Music Artists Who Regularly Attend the World Series of Poker
June 6, 2012 by News Staff
Filed under Celebrities, Celebrities News, Entertainment, Events, Featured
The World Series of Poker draws in poker players from around the world in a quest to win the ever-coveted gold championship bracelet. As the popularity of poker has grown, players from all walks of life have taken up the game and among them are stars of music industry. Let’s take a look at some of the music stars that have played at the World Series of Poker.
Rapper and R&B star Nelly has made headlines over the year for playing at the WSOP. While he hasn’t made big money at the event as of yet, he did make headlines in 2010 when he made Day 2 of the event. While that is far from the title, making it through Day 1 is a step that literally thousands of players fail to accomplish and it was a good first step. Nelly is a regular at the poker tables in and around Vegas and he will likely be there this year.
Anthrax lead guitarist Scott Ian has been a regular at the WSOP Main Event for years now and has advanced past Day 1 of the event numerous times. Ian has actually shown so much promise at the poker tables that he was tutored for a while by professional poker players Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke and even had a sponsorship with an online poker site.
However, the most successful musician to play the WSOP is Godsmack’s Sully Erna. Erna has been coming to the WSOP for years and actually made the money of the Main Event in both 2006 and 2007. His best finish was in 2007 where he place 237th. While that does not sound like a huge accomplishment, Erna still pulled in over $45,000 for his finish. Of course, that is still a far cry from the $8.25 Million that Champion Jerry Yang took home.
As poker continues to increase in popularity worldwide, don’t be surprised to see more music artist try their hand at the game. Poker is said to have the adrenaline rush of performing in front of a 100,000 screaming fans, and the Millions at stake doesn’t hurt either.
Photo credit to: FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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John Mayer, Tommy Lee, Jackson Browne, Steve Vai at 110th NAMM Show 2012 Media Preview, Day 1 and 3
January 22, 2012 by Esteban Escobar
Filed under Celebrities News, Entertainment, Events, Featured, Music
People from all over around the world came to the 2012 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants). It was a win win situation for music companies and entertainment industry folk alike. NAMM showcases the newest gadgets and instruments for the entertainment industry, the curious and entertainers looking for the latest in technology in equipment to assist their music career needs.
The NAMM Show kicked-off the event with a media preview day on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 where Recording artist, singer and performer John Mayer made a special appearance, talked about Michelle Phillips signature guitars and even playing some music for the members of the media/press.
Also on media preview day David Honeywell from PianoDisc talked to us about a Piano called iQ Intelligent Player System which plays by itsself and can be operated from your choice of external devices, including popular devices like the iPad, iPod and MP3 players.
During the 4 day event many celebrity musicians attended various booths, stage events, signed autographs and even performed for their fans. Some of the recording artists and politicians the attended the largest and longest-running musical instruments and products trade show in the United States were John Mayer, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Tommy Lee, Jackson Browne, Steve Vai, Prakash Sontakke, Salar Nader, Bootsy Collins, George Benson, Bernie Williams, Jesse Spencer, Bob Guiney, Sheila E., Robert Benson, BT, Joe Santrani, System of A Down, Steve Morse, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Richard Divine, Lee Roy Parnell, Debby Holiday, Arnold G, Pepper Mashay, former Governor Mike Huckabee, and of course our Diversity News TV celebrity host FAWN and many more.
“We had a press event Wednesday night and we had a dealer party as well and those were very well received, we had a good turnout for that, so we’re having a very good show,” said Gloria Harris, Casio. “A lot of booth traffic. We had scheduled a lot of appointments and people came out and they saw the product and they loved it. We’re excited for the new year.”
On Saturday, January 21st, Fawn spoke with Lee Roy Parnell about his latestGibson guitar and and special impromptu performance for Jackson Browne. Also exhibitor Bee Bantug from Retail Up talked to us about her company services.
“The show was noticeably better in attendance this year,” said Rick Young, Yamaha Corporation of America. “We were consistently packed Thursday through Saturday and Sunday was better than in many of the last years. We had a good array of new products to show our dealers and everyone was upbeat and hopeful. Now that we have the manufacturers and retailers excited, we have one more important group to get excited and that is consumers. Obtaining the mindshare and walletshare of consumers will be the key to success in 2012.”
The 2012 NAMM Show was held from Thursday, January 19 through Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 8:00 am to Midnight at the Anaheim Convention Center located 800 West Katella Avenue in Anaheim, CA 92802.
The NAMM Show is an event that is not open to the general public and attendees must be in the music products industry or be invited by a NAMM Member.
About NAMM:
The National Association of Music Merchants, commonly called NAMM in reference to the organization’s popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit association that unifies, leads and strengthens the $17 billion global musical instruments and products industry. NAMM’s activities and programs are designed to promote music making to people of all ages. NAMM is comprised of more than 9,000 Member companies. For more information about NAMM, interested parties can visit www.namm.org or call 800-767-NAMM (6266).
Sources: namm.org, The Lippin Group, Diversity News Magazine
Photos credit to: Sonny Sun (TZU MING SUN) & Bob Delgadillo from Bob Delgadillo Photography.
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Editor’s Note: Diversity News Magazine and TV covered the 2012 NAMM Show on 1-18-2012, 1-19-2012 and 1-21-2012 only.
We want to thanks the The Lippin Group for giving us the opportunity to cover the event.
In another note the people the need to be fire from Anaheim Convention Center are the Staff Prop, those people are very rude. When we drove on day 3 they made us go around from Katella to Disneyland Road to park and we walked by car park 4 and they would not allow to enter there so we have to go around. Diversity News TV crew have to pay to park because people from Staff Prop they did not care they told my crew that every one need to pay even they show them confirmation to cover event from public relations firm.
When we were leaving the venue they made us go to the underground floor and we have to walk during the night to the parking space. Please Anaheim Convention Center fire the Staff Prop people or train them to learn how to treat the media/press right.
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Executive Editor In Chief, Director of Public/Media Relations & Community Affairs, Sales, Reporter, Webmaster & Graphic Designer Specialist. About Esteban “Steven” Escobar: Esteban A. Escobar (born in El Salvador, Central America on September 6th) is an Award Winning American (Journalist, reporter, editor, columnist, writer, producer, director, publicist, radio personality, accounts receivable specialist, humanitarian and philanthropist). Esteban is known as Steven Escobar. He is the Executive Editor-In-Chief of Diversity News Magazine, an online & special print consumer news magazine that is visited by close to two million visitors a month while growing each day. Esteban “Steven” Escobar is also Producer, Director of Diversity News TV, the host of Diversity News Radio, on Air with Steven Escobar and the President of Diversity News Publications, a news/entertainment multimedia firm in Hollywood, CA. Steven Escobar owns E.E.Enterprises and an affiliate of The Diversity News Publications Family of Companies. Steven Escobar is also the official Hollywood and Los Angeles County Events Examiner for Examiner.com and contributor for Yahoo.com distributed via Yahoo Voices. Steven Escobar also gives back to the community by helping charities, and since 2003 to the present, he has been raising money and awareness for AIDS Walk LA benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles. Also in 2011 Steven Escobar raised money and awareness for The Life Group LA and volunteered for Exotifit For Humanity and The Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Steering Committee. Steven was nominated for The Shorty Awards 2011 and the People’s Choice Fan Award 2012. In 2012 Steven Escobar receives the Humanitarian Award at the 2012 International Noble Awards. Also on June 2, 2012 Steven Escobar Received the Community and Humanitarian Services Award at Kayamanan ng Bayan for all his contributions to the Filipino American community in Southern California. On 12-12-12 Steven Escobar received Award for Most Fascinating Person of the Year 2012. On 2-22-2013 Steven Escobar is nominated for a 2013 EOTM Award (Entrepreneurs on the Move) for Outstanding Journalist and on April 25, 2013 receives nomination for 2013 EOTM Award for Outstanding Internet Radio. On April 4, 2013 Steven Escobar receives award for Diversity News TV “Best B-Roll." Yahoo.com names Steven Escobar the Hot 500 contributors during the month of March 2012 of Yahoo! Contributor Network. Steven Escobar currently resides in Los Angeles County in the City of Hollywood, CA. For more information visithttp://www.stevenescobar.diversitynewspublications.com, http://www.stevenescobar.blogspot.com or his IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4164655/
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