Jenny Woo’s Christmas to Remember

It's that time of year when I, Jenny Woo, prepare my Christmas list for Santa.  For the first time ever, I was not a naughty girl this year so I should - IN THEORY - get more gifts.  Due to economic stress, that won't be happening.  But here is where I get all sobby and sentimental.  This will be the best Christmas ever as my dad's health is improving so dramatically, my baby brother will find time to visit before heading off to Afghanistan and my half sister will be down for a family gathering.  She is a Born Again Christian and blonde.

Here is my list.

Bullsh** Button - This adult language-wielding Button offers the perfect way to say something nasty without opening your mouth. Let the Button tell them exactly how you feel with no holds barred.  Getting this one for my boss during his IRS audit next month.

Reindeer Mini - (pictured) Sexy Reindeer outfit for Christmas includes Velvet Fur Trimmed Dress with Clear Adjustable/Removable Straps. Includes Ribbon Jingle Bell Choker, Matching Arm Straps, Antler Headband and Leg Garter.

Do Not Cross Crime Scarf - Create your own crime scene with this extra-long, extra cozy knit scarf. The Fuzz Crime Scene Scarf is bright yellow and black, made with acrylic and a touch of spandex for stretchiness.  Great for these cold winters we're having. 

Cash - Hint, Hint

Chocolate - Nothing like getting dipped in hot fondue. 

Diamonds - A girl's best friend and at reduced prices over last year.

Doyle Brunson's new book - The Godfather of Poker - (purchase here) The story of Doyle Brunson, an American treasure and the greatest poker player of all time, is one for the ages. It's a story of guts and glory, of good luck and bad, of triumph and unspeakable tragedy, of courage and grace. He has survived whippings, gun fights, stabbings, mobsters (the real-life ones portrayed in the movie Casino), murderers, and a death sentence when, riddled with incurable cancer, he was given months to live by doctors who told him his hand was played out. Apparently, fate had never played poker with Brunson-he lived. Of a group of 32 men he played poker with in the tough alleys of Texas, just he and one other survived the treacherous perils of that life. A master of the bluff, his most outrageous bluff came after being pistol-whipped and told he's going to die with a gunman pointing a pistol at his forehead. Again, he lived. He's gambled for millions of dollars-and with his life against the real-life mobsters and killers made famous in the movie Casino-and was the biggest sports bettor in the world with a reputation of betting enormous sums of money on just about anything. Doyle has not only made more money at golf than anyone else until Tiger Woods came along, he once bet one million dollars on a single hole-that, when he was virtually wheelchair-bound and could barely stand. He's been hard-up flat broke more times than he's got fingers and has won millions of dollars just as many times. Brunson has seen it all: from the athletic dreams and a leg shattered by a freak injury which waylaid his path to the NBA (he was drafted by the Lakers), to the devastating death of his first-born daughter, to outrageous exploits like trying to discover Noah's Ark and raise the Titanic. Doyle's rollercoaster of a life defines the saying: Truth is stranger than fiction.  

Twice a winner of the prestigious World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, he's won millions and lost millions-sometimes in seconds-but decidedly more of the former than the latter. Brunson can still be found playing in the highest stakes poker games in the world, often with as much as one million dollars in front of him. To every one of the 250 million people worldwide who play poker each year, Doyle Brunson, is the legendary "Babe Ruth of Poker"-the greatest gambler and poker player who has ever lived.

Doyle Brunson - Hotter than Santa himself!

Another wish for the coming year, though I won't get this for Christmas, is for my beloved Ivory Coast to win the 2010 World Cup!  As many of you loyal Gambling911.com readers know, I was raised in the Ivory Coast and they are among the favorites to win.  Go Ivory Coast and Merry Christmas to all this joyous season. 

Jenny Woo, Gambling911.com Senior International Correspondence