In the brand new Planet Hollywood Poker Room, 48 digital rights supporters played No-Limit Texas Hold’Em in the 4th Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON, raising $18,395 for EFF. img_5930.jpg The tournament was hosted by EFF board member Tarah Wheeler and emceed by lintile, lending his Hacker Jeopardy hosting skills to help EFF for the day. img_5980_copy.jpg Every table had two celebrity players with special bounties for the player that knocked them out of the tournament. This year featured Wendy Nather, Chris “WeldPond” Wysopal, Jake “MalwareJake” Williams, Bryson Bort, Kym “KymPossible” Price, Adam Shostack, and Dr. Allan Friedman. Excellent poker player and teacher Jason Healey, Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs noted that “the EFF poker tournament is where you find all the hacker royalty in one room." img_5955-fs8-web.jpg The day started at with a poker clinic run by Tarah’s father, professional poker player Mike Wheeler. The hour-long clinic helped folks get brushed up on their casino literacy before playing the big game. Mike told the story of first teaching Tarah to play poker with jellybeans when she was only four. He then taught poker noobs how to play and when to check, when to fold, and when to go all-in. img_5978.jpg After the clinic, lintile roused the crowd to play for real, starting the tournament off by announcing “Shuffle up and deal!” The first hour saw few players get knocked out, but after the blinds began to rise, the field began to thin, with a number of celebrity knock outs. At every knockout, lintile took to the mic to encourage the player to donate to EFF, which allowed them to buy back into the tournament and try their luck another round. kym.jpg Jay Salzberg knocked out Kym Price to win a l33t crate. img_6019.jpg img_5923.jpg Kim Holt knocked out Mike Wheeler, collecting the bounty on his head posted by Tarah, and winning a $250 donation to EFF in his name. This is the second time Holt has sent Mike home. mike_knock_out.jpg Tarah knocked out Adam Shostack, winning a number of fun prizes, including a signed copy of his latest book, Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars. adam.jpg Bryson Bort was knocked out by privacy attorney Marcia Hofmann. img_6082-web.jpg Play continued for three hours until only the final table of players remained: Allaen Friedman, Luke Hanley, Jason Healey, Kim Holt, Igor Ignatov, Sid, Puneet Thapliyal, Charles Thomas and Tarah Wheeler herself. As blinds continues to rise, players went all-in more and more. The most exciting moment was won by Sid, tripling up with TT over QT and A8s, and then only a few hands later knocking out Tarah, who finished 8th. For the first time, the Jellybean Trophy sat on the final table awaiting the winner. This year, it was a Seattle Space Needle filled with green and blue jellybeans celebrating the lovely Pacific Northwest where Tarah and Mike are from. The final three players were Allen Friedman, Kim Holt and Syd. Sid doubled up with KJ over Holt’s A6, and then knocked Holt out with his Q4 beating Holt’s 22. Friedman and Sid traded blinds until Allan went all in with A6 and Syd called with JT. A jack landed on the flop and Syd won the day! img_5987.jpg img_6115.jpg img_6126.jpg Sid becomes the first player to win the tournament more than once, taking home the jellybean trophy two years in a row. img_6139.jpg It was an exciting afternoon of competition raising over $18,000 to support civil liberties and human rights online. We hope you join us next year as we continue to grow the tournament. Follow Tarah and EFF to make sure we have chips and a chair for you at DEF CON 34. Be ready for this next year’s special benefit poker event: The Digital Rights Attack Lawyers Edition! Our special celebrity guests will all be our favorite digital rights attorneys including Cindy Cohn, Marcia Hofmann, Kurt Opsahl, and more! Photo Gallery

Playing it coy… A couple weeks ago, Riley Green was one of the biggest winners at the CMA Awards, taking home three trophies for Music Video of the Year (announced before the show started), Single of the Year and Song of the Year for the song “You Look Like You Love Me,” which he shares with Ella Langley. But it wasn’t his acceptance speeches, or even his performance of “Worst Way,” that fans were paying attention to… it was his date, influencer Bryana Ferringer. View this post on Instagram It had fans all worked up, and many hearts around the world shattered as Riley sat next to a new lady. Bryana and Riley have been spotted together for months now, so I think it’s safe to assume they’re in some sort of relationship, and it’s serious enough that he would go public with it at such a big event, though they notably did not walk the red carpet together, so there’s that. Bryana previously dated country artist Tucker Wetmore, and she is a beauty, fashion, and lifestyle influencer who lives in Nashville and has been spotted with Riley here and there for the last several months, so I’m sure some of his fans have taken notice, especially if you’re on TikTok at all. Fans also think that Tucker just put out a new song about her, and you can read more about that HERE. But there might be hope for y’all yet, if you were one of the ones whose heart broke seeing Riley with a new girl, because during an interview with Elaina Smith on her Backstage Country radio show, Riley said that Bryana was just his “friend.” He explained that he usually takes friends, or even some of his team, with him to the show, and he went with his mom once too, but he wanted to shake it up and go with a lady friend, I guess that’s what we’ll call her, this time: “Its gonna be tough to tiptoe out of having a date to an award show. Yeah, I mean, you go to award show all the time, and I’m always by myself, or I’ve got like, a security guy, or a buddy with me, so I took a friend with me to the award show. We had a nice time. My mom’s gone with me before. So it was my first or second award show date ever. I guess I’ve gotten big enough this is a really big issue, you know?” So even if they are casually dating, it sounds like it’s nothing too serious, and they notably did not walk the red carpet together. When asked if Bryana has been the inspiration for any new music, Riley says that hasn’t been the case yet, but he plans to do some more writing when he’s back on his farm in Alabama for the holidays this month: “As of now, no. I haven’t written a lot this year. I’ve written a lot of stuff after ‘Don’t Mind If I Do,’ but the holidays is always when I write the most songs. It seems like this is my down time, after Thanksgiving and things slow down, I’ll be at home, I’ll be sitting around the farm, that’s when I come up with a lot of inspiration for songs, so who knows.” Riley has teased that a new album is in the works, and he’ll likely drop a new record in 2026, so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if Bryana ends up being the muse for any of them. Only time will tell, but Riley sure knows how to keep the fans guessing about his dating life, that’s for sure… you can watch the interview here: @elainadsmith New muse, perhaps? #rileygreen #cmaawards #countrycouple #countrymusic ♬ original sound – Elaina Riley will embark on his 2026 Cowboy As It Gets tour next spring. Cowboy As It Gets 2026 Tour Dates: April 16th, 2026 – Southaven, MS – Landers Center#~$ April 17th, 2026 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center#~$ *ON SALE 10/3 April 18th, 2026 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena#~$ May 7th, 2026 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion#~• May 8th, 2026 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre#~• June 18th, 2026 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center#~• June 19th, 2026 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center#~• June 20th, 2026 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater#~• June 25th, 2026 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center#$* June 26th, 2026 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake#$* July 16th, 2026 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center#~• July 23rd, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre#~• August 6th, 2026 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater#/• August 7th, 2026 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center#/• August 8th, 2026 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live#/• August 13th, 2026 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion#/• August 14th, 2026 – Hartford, CT – The XFINITY Theatre#/• August 15th, 2026 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheatre#/• August 21st, 2026 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford#$*^ August 22nd, 2026 – Grand Forks, ND – Ralph Engelstad Arena#$*^ #Justin Moore ~Drake White $Mackenzie Carpenter •Hannah McFarland *Adam Hood /Zach John KingThe post Riley Green Says CMA Awards Date, Influencer Bryana Ferringer, Is Just A Friend first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

He nailed it. This week, Lainey Wilson played a show in Las Vegas during the the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), her last concert of the year that wrapped up her extensive Whirlwind tour. Lainey has a tradition of bringing up a little girl during every concert to be her “Cowgirl of the Night,” which she’s been doing at every show on her aforementioned tour. She brings a little girl from the crowd up with her to the stage, introduces them to everyone, and gifts the fan with a Lainey Wilson-styled cowgirl hat to match one of hers. She also has them recite a mantra of sorts into the microphone: “I am beautiful. I am smart. I am talented. I can do anything. I am Cowgirl of then night!” It’s led to some precious moments throughout the tour, but during this last concert, it was a little boy who caught her attention, because he looked very familiar… he dressed up like her fiancé, Duck. She had him up there while she sang “Yesterday, All Day, Every,” which is a song she wrote about Duck. From the mustache to the hat and boots and jeans, he nailed it, and I’m sure he will always remember getting to be onstage with Miss Lainey: @mckenziecoleman74 This is so cute! #laineywilson #duck #countrysinger #lasvegas #countrymusic #YesterdayAllDayEveryday ♬ original sound – mckenziecoleman74 Lainey and Duck got engaged in February of this year, and she said recently that they’re planning to tie the knot in 2026. View this post on Instagram In addition to that adorable moment at the NFR, Lainey’s mom strutted her stuff for the Rodeo Quincy fashion show at Fontainebleau , which is a lifestyle and clothing brand. She walked down the runway alongside Ella Langley and Miranda Lambert’s moms, and they were all in matching black suits with red flower embellishment and embroidery, and they all looked absolutely stunning. View this post on Instagram “Yesterday, All Day, Every Day” The post Lainey Wilson Brings Adorable Little Boy Onstage Who Dressed Up Like Her Fiancé, Duck first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

A reporter tried to trap US Senator Eric Schmitt today when asking about the oil tanker seizure by the US government, but failed miserably. You’ll know it as soon as you hear . . .

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