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Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough on Dancing with the Stars: Some Answers


According to Google, people want to know more about Dancing with the Stars' Joanna Krupa. And we've got the answers. Sort of.

According to Google, people want to know more about Dancing with the Stars' Joanna Krupa. And we've got the answers. Sort of.

Judging by the Google search traffic surge we’re seeing, a lot of, um, new readers want to know some things about part-time poker player Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough on Dancing with the Stars.

So here you go:

:: Joanna Krupa isn’t married.
:: As far as we know, Joanna Krupa doesn’t have a boyfriend.
:: Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth are no longer dating.
:: Derek Hough and Joanna Krupa are not dating…yet.
:: Shannon Elizabeth can not be happy about the Hough-Krupa pairing though.
:: You can find Joanna Krupa naked here here here here and here. It’s really not that hard, people. You can see her talking about getting naked here.
:: However, there is no Joanna Krupa sex tape that we are aware of…yet.

And there you have it. Our last Joanna Krupa Dancing with the Stars related post for at least two to three days. Maybe.

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Shannon Elizabeth Can’t Be Happy About This


Above, the image that will haunt Shannon Elizabeth in her dreams every night for the next three months.

Above, the image that will haunt Shannon Elizabeth in her dreams every night for the next three months.

Dancing with the Stars announced its dance partner pairings today.

And somewhere in a shower in LA, Shannon Elizabeth is in a fetal position crying.

Joanna Krupa, who is possibly the most attractive girl we’ve ever seen in person, has been paired with Elizabeth’s boyfriend, Derek Hough. That conversation couldn’t have gone well.

[Shannon Elizabeth by laptop, Derek Hough ending cell phone call]
SE: “Who was that on the phone?”
DH: “That was the DWTS producers.” [Hough turns head to side, smiles widely, giggles]
SE: “Why did you turn your head to the side and smile and giggle after you said that?”
DH: “No reason.” [Hough turns head to side, smiles widely, giggles]
SE: “Why did you just do it again?”
DH: “Oh, uh, Mark Ballas told me this really funny joke the other day. See, a rabbi, a priest, and a gay duck walk into a bar and…”
SE: “Derek.”
DH: “Yes love.”
SE: “What did the producers tell you?”
DH: “Oh yeah. Man, I already totally forgot. Let’s see. Um. Rehearsals start next week.”
SE: “That’s good. What else?”
DH: “Hold on hold on…lemme finish the joke. The rabbi says to the bartender, I’d like a buttery nipple shot, sir…”
SE: “Derek.”
DH: “Yes love.”
SE: “What else did the producer say?”
DH: “Oh yeah that. Nothing really. You know how our producers are…ramble ramble ramble blah blah blah. [awkward pause/stare between the two] But you gotta hear this joke. So the bartender asks the priest, ‘And you, good priest?’ and the priest says, ‘A scotch aged 12 years sounds good…’”
SE: “What else did the producer say, Derek.”
DH: “I don’t know that call was so long ago now. But hold on, then the gay duck says…”
SE: “Derek!”
DH: “Hmmm…he did mention something about Joanna Krupa being my dance partner or something.”
SE: “Are you fucking kidding me.”
DH: “Why what. Who is she? I don’t even know. Is she like a Special Olympian or something? I heard this year they might have a re–”
SE: “So last season they give you Lil’ Kim, who’d fuck a rusty crowbar if given the opportunity. And now they give you Joanna Krupa? Do they hate me?”
DH: “Like I said, honey, I don’t even know who she is. Is she that old Soap Opera star from Days of our Lives whose been on the show since 1960? The one that looks like Mary Worth? Man I hope so. I want off the show as fast as I can this season to spend more time with you–”
SE: “Cut–the-shit, Derek. Cut the shit. You know who she is!!!”
[Shannon gets up, storms off]
DH: “Honey boo bear, where are you going?”
[door slams to bathroom...shower turns on...sobbing heard...Derek walks over to laptop where Shannon was.]
DH: “I didn’t know Shannon’s handle on Tilt was ‘lady marmelade.’ I thought it was ‘noataima.’”

Thank you. Thank you very much. We’ll be here all week.

View the full cast pairings here. Bet on this season here.

UPDATE: Ok apparently Derek and Shannon split up 17 days ago. She announced it via twitter here. So let’s just say that cell phone call happened 18 days ago. And still, Shannon can’t be happy about it. Derrick, on the other hand, is the happiest motherfucker on the planet.

UPDATE II: Ok, UFC legend Chuck Liddell is feeling whatever the opposite that Derek Hough is feeling right now (view here).

UPDATE III: How does this post deserve three updates? Anyway, Shannon Elizabeth really can’t be happy about this and is even less happy about this.

UPDATE IV: Ok, for those of you on the Fan Forum thread linking to us, we actually love Lil’ Kim. Sexy as hell. So that was just a joke too. We wish we were a rusty crowbar, in fact.

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2008 WSOP Day 1B Update: Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?


Dan Druff at 2008 WSOP Main Event

Todd "Dan Druff" Witteles (bottom left) among the many "name pros" eliminated on Day 1B.

All right, seriously y’all, where the fuck are you?

Apparently you’re all waiting to play Day’s 1C and 1D, because you’re not here. Only 1,158 registered today.

And when the fantastic WorldSeriesofPoker.com‘s list of "10 Top Notables" includes Tony Hachem, Neil Channing, and Barney Boatman (as of post time), you know it’s slim pickings for big names.

Unfortunately, as noted earlier many of the top pros playing today have since departed. That list continues to grow as a steamed Greg Raymer busted and bolted, canceling all of his media gigs on his way out. Joining him on the rail include Kenny Tran, 2006 Main Event champ Jamie Gold, Orel Hershiser, Peter "Nordberg" Feldman, and Scott Fischman.

Going into the last break of the night, some guy named Brian Schaedlich is big stacked with 107,000. Other notable big name pros "Keeping the Dream AliveTM" for The Year of the ProTM include Patrik Antonius (82,000), Hoyt Corkins (70,000), Robert Mizrachi (70,000), and a still-at-the-featured-table Erick Lindgren (66,700).

In related news, we’ve learned there are just over 5,400 people confirmed registered runners for the 2008 WSOP Main Event as of post time. With satellites running around the clock and many people still traveling here this weekend, there is still an outside shot of besting last year’s total. Although that’s still fairly unlikely.

However, as we witnessed just an hour or so ago, that didn’t stop Mike "The Mouth" Matusow from making a $10k wager with Phil Gordon on a 7,500 +/- entrant prop bet. Matusow, who is not known for being an astute prop better, is the one taking the over. Good luck with that. Listen for some play-by-play action of this with one of the Entities on ESPN.com’s Poker Edge radio show in a couple of days.

And finally in unrelated news, Dancing with the Stars’ Shannon Elizabeth was seen in the Rio Amazon Room holding hands with Derek Hough, so guess they’re still a couple and out in the open about it, which is great news for the .0001% of our readers who give a shit.

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2008 WSOP Update: Event #2 Finally at Final Table, Shannon Elizabeth Looking Good, and How Many Times Negreanu Rebought


Shannon Elizabet playing poker without Derek Hough at the 2008 WSOP

:: The final table for Event #2 ($1,500 NLH) is finally set. James Akenhead is big stacked with 1,995,000. He’s followed by Aaron Coulthard (1,510,000) and Theo Tran (1,420,000). Chris "Jesus" Ferguson also remains, stacked at 1,235,000. Get full chip counts here.

:: Dancing with the Stars’ Shannon Elizabeth is here playing in Event #6 ($1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo). Wait, what? Shannon Elizabeth plays Omaha Hi/Lo? Really? Seriously? Do have to admit, all of that fucking dancing she’s been doing with Derek Hough is paying off as she’s looking pretty good.

:: Event #5 (one of our faves, the $1,000 NLH +rebuys) is in full swing with lots of stocked tables. Daniel Negreanu and Gavin Smith are next to each other. Daniel only rebought 9 times this year, a far cry from his record 23 (BJ Nemeth, it’s 23 right? Please confirm.). Gavin put the odds at 0% that Chops’ ESPN Fantasy League team would not include Darrell "Deep" Dicken. Good call there. Current chip leaders include Robert Cheung (81,500), we own Blair Hinkle SEO (46,000), Mark Vos, a ginger (40,000), John Juanda (37,500), Phil Ivey (36,000), the aforementioned Gavin Smith (32,000), and Phil Hellmuth (30,000). Get full chip counts here.

:: Vanessa Rousso, who is from Duke, was spotted in the hallway taking to a guy wearing a Duke cap. Not making that up either.

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2008 WSOP Has Begun!


2008 World Series of Poker has begun at the Rio
The above photo is from the 2006 WSOP Main Event and will serve as a good placeholder until we get something else for this year…fyi…btw…

The 2008 WSOP is underway with the $10k PLH. VERY early chip leaders include Edwin James Olmos Eli Elezra, Jennifer Harman, and our favorite scarf-wearing Euro Dario Minieri. Get chip counts here.

Dancing with the Stars’ Shannon Elizabeth must’ve busted in record time as we saw her getting into a car (sans Derek Hough) about 30 mins after cards were dealt.

Some other random notes:

:: We’ll have video footage from the Bluff Magazine 2008 World Series of Poker Kick-Off Party at Tao Las Vegas up in about an hour…

:: …as well as Patrik Antonius’ first ever video blog.

:: ESPN Poker Club honcho Andrew Feldman has a much better write-up of the 2008 WSOP Fantasy Draft than our live blogging of the "event." (video of this for some reason coming next week)

:: And Gary Wise has his top stories to watch for at the 2008 WSOP.

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