Pamela Anderson: Rick Solomon Made $40 Mil Last Year Playing Poker vs. One Guy

“Baywatch” babe Pam Anderson is claiming her ex Rick Solomon beat one man out of $40 million last year playing poker and now she wants half of that money as part of a California divorce. 

TMZ.com first broke the story that Solomon had filed an annulment but notes Anderson wants a California divorce instead since she can claim half of his earnings from the poker wins.  Both Anderson and Solomon are accomplished poker players with Pam running her own online free-to-play social poker site.

Pam claims in new legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Rick won $40 MIL from ONE GUY -- Andy Beal, a billionaire real estate mogul who plays high stakes poker. In one weekend, Beal gambled at the Bellagio in Vegas and was up $13 mil at one point and down more than $16 mil later.

Pam says in the docs, Rick is lying in his annulment papers by saying he's a resident of Nevada, where there is no state income tax. Pam says they have lived in Malibu, California, where the state tax rate is a whopping 13%.

Pam says Rick actually used some of his earnings last year to buy a $4 million Nevada pad by paying cash, and then had his assistant use Rick's credit card in Nevada to make small purchases, making it look like Rick was living there.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com