Dirty Talk With Jayde Nicole

Ilan Mester — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:49:11 +0000

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After reading this headline, you might want to get your mind out of the gutter. While Jayde Nicole may be a Playmate – in fact, she was named 2008’s Playmate of the year – the sexy Canadian model is also involved in a slew of other projects including charity work, poker tournaments and of course, “The Hills.”

If you watch the MTV show “The Hills,” then you know that its former star, Lauren Conrad, said her goodbyes last season and now, “Laguna Beach’s” Kristin Cavallari fronts the show. So how have things changed? Nicole — who first appeared on “The Hills” last season as Brody Jenner’s girlfriend — explains.

“It’s definitely 100 per cent different,” she says (with emphasis on the 100). “It’s been a lot more dramatic and a lot more crazy, and it’s just kind of totally different from what we’re all used to.”

Both Nicole and Cavallari make no point in hiding that they’re not friends — to say it nicely — but Nicole says that could very well change one day. “It hasn’t changed as of right now, but you never know. I mean, I try to never say never because you don’t ever know what’s going to happen. If you would’ve asked me eight months ago if I would of been able to handle being around Audrina [Patridge], I would of said ‘no I can’t stand her,’ ” she admits. “But now I don’t mind her and neither one of us really have problems with each other anymore, so I don’t see us being friends in the future, but you never know.”

For those of you who wonder what it’s like working with Jenner (who happens to be Nicole’s boyfriend), she explains. “A lot of the times it’s awesome and a lot of the times it’s not because being in a reality TV show, obviously our entire relationship is put out on TV for everybody to judge and for us to relive fights and arguments and situations and of course, they also take the worst of the worst and put it in an episode,” Nicole laughs.

Speaking of arguments, her lawsuit against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis, alleging assault and battery, is still going on. “The legal process takes a lot longer than everybody thinks that it does — and a lot longer than I thought it did, and there’s a lot of steps and processes you have to go through to make sure it’s done right. So it’s still at the same stage it was before, we’re just kind of waiting,” says Nicole.

So what else does she do? It might come to a surprise that charity makes up a huge part of her life. In high school, she was in charge of many of the charity events, which transpired into her adult life. Today, Nicole does a ton of work with the SPCA and recently joined a PETA campaign called “Save the Seals.” She’s involved in walkathons (like the AIDS Walk) and started her own charity called “Lengths For Love,” which is similar to “Locks of Love.”

“I just do as much stuff with charities that I really believe in — and there’s a lot of them so I try and do as much as I can whenever I can,” she says. “I feel like everybody should and I think especially people that are in the public eye…now that people actually see me in the public eye, and some people listen to me…I feel like it’s even more important now for me to continue doing charity work.”

Aside from charity, poker has become a priority for her. Nicole is currently part of PokerStar’s “Million Dollar Challenge” airing on Fox. She’s also the guinea pig for the “All In Magazine Project” which will train her with pro players so that she can be entered into international poker competitions.

And in the long run, she dreams of opening up a spa. “I wanted to own my own spa for a very long time and I definitely want to come out with my own skin care line,” she reveals. “It’s not something that’s happening in the immediate future because I’m still busy with all the things that I have going on right now, but it is kind of my end goal in life,” she tells andPOP. “So once I’m done all the crazy reality shows and traveling and partying and modeling and working, it’s definitely what I wanna settle down doing, 100 per cent”.

Sports Column: Why No-Limit Poker is Better Than Poker

andPOP Staff — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:12:47 +0000

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By: Joshua Heilpern

If you are a tight-aggressive player, you need to consider playing No-Limit Hold ‘em if you aren’t already. With proper play, not only can you expect to increase your hourly win rate, but you can make it much more difficult for your opponents to draw out on you.

First of all, let’s explain the fundamental differences between Limit and No-Limit. In Limit Hold ‘em, you can only raise the amount of the big blind and most cardrooms and online poker rooms will cap the betting at 3 raises. In No-Limit Hold ‘em, the only betting rule is that the minimum be at least the size of the big blind. You can bet your whole stack if you want to.

Sure, it takes more knowledge, experience, and courage to play No-Limit (NL) well, but it will pay off for you if you play it right.

Joshua Heilpern is a contributor for several poker strategy websites. He also runs Beat The Fish – http://www.beatthefish.com – an original poker strategy and review site.

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To get you started, the standard raise in NL is 3-4 times the big blind. After the flop, a good bet to make when you have a strong hand is about the size of the pot. If you’re looking for information on the flop, you might consider a bet of 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the pot. You also might consider making only a small bet if you’re holding a monster hand and want to get called. Or you could always check-raise in that situation. Also be aware that the value of drawing hands that play well in limit games like K-J suited goes way down in NL play. Better hands to have are big pocket pairs or suited connectors.

So, why is it better to play NL? Simple: It’s much easier to make a lot more money. Playing NL, you can afford to play only your strong hands. For example, in a two hour poker session you can play only one good hand and still make good money. You can more than double your stack on any given hand. In Limit poker, you have to constantly be winning pots to come out ahead. The blinds come around too quickly to sit on your hands. You have to work hard, play for a long time, and play your best game at all times to make good money at Limit poker.

Think about this: Most good poker authors will tell you that a good Limit player can expect to make about one big blind per hour. So, in other words, you can expect to make $10 an hour at a Limit $5/10 game if you play it right. On the other hand, if you buy-in for $500 at a $5/10 NL game, go all-in on your first hand with pocket Aces, get called by one opponent with pocket Kings and he doesn’t improve, you’ve just won another $500 without breaking a sweat. That’s an average of 50 hours of Limit gameplay.

Also, you can make your drawing opponents always go against the odds. In NL, you control the pot odds that your opponent is getting. If you see two suited or connecting cards on the board, betting the size of the pot into one opponent will make them go against the odds to draw. Sure, they’re still going to hit their draws occasionally, but at least you made it a bad play for them to do so.

It takes the right personality to play at NL games. You can’t be timid, and you have to know how much to bet at the right times. If you can’t do that, then stick to Limit poker for now and come back to try NL if and when the time is right.

As a Limit player who converted to NL, I can tell you that it isn’t too difficult to adapt your game. I can also tell you that after I learned to play NL, I never sat down at another Limit table. I can also tell you that after I learned to play NL, I never sat down at another Limit table.

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