{"id":191987,"date":"2026-02-24T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/191987\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:08:06","slug":"fresno-content-creator-to-try-her-hand-at-pokers-biggest-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/191987\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Content Creator to Try Her Hand at Poker&#8217;s Biggest Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno content creator landed a seat at the 2026 World Series of Poker championship, meaning with right plays \u2014 a little luck \u2014 she may walk away with the grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos.com selected Desiree Rodriguez, known for creating content around slot machines, to be the website\u2019s brand ambassador at the tournament. Normally, a seat at the poker tournament costs $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/shared.outlook.inky.com\/link?domain=url94.gdcgroupmedia.com&amp;t=h.eJxVktuSmkAQhl9ly-uoDAcZtiqVAIogCoiILjcpnBkOK6CcwVTePcNeJTddffj7-_uif8_aKpu9v82Spnm-L5e0kvhFjFFcPdpnTnAaLtAjX2b1EmUpuv9on8X3lmHAovcY0ZUH6XRRh3GjHnJpH-ontWL0OaspNQ18tJVfsaQ6FQzHwRTzvEgDhwhzVhkuZJDXejx6gwZWBRXrpXxJa_CkqbcD3UhFRI_ESRsUchkySpue4xsdf5KrfT8XumTooXDAhuescWER7mXrv161IksSPiorXeCrnf1h6XC9n1h5aWt0Wyl9IlqqorhO5w667_U8LqQ0e41NTfLkEmfIforo6l4d7WjB6Cytys9959F7NGcXTOc1d2ejnQzKEiHs12N0MyLX7KLG1A01j0c7gwzDHDcsTJDDgH7MjMG9W_vXaWunx801tsIHbwZOLAN4u8dZZ6OBwupHTmM0HFDTWnJPjTLO7IL202IhuWn-6dE_NZ5KgOET83mvoBcpynCq5MRtt4L_ohsnxy6voYHVw65GjRtsOJg4_aMs-N4-BPuKSjifT0AmMWZSMbtInZyxmxwkf79xiBPjRm_RuSHw5qlV6iRq5hh8hGCJkAGIHPQwpBDia2yREyvwY4gPVwDkcG99yIlZEN5Hc249-_Y2u09vFVdh0aVZRubJIyf1kuA-rPCiztMm-Rl3fVqRr_9aYYEBYcSyeIURJ0TsimM5gWdELgS0gEsgikASBIkHC1EUVpwwWZDJ4pYj0pPiH9o0wl_u_7VS2gJ__gKqKfCR.MEYCIQDDUL6nlq8rRb6RgryDvsgoSvWKAMFyZTe-HiRDBIiwnwIhAKOMpjWzaKgo0l1VvwT3r-DN8vpzKJ9CgqKVtRiOO908\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>, Rodriguez beat out thousands of other applicants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t take this opportunity lightly. There are so many talented players out there, many who specialize in poker exclusively, and I deeply respect that,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cTo be chosen as someone transitioning from a slots-focused background into poker representation is not something I ever expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casinos.com: Rodriguez Will Need \u2018Nerves of Steel\u2019 to Succeed<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez has amassed tens of thousands of followers for her content on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daybydaydesiree\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and Tik Tok.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be held at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel &amp; Casino and the Horseshoe Las Vegas from May 26 to July 15.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos.com senior vice president Lee James Gwilliam, who will also be competing, complimented Rodriguez\u2019s \u201cnerves of steel.\u201d Despite being a brand ambassador, Gwilliam said if they meet at a table, she\u2019ll get no \u201cspecial treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who confidently spins high volatility slots for fun has to have nerves of steel,\u201d Gwilliam said. \u201cPoker tables have a funny way of humbling people, but they also have a way of revealing who can really handle pressure. From what we\u2019ve seen, Desiree looks like she can handle things just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno content creator landed a seat at the 2026 World Series of Poker championship, meaning with right&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-191987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}