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In an affidavit filed with the suit, Leyser claims that the men had agreed to share a seat at the tournament and the winnings were to be split 50/50. Leyser is also seeking punitive damages and lawyer fees. Leyser and Gold met in Las Vegas sometime in July a few weeks before the tournament. The two became fast friends discussing their careers in television and mutual fascination with poker.

Gold told Leyser of an offer he had received from Bodog.com, a well known internet gambling site. Bodog.com offered to pay for a $10,000 seat in the tournament if Gold could arrange to have celebrities wear Bodog gear in the tournament. Leyser claims that Gold came to him for help in making the celebrity contacts in exchange for half the winnings should Gold win the tournament. Leyser arranged the celebrity deals with Dax Shepard, a comedian, and Matthew Lillard, better known as Shaggy from the "Scooby Doo" motion pictures.

The suit also claims to have a voicemail recording of Gold, made just hours before the end of the tournament, in which Gold makes reassurances concerning the agreement. Verbal agreements inside the gambling community are common and taken quite seriously, as stated in Jonathan Grotenstein's book "All In: The (Almost Entirely) True Story of the World Series of Poker". Grontenstein said,"I don't think anybody in the history of poker has ever written out a formal contract for anything, but there are bets made all the time, everything from staking people in this game to 'I'll bet you $30,000 you can't finish that hamburger.'"

Clark County District Judge Kathy Hardcastle issued a court order freezing $6 million of the $12 million dollar jackpot. The temporary restraining order lasts until Sept. 1 when a hearing has been set to examine the case.

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