poker players stupid?
Poker Pro Accused of Making an Awful Deal
Posted May 11th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
Bluffs work at the tables, not in real life -- a lesson one professional poker player is about to learn after allegedly screwing a company out of big bucks over the movie "Deal."
Gambling Times, Inc. claims poker player Scott Lazar (the movie's exec. producer) promised the company a "highly visible" product placement during the film -- which starred Burt Reynolds and Shannon Elizabeth -- in exchange for a $50,000 investment.
But according to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the plug was far from highly visible... because it didn't exist at all.
Now here's the ironic part: G.T. is suing Lazar for no less than $1,000,000 in damages -- but the film only made... get this... $78,000 WORLDWIDE when it hit theaters back in 2008.
You don't have to be a poker player to know that's a major bust.
Posted May 11th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff
Bluffs work at the tables, not in real life -- a lesson one professional poker player is about to learn after allegedly screwing a company out of big bucks over the movie "Deal."Gambling Times, Inc. claims poker player Scott Lazar (the movie's exec. producer) promised the company a "highly visible" product placement during the film -- which starred Burt Reynolds and Shannon Elizabeth -- in exchange for a $50,000 investment.
But according to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the plug was far from highly visible... because it didn't exist at all.
Now here's the ironic part: G.T. is suing Lazar for no less than $1,000,000 in damages -- but the film only made... get this... $78,000 WORLDWIDE when it hit theaters back in 2008.
You don't have to be a poker player to know that's a major bust.
