Hip hop rapper Nelly live performance for Pokerstars Party at the Palms Las Vegas. Last night Nelly made his way on the red carpet with celebrities, actors and poker stars in Vegas to celebrate all of the great poker happening for 2009 World Series of Poker.

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Nelly made his way and posed looking cool and comfortable before his performance last night. He wore a red baseball cap, black Nike jacket, jeans and white tennis shoes.

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Some of the celebrities who celebrated with Nelly were actor Lou Diamond Phillips, winner of reality show “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!”, and actor Jason Alexander from long time running TV show “Seinfeld.”

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A few poker stars showed up to the red carpet including Chris Moneymaker, 2003 WSOP Champion, and 2005 WSOP Champion, Joe Hachem. They posed for pics in celebration of the World Series of Poker PokerStars at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

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You know hip hop rapper Nelly had to break out some of his popular songs at Rain nightclub including “Hot In Herre,” “The Gank” and “Party People.” Nelly had a great night talking poker, mingling with celebs and performing for the private poker party.  Viva Las Vegas!

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