah Pacheco: To become a WWE Diva and of course being part in the poker industry as a poker model..

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Celebrity Poker Player: Paul Wesley

For the past few years, the world has seen a diverse selection of celebrities who have graced the different poker tables all over the globe. We've already seen singers, comedians, character actors as well as the other types of people who have reached the celebrity status play poker at an elevated level of competition. 

The events such as Bravo's television show "Celebrity Poker Showdown" allows the television audience to see the extra talent these celebrity poker players have in playing poker.

One of the most popular Hollywood celebrity star that come to the minds of the television audience when it comes to television action is Paul Wesley. He has already appeared in numerous action roles as well as some other roles that perfectly fit his personality as a tough individual.

Paul Thomas Wasilewski or simply Paul Wesley grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey. His parents, Agnieszka and Thomas Wasilewski, moved to the U.S. from Poland just before his birth. Paul has one older sister named Monika and two younger sisters, Julia and Leah. 

 

Paul Wesley attended Christian Brothers Academy and Marlboro High School for a short time before being cast in Guiding Light in his junior year. His role on the show forced him to transfer to Lakewood Prep School, which accommodated his busy acting schedule. 

After graduating in 2000, Paul Wesley attended Rutgers University for one semester. With his parents support, he left after he realized he could make a career of acting. 

 

In 2005 Paul Wesley changed his last name to “Wesley” due to the fact that “Wasilewski” was too hard to pronounce. Paul Wesley enjoys playing poker, ice hockey and snowboarding as well as having an interest in writing and directing.

Paul Wesley first landed a role in the soap Guiding Light as Max Nickerson. He has also made appearances on the television shows Army Wives, 24, Smallville, The O.C., 8 Simple Rules, Wolf Lake, Cane, American Dreams, Everwood, and Law &; Order: Special Victims Unit. 

As far as movies go, he has had roles in Peaceful Warrior, Roll Bounce, and Cloud 9, Fallen, and Killer Movie. Paul Wesley is probably best known for his role as Stefan Salvatore on the hit CW show The Vampire Diaries.

Paul Wesley's TV series Fallen is a 2006 ABC Family miniseries based on the novel series The Fallen, broken into three parts. The first part was originally advertised as an “ABC Family Original Movie”, but nearly a year later, it was followed up with two other parts of equal length over the course of a weekend.

Fallen stars Paul Wesley as Aaron Corbett, a good-natured high school student who discovers he is a Nephilim, human-angel hybrid. An alternate reality game advertising the series has won an interactive Emmy.

He is engaged to his Killer Movie co-star Torrey DeVitto. Paul Wesley is currently starring in Lifetime’s Army Wives as the soldier boyfriend of Emmalin Holden.

Here's a little treat for those fans who are feeling lost on this Thursday night since their favorite vampire show is officially on summer break. Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder of 'The Vampire Diaries' were in New York City today to attend the CW "Upfront" at Madison Square Garden.

The only show reportedly cancelled by the network was 'Melrose Place'. The network added 2 new shows ('Hellcats' & 'Nikita') and moved a few of the others (like 'Supernatural') around to new nights.

MONDAY

8 p.m. "90210" (New Night)

9 p.m. "Gossip Girl"

TUESDAY

8 p.m. "One Tree Hill" (New Night)

9 p.m. "Life Unexpected" (New Night)

WEDNESDAY

8 p.m. "America's Next Top Model"

9 p.m. "HELLCATS"

THURSDAY

8 p.m. "The Vampire Diaries"

9 p.m. "NIKITA"

FRIDAY

8 p.m. "Smallville"

9 p.m. "Supernatural" (New Night)

Are you surprised that Melrose Place was cut? Are you okay with them switching around days and times of the other shows?