If there’s one thing Ian Somerhalder has done brilliantly in the last few years, it’s portray a dark and brooding vampire perfectly. His character Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, is more like a classic vampire than Twilight’s Edward Cullen. Handsome, charming, smug, manipulative, easily angered and evil, you get the impression there’s nothing he couldn’t make happen for himself. Have you ever wondered what kind of poker player he would be?

When would he get tired?

Humans have the unfortunate affliction of exhaustion which sets in after a while. Other characters, whatever their nationality – French, American, Japanese – they’d succumb to weariness at the table eventually. By comparison Damon doesn’t need to sleep. While everyone else is in bed, he could practise late into the night on the website Partypoker.fr. I bet he wishes the internet existed a century ago.

He’s had a long time to learn

As a vampire who is one hundred and forty-five years old and counting, Damon has certainly had a long time to learn how to play poker. He could have travelled to different countries like France, and returned with a know how you could only get from the best French player of the century. The problem most humans have is limited time to learn. Damon’s experience would no doubt outnumber most of the players at the table combined, which is an unfair but unavoidable advantage.

He could win by default

Technically as a creature who drinks blood and is stronger than the average human, if Damon Salvatore wanted to win a game of Texas Hold’em, and he lost against his human opponents, he could just strike against them and win by default. Who would want to anger a blood thirsty vampire? Maybe a made up new character like Claude Bonnaire: a man fresh from France who is unaware of Damon’s temper. Other than that though, no one would cross him.

Oh, the charm!

The problem with those pesky vampires, is they are incredibly charming to the human race. A combination of intimidation and cockiness could be the difference between a human gathering his winnings to fund a trip to Paris for he and his girlfriend, and a victorious vampire. Especially when you consider the confidence that Damon exudes. He could probably charm the average player into accidentally revealing their hand to him prematurely, if he felt so inclined.

Today is officially here Ian fans, and I’m so excited for the start of Season 4. I now leave you with this really cool gif I found on Tumblr, credits go to the awesome person who made this.

October 11th is drawing near, and I know millions of fans out there are really excited, so I wanted to post this season 4 poster for everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day!!

I have added two photos from the Season 4 promo to gallery. Remember we have just 20 days left until The Vampire Diaries Season 4 starts on October 11!

Ian is on this falls cover of Defy Magazine, and I have added the photos to the gallery! Also below you will find a small article below that I have added.

     

Article:

Before we get down to it, the beginning of the now 33 year-old Somerhalder’s career is relevant, so let’s blow through that, too. He was born and raised in the small Gulf town of Covington, Louisiana, where he had an active childhood, playing sports, acting in drama club, and zipping around the Louisiana marshland. When he was 10, his mother (who was apparently a woman of keen eyesight) decided that her son should give modeling a try. He spent the next decade booking consistent modeling gigs for high-end clientele, including Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabanna, Gucci, Versace, and Guess. He also studied acting, and in his twenties, started landing some decent roles. He appeared in such films as Life as a House, and the film adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel,
The Rules of Attraction. In 2004, he landed a major role on the hit TV show Lost. He had recurring roles on the CW’s Smallville, and on HBO’s 2007 series Tell Me You Love Me. Long story short, Somerhalder successfully segued from model to working actor. By 2009, when he was cast as the darkly smug and conflicted Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries, he became a household name.

The BP oil spill in April, 2010 caused immediate, catastrophic damage to the Gulf shores where Somerhalder grew up. The horror of this particular disaster wasn’t merely in its suddenness, nor in its preventability—it was its unfathomable persistence. The spill remained uncapped for three long months, and the consequences are still lingering now, more than two years later. Somerhalder’s response to the spill was personal and immediate. He says: “Watching BP’s oil destroy my home and one of the most beautiful bodies of water on the planet, I realized that feeling of helplessness should not go unnoticed—and that I, myself, nor my family, nor my children, nor anyone on this planet should ever feel that helpless again.”

Enter Peter Seligmann, the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of one of the world’s largest and most influential conservationist organizations, Conservation International. Somerhalder considers Seligmann “a mentor, and almost like an uncle,” and he was so inspired by Seligmann’s work that he established his own organization, the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. The actor considers himself fortunate to have been in a place in his career where he had the means to respond to the disaster—and his team got to work right away, helping with oil cleanup, animal rescue, and restoration efforts.

Of course, it didn’t stop there. ISF has gone global, and is flourishing at an astonishing rate. The mission of the organization, according to its website, is “to empower, educate and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures.” And although the organization is only two years into its development, Somerhalder claims it has already taken root in “almost every country in the world.” This kind of growth, by most standards, has success written all over it, but Somerhalder tenses a bit when I ask him about his own standards of success.

 

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Source: Defy Magazine

At some point today I am gonna get the photos from Defy Magazine up into the gallery! I would have done this much sooner, but I have not been able to login to do it so, now that I can I’ll get that done!! 

Also if you didn’t catch the show Katie yesterday Ian Somerhalder won the poll she was running for who people wanted to play Christian Grey in the upcoming film Fifty Shades of Grey! I was really excited when he was voted the top choice. Okay, more later!

I just couldn’t resist, they were hilarious! These bloopers where released online recently, and I am sharing with you all. Please enjoy!

I have been reading Fifty Shades of Grey, and of course I am addicted to it. Ian is totally interested in playing dark Christian Grey on the big screen, but I have to ask those who have read the books as well and are also Ian fans..

Do you wanna see Ian play Christian Grey?

• YES!
• NO!
• I haven't read the books

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Glamour Magazine UK wants to know who do you think is the sexiest man of 2012. Ian has made their list, and of course we cast our vote. Click the link below to also vote for Ian! Results will be available in October.

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