 NBC
Stands for "Never
Ban Cons" Says Poker
Analyst
Poker reporter
Thomas Somach is on
a tear these days
and he's calling out
NBC, the same
network that brought
us a convicted child
predator on its
popular Poker After
Dark series.
Now Somach says that
NBC has a "new con"
on the program, or
an "ex con" at
least.
All this week, NBC
is airing on “Poker
After Dark” a
special made-for-TV
tournament among six
top poker pros: Phil
“Poker Brat”
Hellmuth Jr., Daniel
“Kid Poker” Negreanu,
Jen Harman, Ken
Light, Scotty Nguyen
and Mike “The Mouth”
Matusow.
The winner of the
tourney receives
$120,000.
The inclusion of
Matusow on the
program is shocking,
according to Mr.
Somach, not just
because he recently
served six months in
prison for drug
trafficking for
selling coke and
pills to an
undercover cop, but
because earlier this
year, “Poker After
Dark” ran a week of
shows featuring
Shahram Sheikhan, a
convicted child
molester known as
the “Poker Pervert”
who served nine
months in prison for
sexually molesting
two underage
children.
After Sheikhan
appeared on the show
in January, there
was outrage in the
poker community, and
even some mainstream
national magazines
in the USA blasted
NBC for giving the
poker-playing
pedophile airtime on
national television.
 The
controversy even
resulted in the
sleazy Sheikhan
being disinvited
from a charity poker
tournament in
California run by
Los Angeles County
sheriffs, Somach
points out.
And on his website,
PokerHelper.com,
the sharp-tongued
reporter begs the
question: "What
next, a one-on-one
poker showdown on
NBC between Ronald
Reagan assassin John
Hinkley and John
Lennon assassin Mark
Chapman? With
serial killer David
“Son of Sam”
Berkowitz as the
dealer?"
It should be noted
that - unlike
Sheikhan - Matusow
has admitted wrong
in the past and has
confronted his
demons face to face.
------
Christopher
Costigan,
Gambling911.com
Publisher
CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
July 2, 2008 11:18
pm EST
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