The NPL-Vegas Open at Caesars Palace, which is a series of $1,000 No Limit Hold'em tournaments, began on Friday, June 2nd.


Max 'The Italian Pirate' Pescatori placed 5th out of 79 entrants on the first day of competition
On Saturday, June 3rd, Richard 'Quiet Lion' Brodie came in 2nd place in a field of 45 players

Andy Bloch finished in 7th place on June 6th in a much larger field of 135 players


The tournament will continue through Saturday, June 17th, so if you are in the Las Vegas area you may want to check it out.

Paris Hilton says she is addicted to poker, and has even started playing in tournaments.


Paris Hilton, the Hotel heiress and Simple Life star Paris started playing poker with her sister Nicky.


Paris Hilton explained:

"I'm obsessed with poker. It's my favourite game now. We love it. We play at tournaments in Vegas. I'm really lucky in Vegas - I always win!"