ALL IN FOR THE CURE

I think Natalie is becoming a regular celebrity. LOL! She's featured in a comic created by the boys at Life's A Bluff. It is a portrayal of the WPT Ladies' Night final table and in addition to Natalie, there are caricatures of: yours truly, Jennifer Tilly, Melissa Ethridge, Sheryl Crow, Lance Armstrong, Sabina Gadeki, and other professional women poker players.

Natalie now owns the original, which was part of an auction lot benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Prints are available at Life's A Bluff's website for $20 each. There are only 100 available for purchase and 50% of the proceeds go to Susan G. Komen.

Please consider buying a print. Natalie is a big supporter of the Komen Foundation, and your support would mean a lot to her. I can't think of a prettier way to give to charity. There are a lot of beautiful women in this print.

Hoyt Takes Home 2nd Place, Helps Raise Over 100k For Cystic Fibrosis

The First Annual PWT Celebrity Shootout Raised More Than a $100,000 For the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis

The top ten In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail pros in the Johnsonville Brats Angler of the Year race were joined by celebrities for a fun-fishing event held at Manitoba's Aiken Lake Wilderness Lodge.

The winners were pro Mark Christianson, full-time walleye pro and guide for 29 years and Robert Williamson III, World Series of Poker winner. In accepting the first place trophy, Williamson said, "This was a great week and to thank the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis (B.E.C.F.F.), I will donate an additional $10,000 to help the cause." Christianson said, "He's the most positive guy I've ever met. He told me we'd win before heading out on day one, and he had never caught a walleye.

This was the first measure, photo and release event for the PWT. Pros were paired with celebrities and their top five fish were counted daily. The first place team measured a total of 240.75 inches. Second went to pro Bobby Crow and World Series of Poker winner, Hoyt Corkins with 239.50 inches.

Pro Ron Seelhoff and Discovery Channel's "Survivorman" Les Stroud tied for third with pro Sheldon Meidinger and actor Rick Schroder. Both had 238.25 inches. The other top PWT pro participants included Bill St. Peter, Jim Carroll, Mark Martin, Dave Van Oss, Daryl Christensen and Andy Kuffer. Their partners were Dale Jensen, Arizona Diamondback owner, Kris King and Mike Gartner, NHL Hall of Famers, Scott Flansberg, the human calculator, Dave Krieg, former Seattle Seahawks quarterback, and Don Lamont, Travel Manitoba.

Many special accolades went to the Aikens Lake Lodge staff. "The setting in Manitoba's wilderness, walleyes of all sizes, the fly-in experience and food fit for a king were enjoyed by the entire crew," said, Jim Kalkofen, PWT executive director.

Proceeds by major sponsors will benefit the B.E.C.F.F. PWT sponsors E-Cell and StowMaster donated an extra $5,000 to the Foundation. Nick Koker representing the Foundation said, "This was great for the first annual Celebrity Shootout."

The show will air on the Outdoor Channel as part of the PWT’s 13 episodes this fall. It will run once between October-December, and will run a 2nd time between January-April. I will update the site with a specific time as soon as we know.

Celebrity Fishing

Hey everyone--It's Natalie. I'm in Memphis, taking care of business. Soon, we will have some great news to tell everyone... but it is all confidential for now. Sorry. I'm still ironing out some details on all the contracts and such, but we'll let everyone know as soon as possible.



Hoyt is at Aikens Lake in Manitoba, Canada right now. He is one of 10 celebrities to be invited to the Inaugural PWT Celebrity Shootout to Benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis. Each of the 10 celebrities were matched up with the 10 best walleye fishermen in the world. Hoyt drew professional Bobby Crow and they are currently in 5th place. They still have tomorrow to compete, so if you would like to follow the tournament, go to In-Fisherman Magazine's website.

Hold'em with Hoyt and The Trent Tucker Event

Last week, we were in Minnesota for some promotional appearances. The first leg of the trip, we were at Lake Vermilion in Tower, MN. We did some fishing out there on two very beautiful days near the Fortune Bay Casino. My buddy, Chuck Chastain, his father, and brothers joined Natalie and me. Natalie cought the first fish of the trip, but threw it back because it was a perch. I got some practice in Walleye fishing since next week I am schedule to go to Aikens Lake in Manitoba, Canada for the Celebrity Pro-Am tournament to benefit the Boomer Esiason Foundation. I caught a few... none were very large. I had never fished for walleye before. They hit once, then ball the bait up in their mouths, and then about 10 seconds later they actually swallow the bait. So, you have to let out the line on the first hit and then reel them in on the second.

The casino also arranged a poker tournament in my honor. Natalie played in it and took home 12th place. I busted her out (much to her chagrin) and finished 7th.

Then we were off to Minneapolis for the Trent Tucker Celebrity Poker and Golf Event.
The poker tournament was held at Canterbury Park and Michael Jordan won it. I made it down somewhere about 30-40. After the tournament, we went to a new club caled Karma. I had a chance to drink Cristal with some of the NBA players and Phil Hellmuth. I even got my photo with Michael Jordan.

At the golf tournament, I was the celebrity in my group. I had a separate golf cart and had to stop after every shot to sign autographs. I didn't think that I played that well, but my team got first place, so now I have my first ever golf trophy. Who would have known? I don't even know what my score was, because they had someone keeping track of it for me.

Now we are in Alabama visting my family and are planning to attend the Auburn LSU game this weekend. Then it is back to Memphis to pack for Canada.

Doyles Room Celebrity Bounty Tournaments Continue to Dominate the Poker World

The Doylesroom Bounty Tournament got a whole lot hotter with the addition of two special guests alongside Doyle Brunson this week, Nicky Hilton and Hoyt Corkins. Nicky Hilton, sister to pop-icon Paris, is not your typical beautiful, socialite, heiress to fortunes masquerading as a poker payer. She can hold her own -- as was exemplified by her first guest appearance as a bounty back in March of this year. She continues to rake in the chips in a number of celebrity tournaments. Nicky is back this Thursday night, September 7th at 9 p.m. ET to once again try to fend off her attackers.

If you have followed poker or have watched any televised poker tournaments, you certainly should be familiar with the other special guest bounty. “The Alabama Cowboy,” Hoyt Corkins, is not new to the poker world. Fresh off his 3rd place finish at this year’s Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, Hoyt is more than excited to be playing as a marked man in the DoylesRoom Bounty Tournament.

Of course, much of the excitement comes from the opportunity to actually play online with the legendary Doyle Brunson himself and the possibility of winning a huge cash bonus prize of $50,000 for knocking-out all three of the bounties. But the truly unique feature of this weekly tournament is the rich line-up of professional poker players and special celebrity guests like Pamela Anderson, Nicky Hilton and Kevin Connolly who play as bounties with cash prizes on their heads.

For more information on how to get in for free, go to: http://www.doylesroom.com/bounty_tour/