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Tiffany Michelle Fights Back

News RSS / Chris Edwards / 18 July 2008 / 2 Comments

Following on from the official Pokernews statement, Tony G wrote a long blog entry detailing his side of the incident. Tony claims that he had reluctantly backed Tiffany after being advised by Jeff Lisandro. Tony had already staked 34 players in the Main Event, so was running short on cash. Lisandro offered to put some of the money up, so Tony finally agreed if Tiffany understood he wanted the rights from anything that might come of her playing and placing in the main event. Tony then goes on to say she agreed to be an official representative of PokerNews and that she broke the contract by deciding to take on her own sponsorship deals.

Tiffany released her own statement shortly after and is adamant about the fact that her contract was the same as any other PokerNews player in that she was able to get sponsorship from an online poker room. Tony G does not dispute this but feels that he and the PokerNews team should have made the decision which room it was (he had a very lucrative deal lined up) and Tiffany disagrees. She feels that her chosen sponsor offered her the best deal at the time.

A legal battle may be imminent.

Tony G's Blog Entry

Poker King on Tiffany Michelle

Pokerbloggs on the Tiffany Michelle affair

Comments (2)

  1. Tired of Tiffany Michelle | 10 November 2008

    Tiffany Michelle is just plain RUDE! Not only does she think that she gets to "run the game" on her OWN clock, and not give someone the time they think they want or need, since she wasn't even in the damned hand anyway, but she gets to pass judgment on others who are in the hand....I honestly believe she was just a little pissed that the camera wasn't on her arrogant face. Please, in her blog she calls him a Hollywooder simply because he is thinking about his hand. Again, we've all seen her arrogance and she simply wanted the camera on her. Disgusting.

    Everyone saw, and even the announcers commented on Tiffany being happy about the other 2 last girls being knocked out. The other girls were cheering for her (but they didn't know yet that Tiffany was publicly hoping they got knocked out.) As the announcer said after Tiffany was happy to see Lisa Parsons (a real pro and classy person and player) get eliminated, "well, I guess there's no traveling sisterhood in poker." And this is in addition to Tiffany calling the other remaining girls "bitches" on camera in an interview. Tasteless. Just low class trash. Tiffany is just a young obnoxious rude person, and I think it would be hard to sit at a table with an arrogant obnoxious person like that.

    I high fived when Tiffany Michelle got knocked out and I'd NEVER cheer her on again. EVER! Good riddance Tiffany Michelle. Pride comes before a fall.

    Oh, and by the way Tiffany Michelle, if the "chips had a crush on you" before, as you so arrogantly in Tiffany Michelle fashion stated in WSOP, I suppose they dumped your ass. Maybe they thought you were "taking too long" in the mirror that morning and "called" you on it :)

  2. name | 28 June 2009

    Is it so important?,

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