Stars at Play Day 3: Holly Madison, Jersey Shore, UFC and WSOP
Fireworks and the stars lit up The Strip and Las Vegas Valley yesterday for the Independence Day holiday weekend. Contributing photographer Erik Kabik captured the Red, white and blue Fireworks that brightened the sky as they were shot off from Caesars Palace, and Christopher Rauschnot @24kMedia on Twitter posted his Fireworks videos on YouTube. To play videos inline, you need to install the Flash player. Caesars Palace Fireworks - from YouTube.com To play videos inline, you need to install...

Strip Scribbles: Holly Madison denies romance with UFC's Josh Koscheck
"No romance," she texted me. "He's just an acquaintance. We weren't alone. I was hanging out with a lot of others in a large group. I have a lot of guy friends but date very few." In fact, on last night's second episode of Holly's World , her new Reality TV show on E!, her buddies Laura Croft, Angel Porrino and Peepshow co-star Josh Strickland were filmed trying to fix her up on a blind date with a BMX stunt rider, but that matchup didn't prove positive. Holly recently...

Poker Guy: Bluffing that works
ONE OF THE keys to running a successful bluff is betting it the way you would bet a strong hand. One reason is, you might pull off the bluff. But perhaps a more profitable reason is that a loose image will get paid off when you actually have a big hand. What's harder about running a successful bluff, as young pro Jeff Madsen experienced in this hand from the $25,000-buy-in World Poker Tour Championship at Las Vegas' Bellagio in 2009, is knowing when to stick with it and when to give it up. With...