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.
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| 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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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
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.25.2008 in Uncategorized | 2 comments
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
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WCP fave Kimberly Lansing and new Bodog pro Jean-Robert Bellande, that guy with the French sounding name who was on Survivor China, are playing a heads-up match backstage at the WPT LA Poker Classic right now. On the line is a dose of humility with the winner getting to pick a costume for the other to wear at some future event.
Bellande is thinking Wonder Woman or Snow White for Lansing.
Lansing is thinking Tinker Bell for Bellande.
Please God, please let Bellande win. We promise we won’t post anymore photos of hot Danish girls on bikes ever again. Today.
UPDATE: There is a God. Bellande won. Stay tune for some video of the match. In the meantime, any photoshop-ers out there with a Wonder Woman pic and some time to kill?
ANOTHER UPDATE: After the jump, a video of Jean-Robert Bellande giving his prediction for NBC Heads-Up this week.
More Kimberly Lansing:
Kimberly Lansing video interview
Kimberly Lansing in Turks and Caicos, whose capital is Cockburn Town
Kimberly Lansing is fun to watch
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