Model and actress Molly Sims was in town Sunday to showcase her jewelry collection —  Grayce by Molly Sims — in an exclusive trunk show at Fixation Shoes & Accessories inside The Shoppes at The Water Club.

Here’s the rundown from Borgata:

Grayce by Molly Sims

Sims was in-store dishing advice on wearing and styling the jewelry, while signing autographs for fans after spending the morning hours enjoying the summer weather in a private cabana poolside at The Water Club.

Later that evening, Sims dined with a group of girlfriends at Izakaya, splurging on Chef Michael Schulson’s Tempura Lobster Lettuce Cups and King Crab Tacos before heading to Sunbar to enjoy music by Jesse Marco for Social Sundays at Borgata.

Sims hits the Borgata nightlife

Union at the slots

Actress Gabrielle Union (Flash Forward), was seen in an around The Borgata last Saturday. First she played the Borgata’s new Sex & The City slot machines (Apparently winning a few spins) before grabbing a bite at Chef Michael Mina’s Seablue, where she and friends savored cocktails and light bites off the restaurant’s new bar menu. Then she headed to Bobby Flay Steak for dinner.  Later she was ar mur.mur to dance and  party to sounds of DJ D.Nice.

Conan O’Brien has announced the dates for his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour and Atlantic City has made the cut.

O’Brien will be at The Borgata Event Center on May 30. Tickets are priced at $155, $125 and $95 according to The Borgata’s Website, though tickets in other cities start at $39.50.

Other stops are at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby Pa. on June 7 and Radio City Music Hall in New York June 1 and 2.

O’Brien, who of course was controversially bounced from his Tonight Show gig earlier this year, bills the 30-city tour as “a night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence.”

He also tweeted “Hey Internet: I’m headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. Go to www.teamcoco.com for tix. I repeat: It’s half-assed.”

The tour begins April 12 in Eugene Ore.

Jeff Madsen

While “snowmageddon” was the big story around the region this weekend, poker pro Jeff Madsen generated some heat just in the nick of time Friday by winning $625,000 in the Borgata Winter Open’s main event.
Madsen’s win came Friday evening, just about when the flakes started to fall.
“It feels good,” Madsen tells The Borgata’s poker blog after beating Sirous Jamshidi (Broomall, PA) heads-up to take the title and the first place prize of $625,006. “It takes a while for it to set in, but in a few days I’ll look back on it. It was a really good tournament.”
Madsen was the tournament’s chip leader after day 2 and Jamshidi had the chip lead going into the final day. The two ended up playing the final hands for more than an hour heads-up. Finally, with about 10 big blinds left, Janshidi went all in for about $1.9 million in tournament chips with queen and deuce of spades. Madsen called with king of hearts, 10 of diamonds.
The board came out jack of diamonds, seven of hearts, six of clubs, king of diamonds, five of clubs, giving Madsen a pair of kings and the win.
Madsen, a two time bracelet winner at the WSOP now has more than $3 million in tournament cashes.
“I’ve had success in the past,” Madsen says, “but it feels good to get these big wins and to continue to prove myself in the poker world.”
Here’s a list of the final table payouts:
1. Jeff Madsen, $625,006
2. Sirous Jamshidi, $367,794
3. Tom Marchese, $190,027
4. Barkley Hamilton, $165,508
5. Nick Kamen, $140,988
6. Al Grimes, $116,468
7. Dave Fox, $91,949
8. Ross Mallor, $67,429
9. Chan Pelton, $49,039
10. Matt Matros, $31,876
For a recap of the last table action go here.

Jeffrey Madsen

Poker pro Jeffrey Madsen of Las Vegas is the chip leader at The Borgata Winter Open’s main event after Day 2. Madsen ended the day with $880,700 in tournament chips. Madsen won two WSOP bracelets in 2006 and has more than $2.2 million in tournament earnings in his career.
He’s looking to cash in on the tournament’s $625,000 winning payout from the about $2.45 million prize pool. Entering Day 3 today (Feb. 3) 134 players remain out of a field of 766 entries.
Pro Rahjesh Vorha of Pompano Beach Fla. is second with $591,500 in tournament chips. David Cairns, a pro from Toronto is at No. 3 with $492,700. And since we’ve highlighted his appearance in A.C., Bryn Mawr Pa.’s Dan Shak  is at 27th with $252,000.
The tournament will pay the top 72 finishers. Go here to follow the action,

The Borgata Winter Open poker tournament’s main event has gone past the guaranteed $2 million prize pool, coming in with 766 entries and a total pool of $2,451,966. The winner of the No Limit Hold’em tournament will take a $625,006 payout. The tournament will cash 72 players, with the following payouts, according to The Borgata:

1st: $625,006
2nd: $367,794
3rd: $190,027
4th: $165,508
5th: $140,988
6th: $116,468
7th: $91,949
8th: $67,429
9th: $49,039
10th-12th: $31,876
13th-15th: $23,294
16th-18th: $14,712
19th-27th: $11,034
28th-36th: $9,317
37th-45th: $7,846
46th-54th: $6,866
55th-63rd: $6,375
64th-72nd: $6,130

As predicted, Monday’s Day 1-B field was a little bigger than Sunday’s opening day with about 500 players entering the $3,300 buy-in tournament.

Melanie Wesiner

Meanwhile, opening day play had a valuable lesson for tournament play — Don’t muck your cards until you know you’ve read your hand correctly. Melanie Weisner of Houston was sitting on ace, queen when the board came out A-K-10-K-Q. That reads as two pair, aces and kings with a queen kicker as her hole queen was no help. Her opponent had ace, 10, but misread the cards and mucked them thinking he’d lost. He hadn’t since he too had aces and kings with a queen kicker by not playing his own 10.

Long story short, what should have been a chopped pot went to Weisner. Remember, haste makes waste.

For more stories on the action go here.

Poker pro Phil Ivey may not live near Atlantic City these days, (Like The Miss America Pageant, he moved to Las Vegas), but the resort’s casinos are still where he cut his teeth and learned the game. So that now means A.C. has produced poker’s all-time leader on the tournament money list.
Ivey moved past pro Daniel Negraneu with a second place finish Monday at the $100,000 Challenge at the 2010 Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Ivey’s about $600,000 payday leaves him with about $12.8 million in tournament cashes.

Dan Shak

Ivey lost to Dan Shak of Bryn Mawr Pa., who took in $1.2 million. On the final hand, Shak pushed all in on the short-stacked Ivey with ace, seven of clubs. Ivey called with ace, 10 of diamonds. Shak then hit a seven of hearts on the flop and no help came to Ivey on the turn or river.
“This is something I’ve been working towards for such a long time and I may not show the excitement, but inside I’m extremely excited.” Shak told PokerListings.com after the tournament. “I’m not going to jump up and down, but inside I probably already am.”
The 24 player tournament carried a $100,000 buy-in.”

Beth Shak

And in a startling coincidence, Shak’s ex-wife is poker pro Beth Shak, who is scheduled to be in the main event of the Borgata Winter Open that starts Saturday. Beth Shak posted a “congratulations” on twitter after the tournament — “Congrats 2 Dan..not enough money in the world to change my marital status,” she joked.
Go here for more on the story.

DJ Vice (left) and DJ Samanta Ronson performed at Borgata nightclub mur.mur on Monday night, Dec. 28

World-famous DJs Samantha Ronson and Vice performed together for the first time to kick-start 2010 at mur.mur’s Industry New Year’s Eve party on Monday night, Dec. 28.

The Borgata’s resident DJs kept the packed house going until the early morning hours with a special set, including hits by Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Jay-Z, among others.