It’s not every week you or I can piss away 25 G’s on a poker game. In fact, it’s not any week you or I can piss away 25 G’s on a poker game. But you’re never gonna guess who can! Nawww, you totally could. It’s Michael Phelps. That dude is rich, retired and loves him some poker.

A poker star won $10 million, went out celebrating, and then had the shit kicked out of him by six men. Ouch.

Earlier today, Radar Online published “a blockbuster Star investigation” alleging involvement by the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez in illegal, high-stakes poker games.

If the phrase “blockbuster Star investigation” makes you skeptical, we don’t blame you. But apparently, MLB’s taking this seriously enough that they’re investigating…and trying to figure out if A-Rod’s actions warrant a suspension. Surprised by all this? You shouldn’t be.

In what may be the final deathblow to poker-as-spectator-sport, ESPN has dropped all of its poker programming.

ESPN has failed to fully acknowledge its role in accepting advertising money and sponorship deals with the indicted online gambling sites.

It’s hard to gauge which is more shocking: the fact that poker players use “drugs” like caffeine to maintain a mental edge over opponents, or whether someone had to conduct a scientific study to prove it. Actually, I take that back: it’s definitely the latter.