Beth Shak Blog

I was so excited to play the WPT Championship. I left for Vegas with such a positive feeling.

I had RTL following me for a few days prior. I really felt like everything in my life is amazing. Life is settled, finally.

Tuesday RTL saw a fairly normal day with my kids. Wednesday we went to New York. I was on the B team on Sirius radio and had an interview on the NYSE. It was a great day. Jasen and I drove back to PA and flew to vegas early in the A.M.

I had a great few days before I started playing. I met Dabney ( on High Society) her boyfriend Mark and Travis ( so you think you can dance) we had a blast.

Day one went well. I made a great call. A very hard call with a straight on board I call with AA he had AK and I doubled.

I then got through day 2. It was much tougher. I had a hard table with Mike Mizaraki to my left. I couldn’t bluff without being called. I made it. I didn’t see anything other than 2 10 2 9 or junk for 3 levels.

Day 3 4th hand I had QQ. I raised. I was reraided I flat called. With king on board I led out. He raised me and I went all in. I had a bad feeling and it was a bad move, He had a set. It was VERY over.

Everything happens for a reason. I changed my first class ticket and sat in coach next to a girl named Megan. She is 17 and had stage 4 Melanoma. I was in tears by the end of the flight. Her mom was flying so it happens Philadelphia to some cancer center to try anything. She had lost her car. It made me again put my priorities in check. I told her I would do whatever I could to help her. It had chills as my charity of choice is the Palliative Care Center @ CHOP for terminally ill children. I came home and kissed my sleeping kids.
I have already put her in contact with my contacts @ CHOP.

I have also set up an account @ Wachovia in her mom’s name for the medical needs of megan.

WOW I’m so lucky, If you care to donate anything please send a check to:
Christine Aikens for the medical needs of Megan Aikens
Wachovia bank
52-54 North Bryn Mawr Ave
Bryn Mawr PA 19010
Attn Cassandra Branch manager

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I can finally say I tried riding a mechanical bull thanks to Danny
Bonaduce. I attended a party hosted by WYSP 94.1 @ Game On in AC @
Caesars. Let’s just say I was not exactly wearing the appropriate
clothing for a bull ride.

Being on the Danny Bonaduce show was great. Danny , metro and Sarah
are a blast. I enjoy listening to them in the morning. I was a great
experience to be on the show.

I’m excited to pay the WSOP circuit event @ Caesars. The chips in my
life are starting to fall back in place.

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Well my bad streak is still 100% intact. I was fun playing @ one of the ESPN featured tables. I love Mike M , Andy B and Peter. Of course I was crippled with a set of 99′s vs a set of AA’s. d I left London without a cash. I was very disappointed.

I did have the best time I’ve ever had in London EVER. My BFF Jasen came with me. I experienced London through the eyes of a gay man. It was insane. I was on Compton street in every gay bar imaginable. I think it is insanely unfair how hot so many of these gay men are.

So, I should be upset. Still no cash. What a year personally. Then, I had a guy fly to London to take me out to dinner. Wow what a compliment. I’m back to the adage, no one has everything in life. I have a big smile.

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Fashion week is insane. I’m having such a good time I don’t know where to start.

September 9th I attended the Anna Sui event. There were live model’s posing. My highlight of the evening was MTV interviewing me about the song Poker Face.

Did I know it was about Lesbian’s?

September 10th was Fashion Night Out.
My first stop was @ the Kiehls Boutique. It was hosted by Emmanuelle Chriqui. She was nice , beautiful and loves poker!!!!

My next stop was the Purple Lab @ Scoop Party hosted by Veronica Varlow. There was an awesome D.J. It was a great event.

I crossed the street and headed into Alexander McQueen. I love Alexander McQueen. Their shoes, clothes! WOW!

My last stop for the evening was the @ Barney’s. The party was hosted by the Olsen twin’s.

September 11th I attended a cool event from the Byron and Tracey salon in LA. They did my hair and makeup. It was so much fun!

My evening started out with the Alejandro Ingelmo 2010 collection shoe event. The event was in the Showtime decorator show house. The loft was decorated form numerous different Showtime show’s.

September 13th I attended the Stepping Out In Italian Shoes Event hosted by Jamie Lynn Sigler. The VMA’s were amazing. How about what Kanye said!
I attended the Calvin Klein/Crush Management Angeles N King’s Party Hosted by Pete Wentz. It was @ his bar!! Great evening all around. Beyonce even had my shoe’s on.

September 15th I attended the Coco Perez event. This was the winner so far. It was @ a great venue. The music was insane!!! There was the most talented violinist I have ever seen. I wish I had Perez’s entire speech filmed. I only caught part of it. He was sooo funny.

My last event is the Hermes/Vanity Fair. I’m really looking forward to it. I must say I’m exhausted.

I’m going to regroup after this. I’m excited for the WSOP Europe. POKER TIME!!!!!!

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Life has been great. I’ve been so busy where do I start?

I have been working on a few different projects. The problem is all the meetings are so time consuming. Then ultimately deciding what I really want to go forward with. There are day’s that my manager had me scheduled form early A.M. until evening. How can I possibly have a social life?

I just played a few FTOPS events. One there was over 5k in peeps. I went put around 720. I lost half my chips AQ to 2 9 off suit. The typical poker story. From there it was down hill. In the main event I played 4-5 hours. I was doing well then got short. I slow rolled my KK into a A. So life goes.

I had an awesome photo shoot in NYC. I’ve only seen 3 pics. I’m excited to see the rest.

When I get back from L.A. I’m all ramped up for fashion week @ Bryant Park. I love seeing all the new collections! What a scene. I’ll keep you posted.

I’m now getting my act together to head to L.A. I’m excited to play the Bike…I still love poker…It just doesn’t love me right now.

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The one exciting thing about losing was leaving Las Vegas and heading to LA. I love it here. The weather is just perfection to me. My manger has kept me fairly busy with multiple meetings. Then I had the event @ the Playboy Mansion.

What a great evening. Beautiful women, hot men and poker. The painted naked women were awesome. The poker ones were my favorite.. Matt Savage did a great job as usual. I went about somewhere around 40th 55 me JJ him we were 4 handed. I’m not sure how much was raised but I was sitting next to a firefighter @ my table.The money was for LA firefighters and their families. One thing I love about charity events is it just doesn’t”t matter.

I have a GREAT event I’m co-hosting next weekend. Stay tuned. <3

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I had ALOT to handle @ home on the personal side anyway. Hopefully. I will have a clearer head. That always helps in poker.

New York was great yesterday. The Rolling Stones Party hosted by Pete Wentz n Ashlee Simpson was the best one yet. Great kewl peeps. I LUV music so it was SO up my alley.

I’m packing two MEGA suitcases and not planning on coming home for a while as my kids are gone : ( .

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The adrenaline of being back @ the WSOP id the best. It’s ALMOST like no other feeling. My first event was #11 the 2K nl. I went deep but didn’t cash.
My second event #13 2500 I bubbled. I mean bubbled. 118 when 117 was the money. I was all in on the turn with a flush and he called me with 2 pair. He rivered a full house. I was playing to win.

The ladies event is always challenging. There are alot of women that don’t have the betting down. They will also call you can’t easily get them off of a hand. I lost half my stack calling the short stack @ my table who kept pushing. I had AQ she had AK. My last hand was A 10 vs her J 6 she rivered a straight.

I have also already lost a 5k bet to Joe Sebok. His girlfriend knew Dan and I were no longer together. What guy doesn’t talk to his girl? He took a lie detector test and PASSED

I must say he was very nervous and it was hysterical! I guess I’m dressing up at the Main Event ( if he makes me)

The 2500 6 handed went very quickly. I actually have business meetings in NYC and will be back in a few weeks after my kids leave for overnight camp.

Wait until you see these pics of Joe!

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I was asked to attend the YRB photo shot in New York. They were photographing a wide variety of men and women, and it should be fun to see how the final pictures come out. It was a crazy day with mix of “hip hop” and celebs.

There was a array of clothes to pick from, but I chose to wear my own clothes, and it seemed that the other women that were there did as well. The men were digging in the rack!

The evening followed up with a red carpet event for Busta Rhymes new album release, and it was a very interesting party. The venue was located right next door to Scores. I’m sure half the party left and headed there!

I’m back home and finishing up some important things before heading for the WSOP,YES!

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What can I say? I really went into last evening assuming Annie was going to win. I knew that she had raised substantially more money than Joan, and in my opinion played the ” game” to a far superior level. As I said to Hollywood Dave and Andy, just like poker it’s not always fair. Rafe First (another Full Tilt Pro) was 100% sure she was going to win. We should have known something wasn’t right when most of the audience was rooting for Joan. I later found out that Annie was given significantly less tickets. Not really fair.
The after party was a ball even though everyone on “Annie’s team” was still in shock. It was so cool meeting “Detail” he wrote the song Poker Face.
Tom Green was also insanely funny. I’m sorry she didn’t win but I felt she handled herself well. Good Job Annie!

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