It’s that time of year again–we’re rolling out our annual Wicked Chops Awards.

We can’t believe we’ve never given this award before–so to kick off this year–we’re starting with Best Poker Rapper.

And we’re going to let you vote on it.

We’re going with prolificness of nominees. One-time wonders won’t be included. Vote for your choices in the embedded poll below, and we’ll announce the winner at the end of the week.

Your nominees: Prahlad Friedman (samples), Brett Ritchie (samples), Jeff Madsen (samples), and SrslySirius (samples).

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Wicked Chops Insider has already been more prolific in 2011 than Danica Thrall, who surprisingly gave us very few new pics to post.

We’re now a full month into the launch of Wicked Chops Insider. The following links are some highlights from last month. We’ve also posted a new Anonymous Poker Player X column today (Insiders read here).

:: The Rise and Fall of Ray Bitar – An oral history examining the rise of Full Tilt Poker and Ray Bitar–and how his personality traits may have impacted the fall of the company.

:: Poker Industry Acquisition and Alliance Scorecard – Grading the recent M&A activity in the industry.

:: Legislative Barometer – We speak with industry insiders to get their take on the chances of online poker legalization in the U.S. by the end of 2012.

:: Deal of the Century? – Examines how Groupe Bernard Tapie may have gotten an amazing deal in their potential acquisition of Full Tilt.

:: Revisiting the BLUFF Power 20 – We poll industry insiders and media on who they think would top the magazine’s annual rankings seven months after Black Friday.

:: The WSOP Ratings Conundrum - WSOP packaged shows were down. Live shows did well. Where will the future of televised poker go?

:: Dominik Kofert PokerStratey.com Profile – He ranked in the top 5 of our revised Power 20 poll, but very few people know about the success of PokerStrategy.com and Dominik Kofert…until now.

:: Old School vs New School Poker Media – We’re at a tipping point in poker media. Here’s a look at the old school sites battling it out with the new school.

:: Pauly’s NFL Picks – Each week, Dr. Pauly gives his sage NFL betting advice.

:: AnonX Circuit Secrets – A well-known pro provides monthly insights into what players are talking about on the circuit.

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A few things every guy should be into: poker, gambling, fantasy sports, and pics of Jessica-Jane Clement.

New benefit for all Wicked Chops Insiders: each week, we are randomly drawing 5 subscribers for entry into DraftDay.com‘s $5 Frenzy. The $5 Frenzy is a fantasy football tournament with a weekly $4,250 guarantee–with first place banking a minimum of $700.

For those unfamiliar, here’s some info on DraftDay:

DraftDay is an exciting new way to play real-money fantasy sports. DraftDay offers real-money, one day fantasy sports games in SNG and MTT formats. Games range from free buy-ins to $500 and payouts happen nightly. Fantasy sports contests are exempted from the UIGEA and DraftDay’s games are 100% legal for US and Canadian players. Players can use Paypal and Credit Cards to deposit funds and cashouts are available via Paypal or Check.

We’ve been playing DraftDay games for a couple of weeks, and if you like fantasy sports and have a little bit of gamble in you, you’ll like this a lot. It’s fantasy football (and hockey and NBA) SNG and MTT style daily games. If you finish in the top three in a 1o-team field, you get paid. Simple.

Learn more about DraftDay here. We’ve also embedded a graphic of the tournament room for you to get a feel for it after the jump.

Register for Wicked Chops Insider here.

And more pics of Jessica-Jane Clement here.

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Insider was as prolific in content this week as Candice Swanepoel is in modeling lingerie.

We rolled out Wicked Chops Insider a week ago Friday. If you haven’t registered yet, here is the Week 1 content you missed:

• Why the Tapie-Tilt Deal Actually Makes Economic Sense
• Profile of PokerStrategy.com Founder Dominik Kofert
• The WSOP Ratings Conundrum and Future of Television Poker
• Did the WSOP HOF Voters Get It Right?
• Poker Media Tipping Point: New School vs Old School
• Circuit Secrets by AnonymousX Pro

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Being Miss Kandy is hard, hard work.

Here’s one for our hot women readers…or the hot wives, girlfriends, sisters, etc. of the rest of you.

Wicked Chops Poker is launching a Miss Kandy online contest with the winner receiving a spot in the Miss Kandy Tropic Beauty Model Search aboard the 2011 Kandy Kruise this September 16-19. The Grand Prize includes a complimentary Kandy Kruise package for two (Ocean View Double Stateroom – approximate value $2,500)*.

The Miss Kandy Tropic Beauty Model Search on the Kandy Kruise will feature 50 top models, including the winner of our online search, competing all weekend in a series of events to become Miss Kandy. $10,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs in the model search and girls will have to show their modeling skills in a variety of areas including evening wear, swim wear, costumes, on-camera hosting and photo shoots. The Miss Kandy winner will qualify to be in the TropicBeauty World Finals, held in Las Vegas, NV, January, 2012. $80,000 in Cash, Prizes, Modeling Contracts & Opportunities will be awarded at the World Finals.

DETAILS FOR OUR ONLINE CONTEST:

We will select 3 finalists, and from there, voting will be held on our Facebook Page. Final selection will be made by us, but will be heavily influenced by your votes.

Here’s how to enter:

• Submit 3 recent photos of yourself to wickedchopspoker[at]gmail.com between now and the end of Sunday, August 28, 2011. Please submit quality photos in jpeg format, preferably at least 500k in size. If you’d like to include a video as well, please upload to YouTube and share the link to it.
• In your email, tell us why you think you will best represent Wicked Chops Poker in the Miss Kandy Tropic Beauty Model Search.
• Include your age and hometown (must be a US citizen and at least 21 years old).

Submission of photographs and entry in the our contest constitutes consent to use the photographs on Wicked Chops Poker and our Facebook page. Winner will be selected on September 1, 2011.

The 2011 Kandy Kruise is a 3-day, full-ship charter of a luxury cruise liner featuring massive parties and open-air performances by Avicii, Paul Oakenfeld, EC Twins and others, along with fashion competitions, variety shows and poker tournaments throughout the entire cruise ship. Learn more here.

* Travel to and from LA, where the cruise sets sail, is not included.

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