Seth Palansky, communications director at the World Series of Poker, talked about David Rheem's apparent record in Broward County, which is mentioned in the bottom half of the story.
His basic point: the law of averages side with at least someone at the final table having some kind of record.

"It's basically the odds of society. Not an unusual circumstance," he said. "There's baseball, football players who do break the law, do their time, then return to the field. [Rheem] has the same constitutional right as anyone else."

The WSOP bars players "that require barring," he said, noting that the WSOP works with law enforcement closely.

"If they're not in jail, they have to be treated like anyone else," he said.

Rheem and the eight others got a check for $900,000, the guaranteed ninth-place share, on Tuesday. They play for up to $8.2 million more in November.

Which brings us to the warrant, which two records say is still valid, although the likelihood of police running him down over what he did -- there are clearly people out there who are a much greater harm to society -- is quite low.

Still, if he came back to the Hard Rock, got a speeding ticket, they run him through...

So he needs to take care of things; get a lawyer and handle his failure to appear that's on the record.

What do you think?