Rick Salomon Busts Again

Rick Salomon Busts Again


  Poker player Rick Salomon would probably rather be famous winning multiple World Series of Poker bracelets or being called a donkey after gutting out a tough, high profile win over Phil Hellmuth than having the world know him for the women he has been associated with. He first garnered attention by marrying "Berverly Hills 90210" actress Shannen Doherty. If her private temperament is anything like her public persona, a marriage to her would probably be sort of like trying to shave with a chainsaw. After his nuptials went the way of the Do-Do, he was filmed treating Paris Hilton's naughty bits the way German Wehrmacht treated the city of Paris sixty years earlier. He latest high profile romance included him basically winning Pamela Anderson in a strip poker game. As of today his storybook marriage to the Baywatch Babe has been annulled.



  Usually victory in the game of strip poker leaves the winner with a big smile on their face and sort of trophy that would violate all sorts of decency laws if it was displayed publicly. In this case, the long term fruits of Salomon's strip poker triumph are a failed marriage and mutual accusations of fraud with his now ex-wife. At what point will Salomon's poker instincts kick in and force him to fold the "dating" hand until he learns to pick up on some of the tells?



  Let's face it: the flaws in his romances have been obvious. Shannen Doherty already had a reputation for throwing tantrums and occasionally punches before he met her. Paris Hilton is a woman who has been conquered more often than her namesake city, and Pamela Anderson was far from the unattainable successor to the Marilyn Monroe crown. Not only does she not come close to qualifying (in the Star Trek vernacular) as boldly going where no man has been before, but the long list of guys who have landed on planet Pamela include Kid Rock, Tommy Lee, Brett Michaels, assorted Vegas magicians, rodeo clowns, pizza delivery guys, and Scott Baio. He should have read the board and knew to fold the hole cards before playing that disastrous hand.



  If Rick Salomon poker player is as bright as Rick Salomon "dating machine", then he is probably the guy you want at your table calling pots out of position when only holding an unsuited 2/7.