IT TOOK TRISHELLE CANNATELLA three years to figure out how best to approach the World Poker Tour’s Celebrity Invitational, but in 2010 she finally got it right. As documented during her time on The Real World: Las Vegas in 2002, Cannatella is a very social creature who doesn’t like missing out on any fun. At the WPT Celebrity Invitational, this can be a real problem. >> More

 

JOSEPH HACHEM’S VICTORY IN THE MAIN EVENT of the 2005 WSOP launched a Moneymaker-like poker boom in Australia. Droves of aspiring poker stars started showing up at the Crown Casino in Melbourne to play in the Aussie Millions every January, and previously unknown Aussie players started taking home six- and seven-figure paydays in major tournaments overseas. In a word, poker was hot.>> More

WHEN A GORGEOUS BLONDE MODEL/ACTRESS suddenly arrives on the poker scene, she is traditionally met with unanimous skepticism by the hardcore players. Think Pam Anderson partnering up with Doyle Brunson to launch a site back in 2006. So when Christina Lindley got involved in poker in the summer of 2008, yes, she turned heads, but nobody took her all that seriously.>> More

WE SEXY, BUBBLY, AND TALENTED, Gina La Piana is every man’s dream. But what about her dreams? They began forming many years ago, and they began with a very specific man in mind: her father.

After they moved from New York to California when she was a little girl, her father essentially gave up his career as a professional musician to raise her on his own. His influence on her remains strong to this very day.>> More
 

WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING: What kind of a name is Jon for a smoking- hot woman? Actually, what kind of a name is it for any woman, regardless of attractiveness? In the case of Jon Mack, it’s a nickname that developed from Jeanne-Marie, the French name she was given at birth.>> More

WHEN IT COMES TO LATE-NIGHT TV viewing, you can pick your vice. On NBC, there’s Poker After Dark. On Cinemax, there’s Lingerie. Tying them together is Jennifer Korbin, the star of Lingerie, who got her poker education at an early age.>> More

One look at Jayde Nicole - Perhaps in a tight dress at a nightclub, perhaps in a bikini on the beach, perhaps in far less than that on the pages of Playboy - serves as a strong reminder that not all women are created equal.>> More

THE ONGOING POSITIVE IMPACT OF CHRIS Moneymaker winning the World Series of Poker in 2003–the “Moneymaker Effect,” as it’s known–is still being felt intensely six years later with Simona Fusco.>> More
 

A product of Panama, Patricia's career was kick-started when she was crowned Miss Panama. She then established herself as a familiar face on television across Latin America as a news anchor and reporter for Univision. She moved to Los Angeles and quickly landed roles in movies and television.  Patricia recently filmed guest star roles on NBC's Crossing Jordan and CBS's Cold Case. She is also the host of Billboard Latino, for The Billboard Music Charts. >> More