World Series of Poker winner Jamie Gold has settled his $12 million row out of court
It’s been reported that 2006 WSOP Main Event Winner Jamie Gold and Bruce Crispin Leyser have settled their $12 million wrangle out of court.
Unfortunately, a condition of the deal is that neither party may disclose any details of the chop, so it is unlikely we will find out how this multi-million dollar spat was resolved.
An injunction had stood over the $12 million first place prize preventing the money from leaving the poker tournament’s host, the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, until the case concluded.
Leyser alleged that Gold, a former Hollywood talent agent, agreed to split his winnings 50-50 in exchange for Leyser helping him find celebrities to play in the main event for Internet gambling site Bodog.com.
Bodog paid the $10,000 entry fee for Gold, who beat 8,772 players to win the world’s largest poker tournament.
Leyser alleges he fulfilled his end of the deal – getting Scooby Doo star Matthew Lillard and Punk’d comedian Dax Shepard to wear Bodog.com livery – but claimed Gold has refused to hand over $6 million.
But now it seems both parties are satisfied and in a joint, signed statement released to Associated Press, Gold and Los Angeles-based TV producer Leyser agreed the matter should be resolved "without litigation."
"Jamie always intended on sharing his winnings with Crispin," the statement says. "Jamie and Crispin are happy to report they have fully settled this matter. They are pleased to be closing this chapter and look forward to continued success."
With prize money for the Main Event unlikely to reach such heady heights at the 2007 World Series, this staggering sum of money has finally left the building.
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