AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: World Series of Poker Champ Gets Half a Prize
DATE: 5:12 AM
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<p class="mobile-post">When former Hollywood agent Jamie Gold emerged as the big winner at the 37th
annual World Series of Poker, onlookers could never have guessed that a
month later half of his $12 million prize would remain frozen on location at
the Rio Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. Lawyers involved in the dispute between
Gold and his reported partner in finding celebrities to wear Bodog Poker
gear, Crispin Leyser, have decided to hold half the prize and release the
other half to Gold, who is denying a deal Leyser says was made prior to the
Main Event. If courts decide that a deal was in existence, Gold would be
left with only half of the biggest prize in poker history, leaving last
year's winner Joe Hachem with the richest net payout at $7.5 million.</p>
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