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Your intrepid Bodog Beat writers went to the Sapphire strip club last night for the 2008 WSOP Bluff Magazine party. (Image courtesy of vegasvip.com)

So, obviously, the picture above is a stock photo since everyone knows you can't take picture inside a strip club lest some big guy named Bruno pick you up and heave you bodily out the front door. Unless you have connections out the yang like RawVegas.tv, who we saw doing interviews with the beautiful Andrea Tiede, Lacey Jones and Christine Lindley (we'll see if we can track down the video later on today).

Anyway, last night after a long day of grinding it out on media row here at the 2008 WSOP, watching Bodog poker pro Jean Robert Bellande begin his run to his second-place finish, we headed out to blow off some steam at the Bluff Magazine party at Sapphire strip club here in Vegas. At about 9:30pm we all piled into the courtesy shuttle at the Rio and took the trip the mile or so to the "The World's Largest Gentleman's Club," resplendent in our VIP bracelets, which got us nothing extra-special….again.

Once inside, the party was exactly what you expect a party inside a strip club to be like: tits and ass and most of both of those fake. Collagen, silicone, saline and vodka were the recipe for the night, with some unfortunate cellulite thrown in on the side for good bad measure. We sat and drank and people/stripper watched. One of us fell in love with our waitress and the rest took advantage of the open bar. We spotted most of the usual poker celebs including Team Bodog's Maria Ho, who was hanging with another favorite of ours, Tiffany Michelle.

With all the free drinks flowing it soon became time to head to the head can restroom. On the way there, the aforementioned guy named Bruno came barreling out of the VIP room and stopped all traffic, which just pissed us off to no end until we looked up to see why he had done so just in time to see Sylvester Stallone and Jason Staham in the wake of his crowd-clearing bulk. Actual for real, non-poker, celebrities. Can we now say that we partied with Sly and "The Transporter"? Yes, we believe we can. Chalk this night up as a success.

After that it was time to head back to the Rio and continue railing Bellande while the effects of the alcohol and strippers wore off.

Tonight is the Bodog WSOP VIP social and it should provide some more interesting anecdotes, so stay tuned for that write-up and all of your WSOP live updates.