We just stopped by the car wash to benefit the United Way at Rio, and this group of VooDoo Beach lifeguards was there to greet us!

Enthusiasm galore, and all for a good cause.

The Chippendales dancers will also be on-hand for photo ops (just a $5 donation), 11:00 to 2:00 (Mar. 19).

Car washes are also $5. The event goes until 5:00 p.m. Stop by and get soaked for the United Way!

Dancers from Rio’s male revue Chippendales will host a car wash on Mar. 19 to benefit the United Way. The fundraiser/spectacle at Rio Las Vegas is open to the public, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Chippendales dancers and Harrah’s employee volunteers will wash cars all day long for a minimum donation of $5. Photo opportunities will also be available for $5 with the Chippendales dancers from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The car wash will be held in the parking lot outside the Rio Pavilion.

In other Chippendales news, studmuffin (not his actual title) Jace Crispin will appear on the “Ellen” show on Monday, Mar. 22.

Jace, wooing womankind, one button at a time.

After this appearance, you may need a squeegee for your TV screen. (We fully admit we have no idea what that means.)

Follow Chippendales on Facebook and Twitter. More steamy Jace photo action.

How are you celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? For our money, there’s no luckier place to play and revel and debauch than O’Sheas at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

Follow O’Sheas on Twitter, or fan them on Facebook, for all the latest news, including updates from the four-day block party hosted by O’Sheas (the party happens between O’Sheas and Flamingo).

Get some details about the party here.

While not required, a love of beer tends to help in one's enjoyment of this hallowed day.

Another must-sip spot for St. Paddy’s Day is McFadden’s at Rio Las Vegas. At McFadden’s, it’s technically St. Patrick’s Day all-year-round, but it’s especially festive when the actual St. Paddy’s Day rolls around. Get an update on all the shenanigans.

And if you’re in one of our city’s spectacular casinos today, may the luck of the Irish be with you. Or with “ye,” if ye be into that kind of thing.

The World Series of Poker is putting up a million bucks to award during the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. The tournament will take place during the 41st Annual WSOP at the Rio. Learn more.

To sweeten the pot, ESPN will air the event in a special two-hour telecast on Aug. 3.

Known as "pocket aces," this poker hand has been known to make grown men weep tears of joy.

Just 27 players will participate in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, with 20 players selected by voting from the public. Voting will remain open until Jun. 15.

To qualify as one of the 20 eligible fan-voted participants, players must be a WSOP bracelet-holder. All living WSOP bracelet holders are able to receive votes, and currently there are 521 eligible players.

The three previous WSOP Tournament of Champions winners gain automatic entry, plus the reigning WSOP champion and the reigning WSOP Europe champion get seats at the table. The five shoo-ins are Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton, Joe Cada and Barry Shulman.

Play will start at the Rio on Jun. 27, and will stop once the final nine players are reached. Those nine return on Jul. 4.

The World Series of Poker runs from May 27 to Jul. 17. Find out more about the world’s premier poker event.

The Holy Grail for poker players, a WSOP bracelet. The Holy Grail was, sadly, not available for a photo.

It was a weekend of firsts for women! Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win a Best Director Oscar for “The Hurt Locker,” and poker pro Annie Duke became the first woman ever to win the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The event was held at Caesars Palace.

The Heads-Up Championship finals came down to Annie Duke and Erik Seidel, with Duke taking home the $500,000 in prize money. NBC will air 12 hours of event coverage, starting Apr. 18, for six consecutive Sundays.

Factoid: Annie Duke moonlights an instructor at the World Series of Poker Academy.

In addition to her many poker accomplishments, Anne Duke was also a finalist on “Celebrity Apprentice,” going head-to-head with arch-nemesis Joan Rivers in one of the most memorable installments of the show ever.

Read more about Annie Duke’s victory in the 2010 National Heads-Up Poker Championship here, here and here.

If you’re like most poker fans, you’re champing at the bit for the World Series of Poker this summer. Registration is open, so find out more about the event at Rio Las Vegas, May 27 to Jul. 17, and get in the game.

Here’s a sweet review of the Chippendales show at Rio Las Vegas in 24/7 Magazine. One of the Chippendales “abvertainers” (not a real word), James Davis, even graces the magazine’s cover.

James owns it, plain and simple.

Love the review, so good going, 24/7. And while we’re on the subject, when was “an energetic and mindless good time” ever a bad thing? (Think “Avatar,” but with more baby oil.)

See Chippendales at Rio Vegas. Get tickets.

Help the guys at Chippendales, the male revue at Rio Las Vegas, name their new souvenir glass, and you could win tickets to the famed show. Learn more on Facebook.

Get yours in the Flirt lounge at Rio.

Some of the entries have been so clever, from the “Stripper Sipper” to the “Bottoms Up” and the “Sippendale.” Chippendales fans are a sassy, creative bunch. Join in the fun. The winner will be announced Mar. 12.

Poker players will be satisfying their cravings for adrenaline, bluffing, raising and using fancy poker slang like “having the nuts” during the National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace, Mar. 4-7.

Any poker day involving "pocket aces" is a good poker day.

Many of the biggest names in poker will compete, like Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Joe Cada.

Players will compete for $1.5 million in prize money, and the event will be broadcast on NBC over six weeks, from Apr. 18 to May 23.

Here’s a bonus factoid: There are 13 World Series of Poker Main Event Champions competing in this year’s event. Go here to get tons of interesting facts about the players and championship event.

Here’s a handy list of poker terms, just because it sounds so cool to use them in conversation.

Please note that the world’s most prestigious poker event, the World Series of Poker, happens at Rio Las Vegas, May 27 to Jul. 17. Learn more.

It looks like there’s a new nightclub and concert venue on the horizon at Rio Las Vegas. Read more about Crown Nightclub, coming this summer.

We can never get enough of “Best of…” lists (especially our own). Two of our favorite shows have been listed among the “Top 10 Shows in Las Vegas.” See the list.

This particular list ranks both comedian Vinnie Favorito at Flamingo and Penn & Teller at Rio Las Vegas among the biggest crowd-pleasers in Sin City. Love ‘em!

Vinnie Favorito cops some 'tude. If, you know, anyone's used the term "'tude" since 2001.

Congratulations to Vinnie, Penn and Teller, for continuing to: 1) keep us entertained, 2) push public decency laws to their absolute limits.

Yes, you made another "Top 10" list. Never gets old, does it, guys?

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week (Feb. 13-19), so we felt compelled to compile a few stunningly-original suggestions of random acts you might try out in Las Vegas.

1. Share the Mardi Gras beads you catch during the free Show at the Sky extravaganza at Rio. Not everyone has your reflexes, you know.

2. Hold a stranger’s hand if they express having a fear of heights during your Eiffel Tower Experience at Paris.

It's a good kind of woozy.

3. During the VIP meet-and-greet after the Donny & Marie show at Flamingo, sing and dance for THEM.

4. Treat a leprechaun like he’s a really, really tall guy at O’Sheas.

Ixnay on the short jokes, already. Right, Lucky?

5. At your favorite Vegas buffet, let someone have the last dinner roll in the basket. We’ll make more.

6. Leave a bigger-than-expected tip for one of the Pussycat Dolls Lounge performers at Caesars Palace. Attractive women hardly ever get tips in Vegas!

7. Assist a fellow diner with their meal at Hash House a Go Go at Imperial Palace. Chances are they’ll need assistance from 10-12 people, but you get our drift.

Just one of the mammoth dishes at Hash House a Go Go.

8. Help a Jubilee! showgirl into her costume backstage at Bally’s Las Vegas.

9. Be extra nice to the security guard who takes you into custody backstage at Bally’s Las Vegas.

10. Leave a nice comment on your favorite Las Vegas blog. Ahem.

Congrats to the dudes at Chippendales on their 3,000th show at Rio Las Vegas (Feb. 11). Let the flexing begin!

Beefcake!

We enjoyed this blog post that includes some behind-the-scenes footage of the guys as they celebrated their 3,000th.

And here’s some news coverage from the day of the big event.

One performer had an interesting way of describing the show. He said, “It’s 75 minutes of full-fantasy fulfillment.”

Chippendales looker Jaymes Vaughan has been named one of Las Vegas’ sexiest people. Check out the full list.

You can get more “face” time with Jaymes on Facebook. Catch Jaymes and all the Chippendales guys at Rio Las Vegas.

It's like we're looking in a mirror.

In a related story, this very Pulse of Vegas blog has been named the “Sexiest Blog in Las Vegas.” By, you know, this blog.

Remember all the abs on display in the movie, “300″? Well, the guys at Chippendales Las Vegas are about to put those Spartan six-packs to shame. They’re starring in “3,000″!

That’s how many shows they’ve done for delighted audiences at Rio Las Vegas. Chippendales celebrates its 3,000th show on Feb. 11. But maybe we should shut up and let some pecs do the talking.

Congrats to the guys of Chippendales: For their 3,000th show and for stealing our girlfriends.

Here’s a fun video of the Chippendales guys out and about on the Las Vegas Strip, winning over new fans and generally goofing around. What a life! Get in on the pec-tacular ™ fun. See Chippendales at Rio Las Vegas.