brinkeguthrie Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Wife of O's pitcher 'dead serious' about poker / Associated Press Posted: 5 hours ago Anna Benson could find herself getting plenty of face time on ESPN in the coming year. Not during baseball games, but more likely during one of the network's ubiquitous poker broadcasts.The wife of Orioles pitcher Kris Benson has been polishing her game by playing nearly every day, whether online, on her cell phone or even live and in person. She also recently signed a deal to endorse and promote a fledgling poker Web site."I'm still a young little poker player. I've got a long ways to go,'' Benson said. "It is a thrill to me. They call it a sport now, so it's kind of cool for me to come in and be my own type of an athlete.(ed. note: uh, huh. of course.)"I'm hoping to really amass an empire with this poker. I love to give money away to charities, to change people's lives.''Benson represents a unique kind of endorser ? she appeals to two unique groups of consumers ? those who read magazines like Maxim and FHM, and those who follow professional sports.Benson signed a multiyear deal with Golden Spirit Poker, a company that renamed itself from Golden Spirit Mining and refocused on online gaming. She will link to the Golden Spirit site from her personal Web site, as well as have a site named for her which redirects to Golden Spirit's main site.She plans to play her first official hand on the site Thursday night. The site lists other casino games as "coming soon'' but sports gambling will not be available.Rich Levin, spokesman for the commissioner's office, declined to comment on Benson's affiliation with Golden Spirit.Kris Benson was recently traded to Baltimore by the New York Mets. Anna Benson had made comments critical of her husband's teammate, Carlos Delgado, and upset some in the Mets organization by wearing a racy Santa costume to the team's holiday party.(ed. note; see footnote below.)Several months before the World Series of Poker in July, Benson became interested in the game. She entered the series, was eliminated after a few days, but plans to return to Las Vegas this summer a better player."I'm going to get schooled on how to play by some of these big-time pros,'' Benson said. "I want to play well. I'm not trying to do this as a joke, I'm dead serious about playing. I'm not like some bimbo sitting down at a table.''--huh. coulda fooled me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminD Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Kris Benson's married? For real?It's funny, but I don't think I've ever heard or seen this woman - not on the radio, or on the internet, or in magazines. What's she like? Maybe the answer is to get her a little media attention. Ya know, not so much that we're saturated with every thought that speeds through her vacuous little head about where and with whom she wants to have sex, and not so much that we're inundated of pictures of a wannabe Angelina Jolie without the talent or celebrity who's not content just being the wife of a mediocre MLB pitcher who elevated her out of the trailerpark morass from whence she came.Can we work on that for 2006? Hmm? "Start spreading the news... They're leavin' today... Won't get to be a part of it... In old New York..."In order for the Mets' run of 12 losses in 17 games to mean something, the Phillies still had to win 13 of 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Over/Under 2 years Anna Benson stays maried to Kris after his career is over? www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBoy Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Over/Under 2 years Anna Benson stays maried to Kris after his career is over? I'll take the under, Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleFan344 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Over/Under 2 years Anna Benson stays maried to Kris after his career is over? I'll take the under, Tank. ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Is it just me, or does it seem like Kris Benson can do so much better than her?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I'm ashamed of all of you.How can we get this far into a thread about Anna Benson and poker and nobody's made reference to the fact that she's always carrying a winning pair??!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nation Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Sweet...another Anna Benson forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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