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Youd think that winning the largest prize in poker history would give a person some clout within the industry. Unfortunately for Jamie Gold, earning $12 million for winning the 2006 WSOP Main Event has attracted far more haters than adoring admirers, and hes become a long-running punchline within the poker community.

To put his career into a pointless, off-the-subject metaphor involving high school hierarchy, Gold is like the new kid in town that everybody initially thought was cool, only to later discover that hes a complete loser who deserves red-bellies and massive wedgies every day in the locker room. In short, he became famous after winning the Main Event, got sued for almost half of his $12 million prize, has only managed $132k in tournament winnings over the past five years, and was repeatedly dismantled on High Stakes Poker.

Now that Ive got that off my chest, the point of this post is to say that Gold has generated a flurry of news over the past week. It all started when TMZ.com reported that Gold was broke and owed the Borgata Casino over $52k. Apparently, he partied a little too hard and bounced a giant check there, which led to a rumored lawsuit in New Jersey.

However, it later came out that TMZ was wrong on the story, and Gold mistakenly thought his room would be comped as part of a deal where he was the featured guest at a Borgata poker tournament. The apparent truth comes from Golds mouth via a spokesperson for the poker site he represents, PPN or at least he used to represent them, which is a weird story in itself.

Just a day after having Golds back, it was announced that PPN would be dropping Gold from their roster of reputable players, which includes T.J. sell-my-WSOP-bracelet-at-a-pawn-shop Cloutier. There are no details on the split, but its said that neither side was too thrilled about the possibility of a long-term deal. And this concludes our Jamie Gold gossip for the week.