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Party Photos: Netflix All or Nothing Masthead Matchup

At Historic Townhouse, November 18, 2004

Posted December 12, 2004

Stakes were high last month when mediabistro doubled up (or was it down?) with Netflix to help put on a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament that pitted men's magazine editors against their underlings—and each other. The high rollers mingling in the swank cocktail hour and rolling up their sleeves to play included Playboy editorial director Chris Napolitano, Men's Journal editor-in-chief Michael Caruso, Maxim editor-in-chief Ed Needham, Popular Science editor-in-chief Mark Jannot, FHM editor-in-chief Scott Gramling, Complex editor-in-chief Jimmy Jelinek, and VH1 exec Michael Hirschorn.

But despite the abundance of testosterone in the room, it was the women, in the end, who dominated (isn't that how it always is?) The final round found the New York Post's Heather Gilmore squaring off against Esquire's Wendy Idele, with Idele emerging victorious and collecting her seriously cool prize: A trip to Vegas and paid entry (courtesy of Netflix) to the 2005 World Series of Poker, to be held next June. Congratulations to all those who participated!

Photographs by Christian Woods.

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Poker professional Phil Hellmuth (sunglasses) chats with FHM editor Adam Winer (blue) as FHM editor-at-large Jake Bronstein looks on.	The Onion's Joe Garden, Maxim photo assistant Erin Ness, and FHM editor Adam Winer.
Poker pro Danny Askin and the New York Post's Heather Gilmore.	A historic townhouse in the West Village provided a very chic backdrop to the proceedings.
High rollers include SmartMoney's Noah Rothbaum (white shirt), Popular Science editor-in-chief Mark Jannot (black jacket), and People's Albert Kim (facing the dealer).	Phil Hellmuth, Netflix film critic James Rocchi, and Netflix VP of Content Acquisition Ted Sarandos.
A group of non-tournament participants plays a round.	mediabistro.com CFO and publisher Kyle Crafton has a drink with Cigar Aficionado gambling columnist Michael Kaplan and FHM's Adam Winer.
A crowd gathers around the final table, which included Cargo's Steven Florio, Men's Journal's Stephanie Tuck, the New York Post's Heather Gilmore, FHM's Kelly Woo, Rolling Stone's Austin Scaggs, Esquire's Wendy Idele, FHM's Adam Winer, Wenner Media's Brad Reagan, VH1's Michael Hirshorn, and Travel + Leisure Golf's Jonathan Lesser.	Top fiver Kelly Woo (right) celebrates with Netflix film critic James Rocchi and an unidentified player.
Runner-up Heather Gilmore pays homage to winner Wendy Idele.	Congratulations to the winner, Esquire's Wendy Idele, and good luck at the World Series of Poker!