The Rake: WSOP, Vince Van Patten, and Hefner’s Love of Moneymaker

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· Plenty of WSOP swag is available for purchase just outside the poker room at the Rio. We advise, however, the “Doyle Brunson Colostomy Bag” and the “Josh Arieh Faux-Gold Chain” are horribly overpriced. [Casino City Times]
· Handicapping huckster extraordinaire Wayne Allyn Root to host talk show live from the floor of the WSOP. No word whether his toupee and ego are demanding separate trailers. [Arrivenet]
· Man wins entry fee into WSOP from $9 satellite on wife’s birthday. Imagine how pissed she’s going to be to hear his bad beat story in about a week. [Slam! Canada]
· WPT parent company World Poker Enterprises sees doubling in valuation since IPO in August, 2004. Vince Van Patten said to now be a Thousandaire. [Marketwatch]
· Fremont Street casinos lament loss of WSOP at Binion’s Horseshoe. Working on a program to teach transients politeness in panhandling in order to retain market share. [Casino City Times]
· Playboy Magazine partners with Chris Moneymaker for poker products. Apparently, Hefner prefers short tubby guy over statuesque Asian and petite French pro poker beauties. [Yahoo Biz]
· Software maker claims their tool can predict all cards in online poker hand with 80% accuracy. We’re wondering how traditional media missed this press conference. [Free Press Release]