December 8, 2004

In a recent online survey by Empirepoker.com, 42 percent said, if given a choice, they'd like to play poker with Pamela Anderson. What a surprise! ''Our players clearly think Pamela Anderson isn't too bright -- or maybe they just want to ogle her," said Empirepoker.com's Ron Burke. You think? Cambridge card shark Ben Affleck drew the smallest response -- which is either a sign that few women participated in the survey or that he's really a very good card player. ''Apparently, his poker skills precede him," Burke said. ''Our players clearly see Ben Affleck and James Woods as no-nonsense, hard-core poker players, and it's quite interesting. They'd seem to be the most likely to cheat." Ben? Cheat?