While those inside of the Las Vegas Bellagio were busy watching James Dempsey win the 2011 WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic along with $821,612, those outside of the Bellagio were busy gawking at the WPT Royal Flush Girls during their photo shoot.

The super hot poker babes did their shoot in early December when they weren’t occupied with greeting fans and taking pictures during the Five Diamond Poker Classic event. And we must say that the results were certainly excellent judging from the video clip seen below.

If you’re not already checking out the video, you should note that Carbon Poker sometimes offers WPT satellites for upcoming events. By playing in the WPT Satellites, you can take a shot at earning a prize package that will cover your tournament buy-in, along with travel expenses and hotel accommodations. Considering the fact that many WPT poker tournaments offer multi-million dollar prize pools, these prize packages are definitely worth playing for!

Getting back to the subject at hand, here is a look at the six WPT Royal Flush Girls posing for the lucky photographers:

For 14 years, we’ve patiently awaited the release of the best (only good) poker movie of all-time, Rounders. Unfortunately, the IMDB.com page for Rounders 2 says that the movie won’t be ready for its previously scheduled release date of 2012, but rather 2014 now. But what’s a couple more years after waiting almost one and a half decades?

At least we can only hope it will be two more years because there’s been some questionable statements coming from The Weinstein Company, which is the producer of Rounders 2. Owner Henry Weinstein was quoted as saying, “It’s become much more of a theatrical business because the movie has to work in theaters. There’s no second chance….I never make sequels but it’s something I’d like to revisit.”

This definitely contradicts what he originally said when planning the sequel after stating, “I’m entertaining the idea of doing a Rounders sequel because there’s a side of the story that we haven’t told. I want to do it because there’s something that we didn’t say.”

Going back to Weinstein’s comments about movies having to work in theaters, his main fear is that Rounders 2 will be just like the original – a mediocre box office performer that excelled in DVD sales. Unfortunately, with all of the online piracy out there, DVD sales have fallen considerably, so The Weinstein Company would have little to fall back on if Rounders 2 didn’t do well in the theaters.

One good thing worth mentioning in all of this is that Matt Damon and Edward Norton are expected to come back as we mentioned before. Damon played “Mike McDermott,” who was embarking on a WSOP trip when Rounders left off. Norton, or “Worm” in the movie, was still in New York City, but it’d only be logical if they met back up in a sequel. Initial plans also claimed that Leonardo DiCaprio would be in the Rounders sequel, but we’ll have to see how that pans out.

After a fairly successful inaugural year, the Epic Poker League has suddenly found itself a new suitor in Pinnacle Entertainment. Apparently, Pinnacle has been in talks with Jeffrey Pollack and the Palms Casino about purchasing the Epic Poker League. While little is known about the potential deal, it’s supposed to be finished within 60 days – assuming the deal does get completed.

This is certainly news to most people since the EPL appeared to be doing much better than expected. But according to Wicked Chops Poker, the suspected reason for why the poker league pushed both their fourth event and $1 million freeroll back to TBA April/May dates is that they’re having some financial difficulties. The Epic Poker League, on the other hand, claims that it’s because players were asking that the events be pushed back.

In any case, it sounds like Pinnacle Entertainment is pretty serious about adding the EPL to their list of assets. Currently they own casinos in Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio.

Apparently, some of the top brass at Pinnacle used to work with Jeffrey Pollack at Harrah’s Entertainment, which is a big reason why this potential deal has arisen. More specifically, Pinnacle marketing director Ginny Shanks helped Pollack run the WSOP, and also worked with him at Harrah’s Entertainment.

Assuming this deal did go through, it would be interesting to see where where the loud-mouthed EPL Commissioner Annie Duke would end up. She’s constantly been touting the league and herself through papers and interviews whenever the chance arises – much to the annoyance of most of the poker community. Of course, before anything happens with Duke or anyone else, we’ll need to see a deal go through first.

If you pay much attention to the NFL, you’ve no doubt heard American football quarterback Tim Tebow’s name mentioned a time or two. The golden boy took Denver from a dismal 1-4 record, to the top of the AFC West division and a playoff berth. Apparently, Tebow has become so popular that nefarious people are using his name to promote their alleged poker tournaments.

Our story begins with somebody under the twitter name “BigMoneyPoker” tweeting numerous poker pros with the following message:

BigMoneyPoker Amy Sandoval
@basebaldy Plz RT to show your support tebow playing poker for @AmericanCancer charity before the coloradopokerchampionship.com main event!

The first red flag about the Colorado Poker Championship is that, when you visit the website’s front page, you’re seeing the one and only page. Now I’m not saying this immediately means it’s a phony poker event, but definitely something to think about. Furthermore, the NFL is pretty leery about their players competing in charity poker tournaments, and devout religious fanatic Tim Tebow doesn’t exactly seem like the first person to go against the grain here.

In addition to this, it should be mentioned that the BigMoneyPoker twitter account is listed under Amy Sandoval, who’s supposedly a philanthropist, model, cheerleader, charity promoter and poker player – what a catch! Unfortunately, it’s questionable as to whether or not Sandoval really exists since she has never been on the poker radar in the past, and is spamming people like crazy. Plus her picture shows one of those slutty-girl-on-bed poses that people often use when they set up a fake Facebook or twitter account.

When you add it all together, I doubt you’ll see Tim Tebow showing up for the Colorado Poker Championship. Furthermore, it’s questionable what you really will find when you arrive at the supposed location of this mysterious poker event.