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It was looking ominous from two tables out when Jamie Gold, a talent agent from Malibu, California, built up a commanding lead of chips with a display of fearless power poker. No amount of prayers from the other eight players at the Final Table could prevent Jamie Gold from taking the Big One down aided, it must be said, by a very warm deck of cards that fired favourable cards at him on a regular basis. Whenever the chips went in, he hit the cards he needed or found a desperate opponent with inferior cards. None of the small stacks...

Former Hollywood talent agent and New Jersey native Jamie Gold pulled off his best acting job ever early Friday, bluffing his way to victory at the World Series of Poker and taking home the grand prize of $12 million. Gold's parents still live in Paramus. Gold, of Malibu, Calif., somehow convinced Paul Wasicka he had a weaker hand, getting him to push all his chips in the pot. The 36-year-old Gold, a native of Paramus, N.J., screamed for joy to see Wasicka pocket 10s to his pair of queens. It was the last bit of overacting for the former agent...

When you win the lottery, or let's say $12 million in the WSOP, everyone wants a piece of you. Friends, and family you never know you had often 'appear' sometimes to hit you up, sometimes just to be part of the experience. World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jamie Gold is finding out the hard way just how difficult being the champ can be. According to the Las Vegas Sun, a man named Bruce Crispin Leyser filed a lawsuit yesterday in Las Vegas District Court seeking 50% of Gold's winnings from the Main Event. The suit alleges that Gold...