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Disgraced Former Cricket Player Now Poker Pro?

Submitted by Thomas Somach on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 19:32.

Shane Warne

Only in the world of poker can someone viewed as a person of low moral character be seen as a hero.

The latest example?

A disgraced former professional cricket player from Australia is holding a charity poker tournament-at a major Australian casino!

According to media reports, retired Australian pro cricket player Shane Warne, along with Australian poker pro and 2005 World Series of Poker champ Joe Hachem, will host a charity poker tournament on Monday, October 27, 2008, at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.

The tourney is to benefit the Shane Warne Foundation, a charity that benefits sick and underprivileged children in Australia, the media reports said.

But wait a minute!

Isn't Warne a highly-disgraced ex-sports pro, at least in Australia and any place else where people know who he is?

You bet he is!

According to past accounts from newspapers in Australia and England and elsewhere, Warne, who was a top cricket player, was disciplined on numerous occasions by his sport for less than exemplary behavior.

The most serious incident was in 2004, when he was suspened from cricket for a year for using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

In 1995, he was fined thousands of dollars after getting caught passing inside information about upcoming cricket matches to a bookmaker.

In 1999, he got into hot water after making negative comments about a Sri Lankan cricket player. The brouhaha earned Warne a fine and a two-match suspension.

In addition, his sexual excapades and extra-marital affairs have been fodder for the cricket media, and he has been investigated by a British government agency for shilling a shady company that makes a hair-restoration drug.

What a guy!

Let's get him to run a charity tournament for poor and sick kids!

Only in the highly-dysfunctional world of poker.

It's akin to a charity poker tourney being held in the USA by steroid abuser Barry Bonds, wife beater Jose Canseco, gambler Pete Rose or all-around miscreant O.J. Simpson.

Then again, charity poker tournaments in the USA in recent years have featured child molesters Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr. and "Sean" Sheikhan and drug dealer Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.

And just a few weeks ago, Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth Jr. was asked to host a charity poker tournament with disgraced former NFL star Paul Hornung.

Hornung was once banned from the NFL for a year for betting on NFL games.

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Thomas Somach, www.pokerhelper.com

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Comments

Get a Life

I have an alert for anyting to do with sick children and this cameup ! My god, I couldn't believe it. The shane warne foundation saved my child's life. If it wasn't for them and their generous donation to Life Flight My child would be in heaven. You seriously need to take a good hard look at yourself and what you write. i just read the comment above and agree with whoever wrote that. Shane warne is fodder for journalists who have nothing better to do in their lives and they get credentials for writing about someone who is such a great person. get your fac`ts right before you go shooting off your mouth about something you clearly know nothing about. look at www.tswf.com.au and see just how awful the man is, i owe my happiness to him and his team at the foundation. as the other person said you must be a yank ! do not agree with this at all.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 23:04.

Not

He's not a disgraced former cricketer as you put it. That suggests he was expelled from the sport after which he never played again. It shows how little you know about the world of cricket. You must be a yank. Like many professional sportsmen Shane Warne was involved in some controversial on and off field incidents during his career, but each time he faced the charges (publicly) and it was dealt with accordingly. But his career outlasted that of most of his peers - he played professional cricket for an incredibly long period of time. Most people that started after he did retired before he did. And what's important to note is that in the last few years (possibly the last 8) of his career he avoided any controversy and smashed a number of cricket records that had stood for decades. I'm no fan-boy of Warne mind, and in fact my team was on the receiving end of many of his deliveries - but this article shows a lot of ignorance. Warne left the game on his own terms last year. He retired on the top as possibly the greatest spin bowler of all time. Not as your article suggests in "disgrace"...
Submitted by Guest on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 05:42.

OZ

AUSTRALIANS ARE ALL DESCENDED FROM CONVICTS SENT THERE BY THE BRITISH..SO CRIMINALITY IS IN THEIR BLOOD...NO SURPRISE THEY DEFEND A CREEP AUSSIE
Submitted by Guest on Wed, 10/29/2008 - 17:18.

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