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Well, not exactly, but President Barack Obama currently holds a 2009 WSOP Main Event buy-in in his hand.  According to poker player (and relatively unknown) Richard Sklar on PokerNews TV, he handed the president a WSOP buy-in at Ceasars Palace inviting him to play the event for free.

Nobody believed Sklar would be able to get Obama to play, and several poker players offered him ridiculous odds on prop bets.  Phil Gordon gave him 100,000 to 1 on a $1 bet for Sklar and Greg Mueller, and Chris Ferguson gave the 2 25,000 to 1 odds on a $20 bet.  So, if Obama ends up playing Sklar will receive $1,200,000 in prop bets.  He has even gone as far to email Obama and has promised to donate $1 Million to the charity of Obama’s choice.

I highly doubt the president will show as that would probably be a secret service nightmare, but regardless, it would be awsome for poker if Obama did come.  Here is the video with Sklar talking about Obama:

Rumour has it that Nelly will be singing at the Pokerstars WSOP Party.  According to NYC Rounders, semi-washed up hip hop star Nelly will be siging at the official Pokerstars WSOP Party July 9th at the Palms.

From their site:

Hip-Hop Star,  Pimp Juice & Apple Bottom Jeans entrepreneur Nelly will be headlining the PokerStars Party at the Palms during the 2009 World Series of Poker.

This has been rumored for a while now, but everyone was waiting for an official announcement.  NYC Rounders learned that an announcement isn’t coming, so it’s time to tell the world.  Nelly + Vegas + Free Drinks = Happy Dance. (Yes, Nelly hasn’t been big since 2005, but everyone at the WSOP remembers the glory days)

The party will take place on July 9 at Rain Night Club.  Doors open at 9pm.  You will need a pass to get in, but I don’t know where you get them.  They are not on the PokerStars Web site anymore.  I am sure all qualifiers will get them at the Palms and a few will circulate through the Rio.  If you don’t have a pass, general admission will start at 10 or 11pm.  Not sure when.

Nelly may possibly be playing the WSOP event also.  Apparently he was spotted playing at the WSOP last year.  Now I just need to talk to my Pokerstars rep and see if I can get some tickets.

OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!!

As someone that used to love watching the show, I noticed tonight that PKR Poker.com had Deal or No Deal for REAL MONEY online!  You can wager from $0.50 to $100 and the max you can win is $1000 (so the odds aren’t the greatest) but man is it fun!  As you can see from the image below, I opted for the $10 version of the game.

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