This week, Mesbah Khaffaji allegedly spat on a dealer after loosing a hand. I actually just reread this sentence and it sounded like it could be straight from an episode of CSI but anyhow. It seemed that with all the pressure and stakes that accompany a player to the table emotions can sometimes get the best of them

This was no more evident than Sunday night in Bell Gardens when poker player Mesbah Khaffaji allegedly spat on a card dealer after losing a hand.

The Casino was Bicycle Casino, located in Bell Gardens, and Khaffaji was taken into custody by Bell Gardens authorities after spitting.  The player reported lost a hand on a Texas Hold Em’ No Limit table.

This was not the first time that Police Sergeant Brendan Kirkpatrick said that and incident such as this has occurred.

“Is it often? No. Does it happen? Yes,” remarked Kirkpatrick, to the paper the L.A Times. “People get heated. Large sums of money lost, people can’t control their emotions.”

While emotions can run high during an intense game of poker, people who play online poker in the USA enjoy a certain degree of anonymity and privacy that helps prevent this sort of thing from happening. Many internet poker sites do offer an in-game chat feature, but players who lose their temper and begin to abuse the chat system will quickly find themselves disconnected.

Now that the angsty starlet has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating probation, we thought we’d suggest something for her to do now that she can’t party on camera, fight on camera, grimace on camera and pretend to avoid being on camera on camera. Lindsey should try her hand at poker (not poker her) and start calling herself Lindsey Low-Hand.

Playing cards is a popular way for prisoners to pass the time and Texas Hold’em is rampantly becoming one of the most popular games in the world right now- even convicts like to keeps with the times. Some of the pros competing in the WSOP main event that started this Monday have done time and one wonders if any of them honed their skills in jail.

Renowned poker player, Mike Matusow, spent time in jail in 2004 and 2005 for cocaine possession. He’s won three WSOP bracelets, with his most recent win being two years ago when he took home the bracelet for the No-Limit Hold’em 2-7 Draw event.

As well as having the time to hone her poker skills, Low-Hand has the celebrity status that seems to be a popular draw card for televised and charity events.