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By LISA SOKOLOWSKI
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I’m a Pete Wentz fan. Everyone knows that. If you know me, you know my affinity for the Fall Out Boy bassist. You know who else is a fan of his: Ashlee Simpson.
It’s funny. A few years ago, Ashlee wasn’t on anyone’s radar. She wasn’t even Jessica Simpson’s little sister. No one even […]

By SOOZ
pokerinac(at)gmail.com
Women are making a bigger mark in the poker world everyday and don’t think Binion’s, home of Poker Hall of Fame, hasn’t noticed the softer side of the game.
Women in Poker Hall of Fame (WiPHOF) will debut Saturday at Binion’s Casino in Las Vegas. The inaugural inductees are Barbara Enright, Susie Isaacs, Linda Johnson […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRAKI
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Your answer is not this guy’s, that’s for sure.

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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Did you ever want to see what it looks like when James is tattooing? Now here’s your chance.

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

By LISA SOKOLOWSKI
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It was the mid-’90s when Billy Ray Cyrus’ mullet and Achy Breaky Heart ruled the airwaves. It was the biggest crossover hit for Cyus — the only one I can remember, if you want to know the truth.
But he stayed in the entertainment business, probably playing fairs and hoe downs. He moved his […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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I bet she had “faith” that the pain would go away later.

By SOOZ
Yanxchick(at)gmail.com
Every New Year’s I make a resolution that has something to do with going to the gym. I belong to one and visit one often, but I am in casino more than a gym. However, it’s time to make a real resolution.
This year’s resolution is to become a better tournament player. I’m strictly a […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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Remember that tattoo on James’ leg from a few weeks ago? Here it is colored in.

By SOOZ
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If playing poker itself wasn’t difficult by itself, there are still other factors to consider. One daunting factor is your partner. Not your poker partner that I told you to get a while back. Your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband. This person can effect your game.
If you have a significant other who doesn’t want […]

By SOOZ
yanxchick(at)gmail.com
Everyone these days wants to be a poker player. Who can blame them? Watching poker players splash around chips like it was nothing has its appeal.
Former tennis champ Boris Becker is throwing himself into the mix. The 40-year-old international star has been training to become a tournament poker player. Either his training is paying […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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All for One said, “I’ll build your dreams with these two hands.” James said, “I’ll build a wood box.”

After two months of marriage, Pamela Anderson is getting divorced… again. The blonde bombshell is on her third husband, Rick Salomon, the man famously known for his sex tape with Paris Hilton.
She was previously married to Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. We thought this marriage would last because both became sex tape stars and at […]

Jessica Alba broke up with her boyfriend of three years Cash Warren not too long ago, then they quickly got back together. Maybe the plus sign on the pregnancy test brought the couple back together.
Yes folks, Jessica Alba’s pregnant. She’s due in late Spring/early Summer, according to her publicist.
We can’t give her her pre-baby figure […]

By SOOZ
yanxchick(at)gmail.com
It’s that time of year where everyone is looking for the perfect gift. So, why should it be any different for the poker player in your life? Maybe you think they are easy to buy for — a nice set of cards, a personalized chip or even a few books. Trust me, don’t do […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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Tattoos done when your wife is away — like when this one was done — might leave you sleeping on the couch.

So Jack Bauer was stuck in China and had to escape — or something. I don’t watch 24, so I couldn’t tell you [[DA Southern, any ideas?]].
Either way, hopefully Keifer Sutherland learned something about survival when his character was kidnapped [[trapped? held hostage? on Survivor?]] because Sutherland is in the news today for entering a minimum […]

So Ellen DeGeneres has a talk show. And maybe people watch it. And maybe she has good guests on it. I don’t know. I stumbled over it the other day, and she was interviewing one of the girls who made it to the final two of The Bachelor and then didn’t get a ring in […]

By SOOZ
yanxchick(at)gmail.com
The poker world was shocked Tuesday when poker legend Chip Reese died at the age of 56. Reese, owner of three World Series of Bracelets, complained of pneumonia symptoms but did not go to the hospital.
Reese died in his sleep and was found by his son early Tuesday morning at his Las Vegas home, […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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What happens when you tattoo your own calf? You hope it doesn’t come out backwards.

Kayne West missed claiming the first “Newsmaker of the Day” cactus by a few minutes, but he earns it today.
His mother died three weeks ago today from complications due to plastic surgery.
Yesterday, Evel Knievel died.
Don’t worry: There’s a connection.
Two days before Knievel’s death at 69, he and Kayne West settled a federal lawsuit because Kayne […]

By SOOZ
yanxchick(at)gmail.com
The debate on online gambling rages in Congress even as I type this. Lawmakers are trying to decide if legalizing Internet gambling is the right thing to do since it was outlawed a year ago.
People are still playing poker online. I still play poker online, but advocates out there are trying to make it […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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The guy asked for a rose — he got a tiger. At least, that’s how tattoos usually go.

By BEN SZMANDA
If you’ve read any of Paul Auster’s books, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect when you pick another one up. This is not necessarily a bad thing: There is a difference between a writer who plays with a set group of themes and one that writes formula books. […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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It reminds me of a grasshopper.

By SUSAN LULGJURAJ
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Poker is a game I love. I love the thought process. I love the camaraderie. I love the whole idea of outsmarting your opponent.
If this is all there was to it, poker would be amazing. However, there are others that determine the outcome and I am not talking about results.
Dealers and other players […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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By TYLER DURDEN’S STALKER
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This is the week for celebrities to announce they’re pregnant — which is basically Hollywood’s way of assuming that fans have no eyes or common sense (which, when you think about the crap that comes out of that state often, the latter might be true).
So Christina Aguilera, who has always been slim, […]

By JAMES “TATTOO” CHAPRACKI
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By TYLER DURDEN’S STALKER
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Do I know who Dog the Bounty Hunter is? No.
Do I know what a racist is? Yes.
Is Dog the Bounty Hunter a racist? Well, that’s the question going around the celebrity gossip world this week.
Dog — known as Duane Chapman — apparently has a son. And his son is old enough to […]

By SUSAN LULGJURAJ
yanxchick(at)gmail.com
While you’re sitting at a poker table all you can do is eye the chip stack across the way. You see him playing with the chips, trying to shuffle them while they fall into a heap instead. You think how much better those chips would look in front of you.
And here is your […]

By LISA SOKOLOWSKI
cactusiv(at)gmail.com
I made this for James for Halloween, so I thought it was fitting to put it up to show the cactus world.