Tiffany Michelle Poker Controversy

Tiffany took the poker world by storm a short while ago by making it through an enormous field at this year's WSOP main event to finish 17th. However, she is the subject of controversy over loyalty to Pokernews, her employer and sponsor for the event.

Apparently the 24-year-old from Los Angeles wore an Ultimate Bet logo, in addition to the PokerNews logo, during the WSOP main event, though she had an exclusive agreement with PokerNews.

Michelle believes she did nothing wrong because many other players at the event could be seen wearing multiple logos. She claims that PokerNews is slandering her.

"It's standard practice for players to wear multiple logos during the main event," Michelle said. "PokerNews was aware of this, having placed their logos on a number of players with sponsorship deal with other companies. I saw several players wearing the PokerNews logo alongside logos of online card rooms such as PokerStars and T6... I wore multiple logos but in no way did I diminish the presence of PokerNews."

Last year's WSOP was more liberal. Players could wear advertisements promoting websites, under minor limitations. Players may also wear multiple logos.

Many in the poker world understand that an exclusive agreement means that you are loyal to that one brand, and making deals without consulting that brand was a mistake on Michelle's part.