Golf Pro Skips Event for World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker has come to an end for 2006, the 37th year of the greatest poker tournament in the world. While the event is over, and Jamie Gold has claimed a $12 million first prize for his win, the poker stories are still coming in. For example, it turns out that one professional golfer skipped the US Bank Championship in order to take a shot at the Main Event. Paul Azinger, who has won over $14 million in the PGA over 20-year term, according to the requirements of the PDA, had submitted in writing his reason for the withdrawal but claimed it was so because his father was to undergo surgery.