Ya’ll thought I forgot about this one eh?

No siree, not by a longshot. So as basketball fans salivate on this year’s March Madness wars, cool guys like us take a break and masturb… Er… ”Appreciate” (I use the term ever so slightly here..) those drop-dead gorgeous babes circling around the poker table.

These girls are so hot that it’s a shame they spend most of their time handling their cards instead of handling our you-know-what.

Oh yeah, and we’re down to our final four with three of those four you know by know as you read this very story.

So far, our list looks like this.

10. Courtney Friel

9. Evelyn Ng

8. Lily Elviro

7. Shana Hiatt

6. Amy Wynn Pastor

5. Jennifer Tilly

So without further ado, at No.4 in our OddJack hotness meter for poker is the red-hot Shannon Elizabeth.

Yep, I’m drooling while writing this piece.

Shannon Elizabeth is an actress who came to prominence upon her role in American Pie in 1999. She was born in Houston, Texas, there, she discovered that she has a love for tennis. She even considered having a professional career with the sport.

In a low point of her career, Shannon broke up with her ex-husband, Joseph Reitman, after ten years of marriage. Many speculated that the cause for the breakup was her ex-husband’s involvement with ”Punk’d,” a show where they play pranks on Hollywood celebrities.

In the controversial prank, Shannon was fooled into thinking that she was caught on a sex tape. Jeez… Joseph was definitely below the belt on that one. And a moron at that.

Shannon is now one of the premiere promoters of Bodog, a Web site where people can bet on sports as well as play online casino games and, of course, poker.

At No.3 is Andrea Parker.

Andrea Parker is an American actress and a former ballet dancer. Parker got her break after appearing in television as a nurse on Seinfeld. She went on from there, appearing on ER as a nurse (Why would you get rid of something that works eh?) and George Clooney’s love interest.

She also did several pilots before she gained a cult-following for her role as Miss Parker on the NBC television series ”The Pretender.”

Parker says she felt compelled to play the role of the complex, cynical, powerful and intimidating yet somewhat tortured Ice Queen because her name was ”all over the script.” Miss Parker is a character many viewers love and others love to hate. Parker also played the minor role of Catherine Parker, Miss Parker’s mother in The Pretender, a role that is in stark contrast to the character Miss Parker.

She has made several guest appearances on television talk shows and celebrity events such as the various celebrity poker tournaments.

And finally, our runner-up to our eventual champion, (Which you’ll have to wait for to find out who…) at No.2 is the red-hot Kathy Griffin. It doesn’t get any better than that baby.

The funny Hollywood sex goddess was born November 4, 1961 in Oak Park, Illinois. Aside from making men get boners here and there, this femme fatale can make men laugh their lungs out.

Yup, she is beautiful, sexy and talented ALL at the same time.

Griffin is a vocal proponent of plastic surgery including the use of botox. She has discussed her own surgeries on television shows including Oprah. She is an outspoken opponent of LASIK eye surgery, having gone through a traumatic series of operations for her own eyesight.

Griffin has also played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Face to Face – National Domestic Violence Project charity.

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