Who’s up for the GSOP Live? The Ongame Network have taken their super popular GSOP format and applied a live event formula to it. Playing across four European cites, it promises plenty of live poker action and big paydays!

EuroPoker.com are running qualifiers today, so get in early and book your seat to one of the live finals.

With betcrib ready to cater to all your sportsbetting needs (and letting you make bets directly from the poker tables), you could easily double or triple your poker bankroll if you managed to get down some savvy bets on the upcoming World Cup matches.

Punters in the past have relied on all sorts of odd superstitions and methods to pick their teams, but smoking dried vulture brains is a bit out there, even for superstitious sports fans.

I’d normally say something along the lines of “Whatever floats your boat” but in this case, you know, not so much. I’m gonna draw the line at smoking dried vulture brains. There’s pretty much no situation that smoking dried vulture brains is a good good response to.

Player Jeseiar33 has proved he’s a hit in the popularity stakes by referring the most depositing players for the month of May. Jeseiar33 took home a 20+2 plus some rather excellent merchandise, which is winging its way to him now.

Good going Jeseiar33.

If you want to get in on the Refer a Friend action, just start referring your friends to EuroPoker.com. We’ve even got a leaderboard where you can check your progress in real-time. Remember if you refer the most depositing friends in a month and top the leaderboard then you’ll get a 20+2 tournament ticket plus a bunch of cool merchandise.

Check out the RAF leaderboard now!

Phil Hellmuth loves to be the center of attention, but his latest foray into pop culture is a little bit of a head scratcher. Check out the Poker Brat in all his pale glory at the 2:00 mark of the below video.

Yes, indeed, guys and gals, that’s Phil Hellmuth. In Ludacris’ “Sex Room” video.

At least he sticks to poker and doesn’t lip sync, as I’m not sure the world is ready for Phil to sing:

Damn right Imma get that thang
and imma put my name on it.
All night Imma whip dat thang
Allstate betta put a claim on it.

Posted by none other than David Sklansky himself at 2+2, so, you know, one can only conclude that he’s proud of his hygiene, his parrot, and/or his physique. To which the only appropriate responses are:

Most poker players are massively proud to log a 24 hour grinding session at the tables but Phil Laak is taking things to a new extreme with news of his attempt to break the world record for most consecutive hours of poker played:

“Poker professional Phil “The Unabomber” Laak is looking to set a new world record for the most hours of poker played in a single sitting.

Taking place at the luxurious Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas, starting on June 2, Laak will be looking to break the world record of 78 straight hours of playing poker which was set by Paul Zimbler in the fall of 2009.

Phil Laak is an internationally recognized poker pro, known for his iconic look at the poker table where he wears sunglasses and a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head. He is also a regular on televised poker shows like Poker After Dark and High Stakes Poker. His animated personality, banter at the tables and interest in participating in sometimes bizarre propositional bets have also contributed to his renown.

“I have played many enduro sessions of poker, but never anything of this magnitude,” stated Laak. “I know this will test my limits but I love a good challenge and am excited to be trying to beat this record in Vegas’ top poker room.”

Here’s a little more insight into what’s rolling around in Mr. Laak’s head as far as the attempt and motivation behind it.

The important thing to remember here is that win or lose, Jen Tilly and the twins will be there to tuck Phil into bed at night after his “enduro” session.

2+2 poster (and wizard of teh Photoshop) eponoymous is back again, following up his It’s a Wondurrrrful Life masterpiece with brand new work:

The Godfather of Online Poker

Check the thread for the full glory of it, but below are some of our favorite sections:

Odd prayer, we know, but there’s a method to our madness and it has nothing to do with misogyny, and everything to do with not wanting to see Mike Matusow naked.

Mike “the Mouth” Matusow has been making all sorts of prop betting news the last few weeks, most notably for his $2 million weight less prop bet with Ted Forrest. Forrest (who weighed 188 pounds at the time they agreed to the bet) will win $2 million from Matusow if he weighs 139 pounds by July 15th. If he makes the weight by Sept. 15th, Matusow will owe Forrest $1 million. If Forrest doesn’t make the weight by then, he owes Matusow $150,000.

But Matusow also agreed to another wager of sorts last week, agreeing to be filmed running naked down the Las Vegas strip if three women win bracelets at the upcoming 2010 WSOP.

Here’s a sneak peak for what we might be in for:

"Just more of me to love, baby"

Let us pray…

On a recent episode of High Stakes Poker, durrrr, Eli Elezra, and Daniel Negreanu discuss whether or not players should be allowed to wear sunglasses at the poker table, mostly coming to the conclusion that no, it shouldn’t be allowed.

Their main reason is that it could enable cheating, as a player could theoretically mark certain cards with a substance only visible with the right sunglasses. While that sounds decidedly James Bondish it has actually happened at casinos in the past.

We’re not a big fan of sunglasses at the table ourself, but more because we’d rather not have to look at Greg Raymer and his stupid glasses anymore:

OMG so scary! You intimidates me! I folds and cash out immediately!

I mean, come on Mr. Raymer. You’re a smart dude and a good poker player. Get rid of the corny glasses.

This guy, however, you can keep the glasses on, as the look really works for you: