Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson has augmented her talents further with the launch of a new poker site.

Anderson has joined forces with poker legend Doyle Brunson to bring the internet gaming world PamelaPoker.com.

The site will operate under the Doyle Brunson Poker Network and offer all the exciting games fans have come to expect from Brunson, specifically hold’em, Omaha, stud, and badugi, CardPlayer.com reports.

Anderson and Brunson announced their new partnership at the WSOP in Rio, hosting a mock wedding press conference in reference to Pammy’s upcoming nuptials with the singer Kid Rock.

The actress and model likened the partnership with the former World Poker Series champion to her work with Hugh Hefner, who first catapulted the blonde to fame through his Playboy magazine.

Anderson explained that both men were at the top of their game and she only works with the best.

“If you’re going to do it, do it right and go straight to the top,” she said.

“It was very exciting when we got the word that we could do business with Pamela,” added Brunson. “Obviously, everyone is impressed with Pam that meets Pam. We’re really thrilled about it.”

Two of the top names in the poker industry have joined the board of directors for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA).

Both Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer and Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson will join the not-for-profit organization, according to reports.

The PPA aims to promote the game of poker both domestically and internationally as well as maintaining its integrity and protecting it from too much government intervention.

Chris Feguson said: “The Poker Players Alliance’s mission to defend the integrity of poker makes the organization so critical in defeating attacks by congress and others.

“I look forward to becoming more involved in educating the public and lawmakers about our great game of poker and working to ensure that this American tradition is protected.”

Another poker pro who turned his hand to PPA management is Howard ‘The Professor’ Lederer who joined the board of directors just last month.

Michael Bolcerek, the president of the PPA, was upbeat about the appointments and the impact they would have on the 29,000 strong organization.

He said: “They are great ambassadors of the game and their reputations as poker professionals will provide the PPA with a wealth of knowledge and commitment as we continue to promote and protect poker.”

Poker pro David Reese has won this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Horse event, netting himself $1.8 million in the process.

The event, which was held at the Rio All Suite Casino & Hotel, had a $50,000 buy-in and attracted 143 players in total.

Reese was pleased with his win saying: “It was anybody’s ballgame, but I won the match. It was special to win because all my friends wanted to win it too.”

The final table of the event lasted for 12 hours and included nine pros battling it out for the spoils.

Interestingly the final two competitors, David Reese and Andy Bloch, played for a record breaking seven hours and ten minutes of heads-up play to decide the ultimate winner – the previous heads-up time record was established in the 1983 WSOP.

Other notable pros who took part in the final table included two-time world champion Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Jim Bechtel.

The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is notable for the astounding consistency of one of its players, according to reports.

Juan Carlos Mortensen, or “The Matador”, has had three consecutive top ten finishes in the WSOP, reports onlinegamblinginsider.com.

Despite not yet winning a WSOP bracelet, Mortensen has finished ninth twice and tenth once in three consecutive No-Limit Hold’em events – an impressive level of consistency given that over 1,000 players regularly take part in these tournaments.

Some of the players to break through and win their first ever bracelets in this year’s WSOP are Rafe Furst, Lee Watkinson, Max Pescatori, Mark Vos and David Williams.

InterPoker is offering its customers a chance to win seats at a number of the WSOP events being held all month at the Rio in Las Vegas.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) season is really picking up the pace with the news that Alan Cunningham has won one of the tournament’s prized bracelets.

Cunningham whittled down from 752 other competitors made only one rebuy in the whole tournament, pokernews.com reports.

Howard Lederer, a fellow poker pro, said: “By winning his second, large-field No-Limit Hold ‘em event at the WSOP in as many years, Alan has proven that his name should be mentioned any time there is a discussion about who are the best players in the world.”

Cunningham beat Chino Rheem at the final table to win $625,830 with an ace-queen combo.

Other players who contested the $2.3 million prize pool included Andy Bloch, Steve Wong, Tom Franklin, Tim Phan and Alex Jacob.

InterPoker has a number of high-class players competing in this year’s WSOP, including recent recruit Scott Fischman.

Scientists have created a poker-playing robot which is a dab hand at Texas Hold’em, new reports suggest.

The robot, called GS1, was built by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and has already beaten two of the other strongest ‘pokerbots’ in heads-up Texas Hold’em.

However, according to technology website vnunet.com, the pokerbot is not quite good enough to go up against the best human poker players.

The project is the brainchild of Professor Tuomas Sandholm and Andrew Gilpin, a granduate student. The pair took part in the Computer Poker Competition in Boston, Massachusetts earlier this month.

A new model, the GS2, is now in the pipeline for development.

Poker brat Phil Hellmuth has set yet-another record by recording his 52nd money finish in the first week of the 2006 WSOP tournament.

Hellmuth already held the record for the most in-the-money finishes and by taking his total to 52, he is now three wins ahead of Men ‘the Master’ Nguyen and Berry Johnston.

He is looking to expand on his current winning run by taking his total number of WSOP bracelets to ten – the current world record held by Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson.

The poker pro told Casino City Times: “I have a good chance to take it all. My game is in tip top shape.”

Hellmuth, whose career winnings are in the region of $7 million, beat Johnny Chan in 1989 to become the youngest world champion at the age of 24.

Louisiana will host the first round of the Small Town Poker Tour (STPT) at the end of July.

Players will amass in Monroe for the first tournament and with the prize money at the $10,000 mark, competition is set to be fierce.

First prize will be a $3,000 visa gift card as well as a seat at the SPT World Amateur championships in Las Vegas.

Mark Fracalossi, STPT executive producer, said: “Poker is a great sport and I can’t wait to see the talented players we find in the south.

“We want our events to be affordable, so the average player can get the big time event experience without the cost, plus raise as much as possible for the local charities.”

Russ ‘Dutch’ Boyd, the Californian poker ace, has won his first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

Boyd enjoyed a strong finish in the WSOP $2,500 short-handed No-Limit Hold’Em event to beat Australian card shark Joe Hachem and win the bracelet.

Hachem, who won last year’s WSOP main event and $7.5 million in the process was disappointed at the result

He told the Courier Mail: “I had him right where I wanted him. I was going to bust his ass but that’s poker.”

Boys took home $475,712 for his troubles.

Clonie Gowen, a female poker pro, will turn her hand to modelling when she features as the centrefold in an upcoming issue of Maxim Magazine.

Ms Gowen, who is a Full Tilt Poker Pro along with the likes of Phil Gordon, Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson, will star in the magazine as part of a special World Series of Poker (WSOP) insert.

The female poker pro is pleasing her legion of male poker fans in the name of charity as she looks to boost the fundraising efforts of a number of organisations.

Ms Gowen is widely regarded as the sexiest woman in poker at the moment and fans will be able to see her two-page spread in Maxim’s July issue.