Like all sports fans, we enjoy gambling. We’ll mostly only bet on the NCAA tournament and the NFL playoffs, but we’re also down for some Texas Hold em anytime.

But if police had busted up a multimillion-dollar sports gambling ring that had been linked to organized crime, and we were connected to the investigation … the absolute last place we’d show up would be the heavily-publicized World Series of Poker.

Apparently, Wayne Gretzky’s wife Janet and former NHL coach and player Rick Tocchet didn’t get the memo.. Brilliant! It reminds us of a roulette line that’s funny if you say it in pit boss-tone: no more bets. Can anyone else see the judge saying that to these two?

Our interest in the WSOP has eroded in the last year, mostly because it’s virtually impossible to play Hold ‘em online (who can we blame this on? Congress?). At any rate, a two big names made it through the first round of the WSOP: Spiderman and Costanza. Among those who were eliminated: Jose Canseco and Nelly. One of these days, we hope to show up.

A Little Poker Before Court Date (Journal-Review)