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Originally Posted by mojopuppy
i am really sorry to ask, and I don't mean to be a smartass about this, but who is Tiffany Michelle, and why do I care if she is playing the main event or not. I have never heard of this person.
Like a lot of other people, she got lucky and finished deep in the ME last year. She attracted attention due to her gender and various things that made her a little notorious.
She had worked for Poker News reporting WSOP ME hands the summer before, and they decided she was a great prospect to stake in the 2008 ME. Part of the staking agreement was that she would wear Poker News gear, but she made additional money wearing gear for some crooked poker site over it.
She then came off as a real jerk/bitch on TV and apparently to some people in the tournament. I don't think calling a clock is so awful, and we don't know the full circumstances, but there were other things.
Now she didn't win enough so she is set for life or anything, and she probably had to give up some of it as part of her staking agreement.
I assume she doesn't have the $10K and/or doesn't think playing the ME would be a good investment. I assume Poker News is not going to stake her again after what happened last time.