I love poker, which is a good thing because poker shows seem to be employing a lot of really hot babes lately. Leeann Tweeden did the Poker Mansion show for a while, and while watching ESPN’s Pro-Am tourney, I caught sight of lovely Aussie Mieke Buchan doing sideline duties. It’s not exactly brain surgery, of course, but I don’t mind one bit.

More about her from Wikipedia:

Mieke began her career in Australia, hosting the weekend edition of Toyota World Sports, as well as appearing on various other sports, travel and entertainment shows, on SBS, Fox, Channel 10 Australia, National Geographic channel, and Fox Sports. Her work at SBS included daily updates from their World Cup Soccer coverage, anchoring the weekend edition of Toyota World Sports, and hosting breaking international soccer news and results on the The World Game. She lives in Los Angeles, and works internationally.

Since her re-location to the United States, Buchan, has continued to cover the world’s largest sports and entertainment events, on networks including ABC, ESPN, Fox Sports Net, National Geographic, Encore, and the Tennis Channel.

She has covered events including the Olympic Games, US Open Tennis, Super Bowl, Formula 1, The STARZ Encore AX awards, & The Aria Awards. Buchan has interviewed many of the worlds most prominent athletes, actors and directors.

Mieke just completed work as news anchor for the French Open Tennis Coverage, for the Tennis Channel. She also recently hosted the AX Action Movie awards for Encore. Mieke co-hosts The Celebrity Poker Pro-Am for ABC/ESPN, which began airing Jan 7th, 2007 on ESPN. She also anchors weekly film review and interview show STC previews on the Soundtrack Channel, which can be seen in over 30 countries. Buchan can now also be seen on The Tennis Channel (TTC), hosting The Glam Slam, US Open special, and Destination Tennis, a travel and lifestyle show that visits, and explores, the locations of the world pro tennis tour. Mieke is the host of The Newport Tennis Smash, another TTC network special, featuring a rare and personal interview with Martina Navratilova. She also co-hosted Celebrity Poker at the Pechanga on Fox Sports (FSNW).

Buchan has co-hosted the last five Super Bowl broadcasts from the field, including the 2007 Super Bowl in Miami for live SBS Australia coverage.