Not long after we broke the news that Layla Kayleigh (with Kimberly Lansing in photo above) wasn’t coming back for Season VII of the World Poker Tour, the Brit hottie hostess posted a blog on her popular MySpace page explaining that it was her who gave the WPT the proverbial shaft, saying she was asked back for a second season but decided against it for personal reasons.
Says Layla:
“Also you should know that as much fun as I had on season 6 of the World Poker Tour,
I will not be returning for a 2nd season.
WPT were kind enough to ask me back for a 2nd season, however after much thought and deliberation I decided that I really want to minimize traveling in my schedule this year, focus more on my health and personal relationships, and they were very understanding to where I was coming from.
Might I add, that I had the most adventurous time on the road, learned so much about life and poker! and most importantly gained the most amazing friendship with my dear friend Kim Lansing (who I really hope lands the hosting position for Season 7)”
As we mentioned yesterday, we’re also pulling for Kimberly Lansing. Don’t f-it up Steve.
On the good news front for Layla and everyone still wanting to see her looking hot in front of the camera, she is back in Los Angeles doing The Feed for G4 and she’ll be returning for a second season of America’s Best Dance Crew on MTV.
Layla’s also in the current issue of Playboy as Babe of the Month, although like she told us back in December she isn’t nude and won’t ever pose nude (closest you’re gonna get here, here and here).
Click on more photos of Layla and Kimberly looking perfectly hot together below and see the Layla Kayleigh Playboy photo after the jump . . .
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Tagged as: America's Best Dance Crew, Kimberly Lansing, Layla Kayleigh, poker, World Poker Tour
The WPT has released their official statement on Layla Kayleigh’s departure:
“Layla Kayleigh brought great edge, whit, and personality to the World Poker Tour as hostess in Season VI, and we sincerely wish her well as she continues to explore her TV career. We are currently casting for the Season VII TV hostess role, and look forward to introducing her to everyone soon.”
We can confirm that the hosting role is now in its final call back stage. No word if Kimberly Lansing (at right) is part of that final call back or if the WPT is looking to go in an entirely different direction. If we had some sort of WPT super-delegate vote though, we’d cast it for Kimberly Lansing.
Rumors are also swirling that Layla Kayleigh might not be the only WPT’er not coming back. We’ve heard rumblings in poker circles that Mike Sexton may also be on the outs. As commenter The Truth on our site succinctly noted:
Mike Sexton’s contract is up, he is not expected to return (his wife is pregnant with his first child). Linda Johnson’s last episode will be the WPT Ladies Night at Bellagio. I don’t know what will happen to Van Patton. It is unknown if GSN will renew the WPT contract, the new CEO is alleged to be anti-poker. I think we are looking at the end of the WPT.
Remember the last time an anonymous commenter broke news on WCP?
While we don’t think this is the end of the WPT, it will be interesting to see what direction the company will take in the near future.
Tagged as: Kimberly Lansing, Layla Kayleigh, Mike Sexton, wpt
The World Poker Tour Starring Kimberly Lansing is in the middle of nowhere Connecticut this week for the Main Event of the Foxwoods Poker Classic. Action amidst the blue-haired old ladies slotting their days away got underway today at noon, which you may have heard is 9 AM West Coast time, and only a piddly 344 players have entered the $10,000 buy-in tournament, down significantly from last year’s 415 and 431 the year before.
While we could postulate and hypothesize and do other things like that which require us to think a lot and put our thoughts into words about why the continued decline in entrants, let’s just say it’s more fun to watch videos of Kimberly Lansing. Check out one of her first videos of the day Wicked Chops Poker Awards Winner Sully Erna, who notes that his favorite poker player is fellow WCPA winner JC Tran (in photo at right).
Leave it to a rocker to know spectacular breasts when he sees them.
Get live reports here or from Wicked Chops Poker Awards Winner Owen Laukkanen here.
Remind yourself how darn pretty Kimberly Lansing is here.
| We’re not sure if we’ve mentioned this before but we think the World Poker Tour’s Kimberly Lansing is really pretty. It’s the kind of thing we also tell our current/first wives all the time, because it’s good to remind them that we think so, to which they always respond, “Who is Kimberly Lansing?” If you missed it, Kimberly–who will be dressing as wonder woman, Betty Boop, Princess Leia or Lara Croft at an upcoming WPT event, you pick–kicked ass at the WPT Invitational a few weeks ago, finishing 8th in a field of 445 that included a number of celebrity card tossers and many of the world’s best poker players (drunk off their asses). The winner of the event, because you don’t care, was Van Nguyen, who we’ve yet to see a photo of anywhere. All the ones we’ve seen just show some Asian lady (the dealer?) holding up the cash. Below and after the jump photos of Kimberly Lansing. She’s really pretty. |
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Tagged as: Kimberly Lansing, poker, World Poker Tour, wpt, WPT Invitational
Lost in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship shuffle is the WPT Invitational at Commerce Casino.
And it would’ve continued to have been lost in the shuffle had WPT online video reporter and WCP fave Kimberly Lansing not finished in eighth place.
Out of 445 entrants.
For the eighth place finish, Kimberly banks $0. Only the top six get paid. Winner hauls $125,000. Leading the way at "press time" is Billy Baxter. Chance are we won’t report on it again so get final results here.
Kimberly Lansing RawVegas.tv video interview
* Image from wpt.com
Tagged as: Kimberly Lansing, wpt, WPT Invitational
In a follow-up to an earlier post and an early front-runner for greatest poker news of 2008 so far, WCP fave Kimberly Lansing has lost a heads-up match against Survivor China’s Jean-Robert Bellande (not to be confused with Dancing with the Stars’ Shannon Elizabeth). For the loss, Lansing may have to dress up like Wonder Woman (said Lansing: "I’m down with Wonder Woman") at an upcoming tournament…or Snow White…or something equally as awesome.
According to the Bodog Beat:
"The match was the result of some tough talk between the two about who was the better heads-up poker player. The bet was that the winner got to select an outfit for the other to wear. Bellande was apparently looking down the barrel of a Tinkerbell ensemble."
[shiver]
Nice work JRB on pulling this one out.
While the Wonder Woman outfit has not officially been decided as *the* outfit, it is up for consideration. You can vote for Kimberly’s outfit via YouTube comments here, and we’ll take suggestions in our comments section below too. Keep it clean. Keep it clean.
Kimberly Lansing vs. Jean-Robert Bellande video
Tagged as: Dancing with the Stars, Jean-Robert Bellande, Kimberly Lansing, shannon elizabeth, survivor china, wpt
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