Sunday, February 14, 2010

New GoDaddy Commercial - Vanessa Rousso, Danica Patrick, Candice Michelle - "One More Thing"

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Vanessa Rousso, Team PokerStars Pro, finds out what it takes to be a Go Daddy Girl

"One More Thing" - Too Hot For TV - Internet Only

Vanessa's blog:

What a week! I started in Los Angeles playing in the World Poker Tour $10,000 Buy-In Event at the Commerce Casino. From there, it was on to New York City for three intense, 12-hour+ days as host/analyst for the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). Then Thursday morning, I hopped on the 7 a.m. flight from NYC to Las Vegas, landing at 10 a.m. PST just in time to rush to Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino to meet my new Go Daddy colleagues and to film a poker-themed Go Daddy commercial. My call time was 11 a.m.!

I somehow managed to make it in time, and was whisked into hair and makeup. Within an hour and a half, I was on the set with Bob, Danica and Candice, trying my best to get my lines right. Acting is tough! It seemed the others had done this before they had a handle on it much better than I did. The script was very funny and certainly GoDaddy-esque!

All in all, the shoot went well and most importantly I felt things clicked really well with everyone at Go Daddy. What a group of dynamic, interesting and creative people! I am very excited about working with Go Daddy, not to mention thankful for the confidence they have in me.

After we wrapped shooting for the commercial and took some pictures for the Web site, I was off to the Draw Party for the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championships at Caesars. The event features 64 of the world's top poker players (and will be televised April 12). Unfortunately for me, I drew the legendary godfather of poker, Doyle Brunson, as my first opponent. If I managed to defeat him, the others in my bracket looked very, very strong as well.

I woke up Friday feeling super tired and groggy not a good start! I spent the morning analyzing some YouTube footage of Doyle playing past heads-up matches. Research is especially helpful in preparing for heads-up matches, and I think it is a big mistake not to take advantage of information on the Web. My round was set to start at 6 p.m., and after some preliminary interviews and a group photograph, we were off on-time.

I took an early lead and slowly ground him down to a short stack when he decided to move all-in on a 10 Q K all-hearts flop. Unfortunately for him, I had 9 10 of hearts, so I had flopped the flush. I called and he flipped over J 10 for bottom pair and a gut shot straight draw. He didn't have a heart and would need a runner full house (less than 1 percent chance) to beat me.

So, for the third year in a row I won my first-round match. But this year I was determined to get past the round of 32 (where I had fallen the last two years). That was, until I found out who I was I playing in the next round... the Tiger Woods of poker and the worlds all-around best poker player, Phil Ivey.

Tune in to my blog in a few days to find out what happened next...

-Vanessa
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