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Christmas Time with Annie Duke

Poker News Daily: We heard that you’ll be launching a new trail mix company, MyMixedNuts.com, just in time for the holidays. Can you tell us about it?

Duke: It’s a custom mixed nuts and trail mix company that I started with my boyfriend, Joe, and Ryan Sympkins. You have your choice of nuts and all sorts of dry fruits and candies. Ryan had this idea for a long time. Ryan is one of the producers on “The Apprentice” and we became very good friends during the show. Ever since, we’ve wanted to work together. I spend all of my time picking things I don’t want out of my trail mix, so I’ll go and buy individual ingredients from the store.

At MyMixedNuts.com, you add items into your cart. We’ll have personal and corporate gifting. There are also ready-to-go mixes where $1 goes to charity. If you buy my mix, for example, $1 goes to Ante Up for Africa. There’s one that goes to an AIDS hospice and one that goes to a rain forest preservation charity.

PND: That’s quite an undertaking. What kind of marketing are you doing for it?

Duke: Our marketing is through social media to start with. Once we get going and things are going smoothly, then we’ll do placements in health magazines and parenting magazines. It’s ironic that Ryan and I met on a show about fake business and now we’re doing a real business. Trail mixes run 14 ounces each and will be between $8 and $15.

PND: We noticed that you weren't at the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Duke: Christmas comes up on me and I have four kids. I literally looked at my schedule and said I can’t do it. Christmas won’t happen if I go to the tournament. This is the kind of decision I have to make a lot. Sometimes I have to choose my kids over poker. I’d rather make sure my family has a good holiday.

PND: What have your kids asked Santa for this year?

Duke: Nelly asked Santa for a computer and I think that’s totally appropriate. All of my kids have laptops except for her and she wants a netbook, which is inexpensive, and some earrings. Lucy asked for a hermit crab. Santa might consider whether he could transport a hermit crab from the North Pole. Lucy’s other big request was a Kindle. Leo, outside of a Kindle, is really interested in anything having to do with the Denver Broncos. Maud is into anime stuff, so maybe some sort of comic book or graphic novel would be good.

PND: What did you ask for?

Duke: I asked for a trip to Mexico for New Years Eve because Annie Duke hates New Years. I have never had a good New Years. How can you possibly have a good time when there’s a huge pressure to have a good time? There’s no spontaneity. My good times are unexpected. I don’t drink, either. The goal on New Years is to get so plastered that you vacate your body and that’s not fun. For someone who is not drinking to speak to someone who is really drunk is not fun. If we go to Mexico, there’s no pressure. The odds of that coming through are good since Santa was asking me for places to stay.

PND: Give us your thoughts on the UB.com-sponsored poker news show “Poker2Nite,” which airs on Fox Sports Net every Wednesday night.

Duke: It’s really good. I think that Joe Sebok is going to grow into it. Scott Huff is incredibly talented. The set is great and I was pleasantly surprised. I like it better than “ESPN Inside Deal.” Joe just needs to get off the prompter. He’s very good just going with the flow.

PND: How tough is it to balance providing a credible news show with accepting guests from other online poker sites besides UB.com?

Duke: You have to do it. It’s one of the things that Full Tilt was ahead of the market on. They’ve done this back to the “Learn from the Pros” days on Fox Sports Net. They didn’t let you wear a logo, but they gave you a shout out. What Full Tilt understood was that it’s their show, but it’s going to be more credible if it has pros from other brands. It’ll be a higher quality show if you open it up to the world. They’ve done it with “Poker After Dark” and that was a mistake they made with “Face the Ace.”

“Poker2Nite” is supposed to have quality coverage of the poker industry. If its guests are from PokerStars, that’s fine. If they’re from Full Tilt, that’s fine. If they’re from UB, that’s fine too.

PND: We understand you just had an interesting experience with eBay.

Duke: At UB, one person can’t make multiple accounts. As a policy across the industry, it’s one player to an account and there are strong reasons why you have to do that, which have to do with fraud.

On eBay, my ex-husband used to have an account associated with my e-mail. I went onto eBay to check on some things for Christmas and wrote in to get the User ID. I called up my ex-husband and he gave me some passwords that could have been right and couldn’t remember the security questions, so I got onto Live Chat and asked for help. They said that he was the owner of the account and asked that he get in touch with them.

Finally, they said, “What you need to do is create a new e-mail address and open a new account with it.” So, I could open up a new account even though they knew I had an account? I asked them if I could do that 20 times and they said yes. At that point, I started screaming into the chat. The policy of allowing someone to have more than one account is mind-boggling. This is one huge site that the Federal Government seems to be okay with, but they are concerned with online poker.

The Best Damn Poker Show to air on The Poker Channel

The 2nd season of Fox’s The Best Damn Poker Show is now available to viewers in Britain on The Poker Channel UK. The Apprentice style show pits Phil Hellmuth up against Annie Duke in a contest to see who is the better poker teacher. It will air on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 10pm, starting Oct 20th on Sky channel 166.

Adam Ehrlich Loses 2nd Match on “Face the Ace”, Wins Nothing

Saturday’s episode of “Face the Ace” on NBC featured a memorable contestant named Adam Ehrlich who was far and away the most talkative player in the show’s three episodes. Ehrlich, a 33-year old stock trader from Philadelphia, was the only player featured on the episode as he battled through matches with Full Tilt Pros Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Phil Gordon. Ehrlich prevailed in his first match against Ferguson, but fell to Gordon in Round Two and was the latest contestant to exit from the program empty-handed.

In preparation for the show Ehrlich, whose friends nicknamed “A-dam good bet,” turned to books, but they were not on poker strategy. Instead, he bought a book teaching people how to get cast on reality and game shows. He previously auditioned for another NBC show, “The Apprentice.”

Ehrlich was joined in the studio by his girlfriend, Karen, who periodically came on stage to rub the felt for good luck. Luck did not appear to be on Ehrlich’s side during the hour-long broadcast though. He got off to fast start against Ferguson, raising several of the hands early on and taking down pots without going to showdown. As the two players grinded through the match, Ehrlich fired off non-stop questions to the pro, almost as if he was auditioning to be the next Jay Leno.

Host Steve Schirripa couldn’t resist ribbing the contestant a little and told Ferguson, “I think his strategy is to talk you to death.”

The rapidly escalating blinds quickly turned the match into an all-in shove fest. First, Ferguson moved all-in with Q-8 and Ehrlich called with A-K. As the crowd gathered around the table to watch, Schirripa urged a seated Ehrlich to stand and watch the board come out. Ehrlich obliged, knocking his chair over in the process. To make matters worse, Ferguson spiked a queen on the flop to double up.

Ferguson would get lucky again when his J-5 bested Ehrlich’s K-4 after they got it in on the A-K-5 flop and Ferguson spiked a 5 on the turn. Ehrlich retaliated though, doubling up with A-7 to K-5 and then taking the match down when his K-2 held up against Ferguson’s 5-9.

Ehrlich elected to forgo the guaranteed $40,000 and instead chose the second match, which offered a chance at $200,000 and, perhaps more importantly, more airtime. Ehrlich’s second opponent was poker author and commentator, Gordon.

“Did you read Phil’s book?” Schirripa asked Ehrlich.

“Lie if you haven’t,” Gordon quickly chimed in. Ehrlich admitted he hadn’t, but requested to get an autographed copy from the pro after the show. Gordon was a little more talkative than Ferguson and asked Ehrlich if he was nervous at all during his first match. Ehrlich said no and Gordon was surprised because he finds Ferguson to be an intimidating opponent.

“I think he’s a sweetheart,” Ehrlich responded.

“Yeah,” Gordon said. “But how do you beat him, you know?”

“Well,” Ehrlich said with a smile. “Now the world knows.”

The remainder of the Gordon match would have a flair for the dramatic, with each player pulling off big bluffs on each other. Ehrlich also took to making speeches before acting in a hand, adding a dramatic touch to the event. One audience member even yelled out an amusing suggestion about how to make the proceedings even more humorous:

“RoShamBo for it!”

Gordon, who is an avid rock, paper, scissors player, got a good chuckle out of the idea, but decided to stick with the poker instead. It was a wise decision. Though Ehrlich was able to double up with A-10 to Gordon’s K-7, the final hand would go to the pro. Gordon moved all-in with J-9 and Ehrlich called with A-5. One final time Ehrlich got unlucky on the flop, as it fell Q-9-7 to pair Gordon’s seven and give him the lead. The 10 on the turn did nothing for Ehrlich, nor did the 5 on the river.

Ehrlich was out, but remained positive about his experience, saying, “I got beat by the best, what can you do?”

To date, “Face the Ace” has only given out $40,000 in prize money and all of the other contestants have pressed their luck and gone home with nothing. The next episode of the show will air on Saturday October 31st at 3:30PM.

Andy Beal enters Casino-business with Donald Trump!

Real Estate and Casino mogul Donald Trump, who is also the host of tv’s reality series “The Apprentice”, and Beal Bank (Andy Beal) have decided to enter the casino business again.

-”Andy Beal likes to play the biggest games”

Andy Beal is one of the bankers who are going to invest to the company which Donald Trump lost. In February 2009 Trump Entertainment Resorts was filed for bankruptcy for the third time. Yesterday the company informed that they have chosen Donald Trump to lead it again.

Trump’s daughter Ivanka and the Texas based Beal Bank are the co-owners.

“We’re going to invest $100 million initially… it will be a wonderful company after we intelligently spend money to fix it.” Trump said.

This is the third trip to bankruptcy court for the firm’s three Atlantic City casinos. At the time, it listed assets of $2.06 billion and debt of $1.74 billion, as of Dec. 31.

“My previous investment in the company was destroyed by excessive and restrictive debt.” Trump says.

Andy Beal is known the be the player who has the biggest ever poker winning in a single day. In 2004 Beal won $11.7 million from “The Corporation” which included players like Chip Reese, Hamid Dastmalchi, Gus Hansen and Jennifer Harman.

“The Corporation” includes other players like Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Ted Forrest, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang and others.

It’s not a hidden fact that many high-roll players have been waiting to play against Beal again.

Beal started his career as a blackjack player. In 2001 Beal began to visit Bellagio to participate in high-stakes games.

By the end of their matches they were playing staggering $100.000/$200.000 Limit Hold’em with more than $20 million on the table.

In 2006 Beal challenged “The Corporation” again and lost about $16.6 million to Phil Ivey in three days.

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Annie Duke runner up on America’s Celebrity Apprentice

While viewers of The Apprentice in the UK have been wondering about Philip and Kate’s “just good friends” act and just how annoying Lorraine will be, American viewers have been enjoying the celebrity version.

Rivers, Duke Make Final Push for Celebrity Apprentice Finale

We’re in the home stretch to the finale of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. On Sunday night at 8:00pm ET, World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Annie Duke will square off against comedian Joan Rivers in what promises to be a high-octane three hour conclusion.

Here’s what we know about the final episode of Celebrity Apprentice Season 2: Duke and Rivers will battle it out in a complex task that incorporates fundraising, leadership ability, and pure determination. Yahoo Television gives the following description of the finale, revealing its central task: “In the season finale, former celebrity contestants return to help the two finalists throw a pre-theater VIP bash preceding a performance of the Cirque du Soleil show Wintuk. The party also includes a silent auction.” A portion of the finale will play out in front of a live studio audience in New York City.

In a preview for the show that aired at the end of last week’s episode, it appears that Duke leads a team that includes comedian Tom Green, NBA star Dennis Rodman, and Playboy Playmate of the Year Brande Roderick, who has been one of her strongest allies throughout the show. Rivers will lead three celebrities of her own: country music star Clint Black, daughter and producer Melissa Rivers, and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. No indication of how the teams were selected was given. Rodman was fired amid a boardroom intervention earlier this season after repeated drinking led fellow Celebrity Apprentice contestant Jesse James to conclude that he had a real-life problem.

On Friday, Duke and Rivers will battle over the television airwaves. Duke is slated to appear on Access Hollywood, a syndicated celebrity news program. The show airs throughout the United States; check your local listings for more information. A press release distributed by Ultimate Bet on Thursday announcing Duke’s appearance on the popular entertainment program states, “True to her nature at the tournament tables, the world poker champion has remained calm while enduring an onslaught of personal attacks from Joan Rivers throughout the reality series.” Duke has been compared to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini during Celebrity Apprentice. Rivers also labeled her a Nazi.

Meanwhile, Duke’s adversary will be making her rounds. Rivers will appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Friday. The show airs following The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC. Fallon took over hosting duties from Conan O’Brien in March. O’Brien, in turn, will replace Jay Leno next month, as Leno takes on a weekday program on NBC airing at 10:00pm ET. Rivers revealed to Poker News Daily that she is currently in London and will return to New York on Friday for Fallon’s show. On Saturday, she will be attending the theater in the Big Apple with her grandson and will then perform in New Jersey. Duke told Poker News Daily that she is having dinner with the group of men she befriended during the Loews Hotel challenge earlier this season on Friday night.

It was also revealed this week that Duke’s fellow pro at Ultimate Bet, 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, will appear on the Celebrity Apprentice season finale, although his role is not yet known. Hellmuth nearly turned up during a challenge earlier this season in which contestants were asked to auction off jewelry from Ivanka Trump’s line for charity. Professional golfer Natalie Gulbis, who was a member of Duke’s opposition, called up Hellmuth and asked him to bid against Duke’s team. However, the Ultimate Bet pro declined.

The second season of Celebrity Apprentice began airing on March 1st with 16 contestants. The reality series is actually in its eighth season overall and is hosted by real estate mogul Donald Trump. Over time, it even produced a spin-off, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. Previous winners of Trump’s Apprentice series include Bill Rancic, Kelly Perdew, Kendra Todd, Randal Pinkett, Sean Yazbeck, Stefanie Schaeffer, and Celebrity Apprentice Season 1 winner Piers Morgan.

Annie Duke Absent from Boardroom Bloodbath on Celebrity Apprentice

On Sunday night on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, show host Donald Trump fired not one, but two contestants in an episode that severely strayed from its mantra of, “It's nothing personal, it's just business.” Fortunately for World Series of Poker Champion Annie Duke, she was not among the two contestants fired as part of a boardroom bloodbath.

This week's task was to create a viral video of up to one minute in length for All Small and Mighty laundry detergent. Prior to the task, the teams were reshuffled, notably splitting up Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa and setting the stage for a family feud. Executives from All told the two newly-formed teams that they would be judged on originality, buzz-worthiness, and branding. The winning Project Manager would receive $10,000 for the charity of their choice.

Duke, who told her teammates several weeks ago that she would be Project Manager on the next money-raising task, did not volunteer to lead. Instead, the new Athena chose Melissa Rivers to be Project Manager, while the new Kotu selected country music star Clint Black. R&B singer Brian McKnight was away at a concert during the episode and will be assigned to a team next week. The younger Rivers noted, “I have 15 years of producing live and taped videos.” Black has produced more than a dozen music videos for his country hits.

In Athena's brainstorming session, Duke suggested midgets giving “Monster Garage” host Jesse James a bath, playing on the “small and mighty” brand name. She told her team, “There's no one on Earth who wouldn't open that video.” James declined the opportunity, prompting Duke to question the esteem she held for the West Coast Choppers CEO: “I'm really annoyed right now because there's a really good idea floating around. I thought Jesse was really strong. I was really happy he was going to be on our team, but now I feel like he's being a hindrance. I don't like people who won't step up.”

Black, meanwhile, chose to run with a dirty joke that used the phrase “do the laundry” as a metaphor for sex. The end of his vision entailed an actor saying, “It was a small load; I did it myself,” insinuating masturbation using All as a lubricant. Joan Rivers was against the idea from the start and was vocal throughout the episode of her distaste for Black and his idea. The elder Rivers threw out incomplete ideas, which Black was not appreciative of, instead deciding to pursue his original concept.

Duke was faced with convincing James to appear in the commercial. She immediately began researching the concept, telling NBC officials, “The first thing I did was show Jesse how many hits something with the word 'midget' in the title gets, which is a lot. It needs to be outrageous.” James finally agreed. Duke, who was adamant throughout the early part of the show that her idea was the correct one to film, was then sent by Melissa Rivers with TLC singer Tionne Watkins to collect props for the video. On her reasoning for sending Duke, Rivers commented, “I sent Annie because she can be pretty intense and I wanted to give Jesse a little breathing room away from her.”

Kotu's hired actor struggled to deliver Black's message and was dismissed, prompting the Project Manager to assume the role himself. However, the actor was a “little person” and Joan Rivers, LPGA golfer Natalie Gulbis, and reality star Khloe Kardashian questioned the overall vision. Meanwhile, Melissa Rivers received a phone call from Duke about branding, prompting Rivers to roll her eyes and say, “I was glad that Annie went to get the costumes with Tionne because Annie believes that even if she's not the leader, she at least tries to position herself as the puppet master.”

The rift between Black and Joan Rivers widened throughout the show. Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker returned from an obligation as a member of Kotu and, upon hearing what his team's idea was, speculated, “I think Clint misses his wife,” actress and singer Lisa Hartman. Walker suggested adding in thought bubbles to spice up the video and make it flow better, an idea that was ultimately embraced in the final cut.

In the board room, Joan Rivers lashed out at Black: “I'm taking this very personally.” The talk show host and comedian vowed to discard her Clint Black CDs and stated she did not want to see the singer after the show. Upon the airing of Kotu's video in the board room, Trump once again turned to Duke for objective commentary. On her opponents' viral video, Duke commented, “I thought it was terrible. I didn't understand it and it certainly wasn't viral. It wasn't pushing the edge.” Duke also noted that she represented All's demographic perfectly. which was women over 25 years-old with children.

In the end, the executives from All disliked both team's videos, leaving each Project Manager to select two team members to take back into the boardroom, where two contestants would be fired. Black selected Gulbis and Kardashian, while Melissa Rivers selected Playboy Playmate Brande Roderick and Watkins. Duke escaped the massacre that was about to unfold and is one of the nine contestants remaining.

Watkins told Melissa Rivers that she would return to the boardroom to support her Project Manager. In the end, the move proved fatal. Trump alluded to Bradford Cohen, an attorney who was fired during the second week of The Apprentice Season 2. Trump explained his significance: “He was the leader of the pack and was doing fantastically well and he volunteered to come back. He came back and I said, 'You volunteered to come back, you're fired.' Never volunteer for execution.” Trump promptly fired Watkins and allowed Melissa Rivers and Roderick to return to their suite.

Instead of firing Black for his poor decision on the viral video's content, Trump asked each person if they wanted to stay or return home and pursue other business endeavors. In the end, he lambasted Kardashian, who missed an episode of Celebrity Apprentice to attend to a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) charge in Los Angeles. Kardashian explained, “I have a DUI and I have to take classes in order for me to be here... I've taken full responsibility from the second I got it.”

Trump turned up the heat, chastising, “I hate people who drive under the influence. I know three families who lost children to drunken driving. If I had known you would have been missing time on the task for a DUI, you would have never been on the show.” Trump gave $20,000 to Kardashian's charity, The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Awareness, and fired her on the spot.

Celebrity Apprentice returns next Sunday at 9:00pm ET with two tasks in one episode. The preview features a spat between Joan Rivers and Duke that gets so heated, special backup is brought in. What that means remains to be seen.

Annie Duke Cleans Floors, Witnesses Rodman Alcohol Intervention on Celebrity Apprentice

I've been watching NBC's “The Apprentice” ever since its first season premiered back in 2004. Sunday's show was one of the most bizarre I've ever seen and ended with poker pro Annie Duke, a contestant on the show, witnessing the exposure of five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman's drinking problem. The board room became a real-life intervention.

Last week, the contestants were tasked with creating a promotional campaign for the launch of a video phone designed by ACN. From the onset, Rodman's erratic behavior was brought into the spotlight, as the basketball veteran clashed with teammate and country music star Clint Black, ending with Rodman throwing down his microphone and leaving the set. In the end, however, the men's team pulled out its first win of the season on the strength of a concert by R&B singer Brian McKnight, sending the women to the board room, where “Deal or No Deal” model Claudia Jordan was fired.

This week's task was to manage five hotel rooms at the Loews Regency Hotel in New York City. The teams would be graded on customer service and other factors such as room cleanliness. The winning Project Manager received $20,000 for the charity of their choice. Duke is playing for Refugees International, which she's worked closely with as part of Ante Up for Africa, the charity she founded along with actor Don Cheadle.

The women's team, Athena, selected TLC's Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins as its Project Manager, while the men's squad (Kotu) picked Rodman. Duke commented on Rodman taking on a leadership role: “That forces him to interact with the customers, which you know can only end in disaster.” Duke's comments would foreshadow one of the most unique endings in the history of The Apprentice, which is in its eighth season on NBC.

Watkins was quick to delegate tasks as the teams received crash courses on making beds, scrubbing toilets, delivering room service, and even taking care of guests' pets. Talk show host and New York native Joan Rivers was put in charge of Athena's concierge services, taking advantage of her local connections and top-notch interpersonal skills. By the time the men had decided to purchase treats for their guests at the popular Carnegie Deli, Rodman had already began ordering vodka cranberries from Loews' kitchen.

Rodman suggested parking a Ferrari outside of the hotel for guests to use, claiming “People look at cars! People look at people! They look at my ass all the time!” Meanwhile, Duke was among those furiously cleaning rooms in the minutes before guests checked in. She recalled, “We're just frantically trying to get it done and these stains won't come out. It was a lot of freaking work.” She joked that she would leave a $100 tip at hotels in the future.

Rodman continued to drink throughout the two hour-long episode and provided little direction for his team after the first few hours of the task. Guests of Kotu were waiting to be checked in, while the women were organized on the strength of Watkins' leadership skills. Duke served as the bellhop at the beginning of the task for her team and was extremely professional. She told NBC cameras, “I behaved like an employee the whole time. I was weird about it.”

Guests who checked in came armed with a bevy of requests, including on-stage tickets for Equus and dinner at the popular Waverly Inn. Each team welcomed a guest from the first season of Celebrity Apprentice. For the men, it was “Sopranos” star Vincent Pastore, who quit during the previous season. For the women, it was actor Stephen Baldwin, who was fired in Week 11. Rivers commented on the importance of fulfilling the needs of celebrities: “You really have to treat them like a celebrity. They expect a little more.” Pastore's special requests included cannoli and CDs.

With a lack of leadership, the men's team struggled to fulfill guests' orders. A bottle of chardonnay arrived more than an hour late and several room service orders were bumbled. Rodman, who swore profusely throughout the show, went to dinner at Tao with several of his guests and the team's driver. The women, meanwhile, struggled to keep pace with a needy room of men who requested Duke to bring them cart after cart of food. On her new fans, the Ultimate Bet pro commented, “I was really proud that I was being requested. I knew I was going to be judged on the quality of service.” The room in question was disappointed at the service received from pro golfer Natalie Gulbis.

After returning from dinner, Rodman grew tired of his team and once again walked off. This time, he proclaimed, “I'm out of here. They're too fucking cool.” He removed his shirt in the hallway of the hotel and exited the scene. Former “Monster Garage” host Jesse James told his teammates, “I think Dennis may have an alcohol abuse problem for real.”

The next morning, Athena offered complimentary breakfast to its guests, which resulted in numerous errors being made. Breakfast arrived to one room 40 minutes early and patrons in another room saw their massage bill double without being told. Reality star Khloe Kardashian took the fall for the first error and Rivers was to blame on the second. Duke explained, “Khloe had no friggin' clue and she's, for me, a little bit frustratingly laid back. We've got a lot of crap to do today and people need to be on task.”

In the board room, show host Donald Trump, who has gone to Duke early and often for objective advice, asked the World Series of Poker bracelet winner whether she thought her team won. Duke responded, “There's so much subjectivity from the guests, but I think that, as a hotel staff, we did fantastic particularly given the steepness of the learning curve we had to climb up.”

Instead of breaking down the task, the board room featured Rodman's drinking problem coming to life. One of the NBA's top rebounders lashed out at James, commenting on his former alcohol abuse (James has been sober for nine years). James, who was seated in between Rodman and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, pointed at both and said, “You have two of the greatest athletes in the history of American sports right here. Look at the contrast.”

In the end, the men's team scored 86 points out of a possible 100, well short of the women's total of 91. Dennis was fired on the spot in a rather unconventional board room. The show's credits included the text, “For problems with alcohol abuse, contact Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Celebrity Apprentice airs at 9:00pm ET on Sunday nights on NBC and runs for two hours. Duke remains in the running after five weeks.