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Rick Salomon net worth is
$30 Million

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Rick Salomon is a Neptune Township, New Jersey-born American professional poker player, filmmaker as well as an actor who is best known for being the winner of “The World Series of Poker” in 2014. Born on 24 January 1968, he is also noted for dating major Hollywood celebrities including Pamela Anderson, and Paris Hilton among others.

A rich socialite, a filmmaker as well as an owner of a successful gambling website, how rich is Rick Salomon? As of 2015, Rick counts his net worth at an estimated $30 million. Most of his wealth comes from his games of poker, where an example of has proven worth was winning $2.8 million prize money in the 2014 “World Series of Poker”. His next source of income is his gambling site. Apart from poker, Rick has also added to his wealth from occasional acting, and producing movies.

Rick Salomon Net Worth $30 Million

Raised in New Jersey, Rick was born to an affluent family, as his father, Robert Jess Salomon, is a former executive vice-president at Warner Bros. Rick rose to fame as his sex tape with his then-girlfriend; Paris Hilton went public in 2003. Even though he sued Paris at first for letting the tape go public and tarnishing his reputation, he ended up distributing the tape himself in 2004. The tape is entitled “1 Night in Paris” and was released through Red Light District Video, an adult-film company. This issue with the sex tape played role in making Rick a known face in the media and also contributed to his wealth.

Keen towards the game of poker, Rick has made a fortune from his poker-related website venture, which offers online gambling. He has also made money from participating in various poker games.

Along with his poker, Rick has also managed to show prominence in Hollywood movies as an actor. He has already had roles in movies such as “My Sister’s Keeper”, “Bob’s Video” and “Alpha Dog”. Rick’s involvement in movies and films is not restricted only to acting, as he has also produced films including “First In”, “American Girl”, “Who’s Your Caddy” and more. All these projects have obviously added a lot to Rick’s net worth.

Rick has gained publicity by dating many high profile celebrities, however. he has also been married four times, twice to Pamela Anderson. His first marriage was with actress Elizabeth Daily (1995-2000) with whom he has two children. He then married another actress, Shannen Doherty in 2002, only to annul the marriage after nine months. In 2007, Rick became an eye candy for the media as he married model and actress, Pamela Anderson; their marriage was also annulled, after five months, but the couple married again, in 2014, only to divorce in 2015.

As of late 2015, Rick leads his life as an apparently single divorcee, continues to play professional poker, and has also been involved in film-making.

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Maybe Rick Salomon did win $40 million playing poker in 2014 after all.

Those claims made by Salomon's ex-wife Pamela Anderson in 2015 were scoffed at by many, but if the latest news coming out of a French court is any indication, Salomon has indeed won some handsome sums in private poker games. Unfortunately for him, he won't be getting the $2.8 million he alleges he's owed from one game in particular, pending any further appeals.

Million-Dollar Game in France

According to British outlet The Times' reporting on the court case, Salomon participated in a game for very high stakes in 2014 at Tiara Miramar Beach, a hotel just outside of Cannes on the French Riviera.

One of the participants in the game was Raad al-Khereiji, a Saudi Arabian with the means to fire off $34 million worth of casino spending at ARIA over the course of 29 months, per court records.

'Even supposing there was such a debt, which my client totally contests, you cannot pursue someone in France for a gambling debt.'

According to Salomon's account, al-Khereiji racked up a massive loss, at least some of which was on credit, during the course of a marathon game lasting some 48 hours — an important detail in the story. Having accrued a debt of $2.8 million to Salomon, al-Khereiji advised Salomon that his U.S.-based lawyer would be in touch to settle the sum.

200-Plus-Year-Old French Law Invoked

However, by al-Khereiji's account, there was no high-stakes poker game at all. In fact, the game was merely for fun, played for no stakes whatsoever. When the lawyer finally got hold of Salomon several months later, he informed Salomon as such and said no payment would be coming his way.

In response, Salomon — who has earned just over $9.9 million in tournaments, primarily high roller events — took his claim to the French court system, with the Grasse High Court ultimately delivering judgment on the case.

In order to back up Salomon's claim, his lawyer pointed to an 1804 law stating that gambling debts are only enforceable in 'games involving weapons, foot or horse racing, chariot races, tennis, and other games of the sort which involves physical skill and exercise.' As the session lasted 48 hours, the lawyer argued, the requirement was met due to the endurance and energy needed to play through it.

Judge Rules Against Salomon

Monday evening, word leaked out from the court, and the judge apparently wasn't convinced. The verdict came down against Salomon.

Al-Khereiji's lawyer said the ruling was consistent with French law.

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'Even supposing there was such a debt, which my client totally contests, you cannot pursue someone in France for a gambling debt,' he said.

Salomon's lawyer admitted it was an 'uphill fight' and conceded he was unable to establish convincingly that the requirement of physical skill had been met. Given that, it would seem unlikely Salomon will pursue the matter further through the French court, but he didn't rule out the possibility of an appeal.

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It seems likely that all that comes of this is the opportunity for fans to get a glimpse into the seldom-revealed world of private high-stakes poker, governed by handshake debts and the gambler's code. When someone doesn't agree to pay up in these scenarios, recovering the funds can prove difficult, as Salomon found out the hard way.

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