Empire Poker hit the headlines early this week with the results
of a fun survey to which 42 percent of it's player responded.
The pneumatic Baywatch actress-model Pamela Anderson was selected
by the majority of online poker players as the celebrity they would
most like to play against.
"Our players clearly think Pamela Anderson isn't too bright
or maybe they just want to ogle her," Ron Burke, the company's
marketing manager, is reported to have commented rather cruelly to
Miami.com.
With an ample margin Pamela left Dennis Rodman behind (the former
basketball player collected just 24 percent of the vote). Enigmatic
actor James Woods picked up a mere 13 percent, Dave Navarro was flavored
by 10 percent, and skateboarder Tony Hawk and actor Matt Damon each
drew 3 percent.
Entrepreneur Donald Trump was selected by 2 percent and 1 percent
said Ben Affleck was their choice. Hank Azaria, Michael Ian Black,
Ron Artest, Clay Aiken and Teri Hatcher picked up only a small number
of votes.
"Many of our respondents also said they felt they could
read Dennis Rodman's expressions and didn't think he would be very
competitive. Only 1 percent of our players said they would want to
play against Ben Affleck. Apparently, his poker skills precede him,"
said Burke.
However, when asked which celebrity poker player would be most likely
to cheat at poker, 37 percent of those surveyed chose Affleck.
"Our players clearly see Ben Affleck and James Woods as
no-nonsense, hardcore poker players and it's quite interesting that
they would seem to be the most likely to cheat," said
Burke.