Naughty or Nice at the Poker Table, Santa Plays WSOP

What if Santa were out in this field at the WSOP? (Bodog Beat Image)" /]

Imagine, if you will, a rotund gentlemen with a white beard sitting at your table during a once-in-a-lifetime deep run at the World Series of Poker Main Event. He looks kind of familiar and seems to be hitting every flop and not really getting upset when he takes a bad beat, almost like he planned it. No this is not an older Dennis Phillips, but instead the smiling face of Santa Claus.

How would he play? Would he treat people at the table depending on how they treat others, whether they've been "naughty or nice?" What if he went head to head with Phil Hellmuth or Scotty Nguyen? It's entirely possible they would get a dose of their own medicine and get sent to the rail, but what about a charitable soul like Barry Greenstein? Would he get a stocking full of Asian women?

Then, there's the question of the prize money and what Santa would do with $8.5 million. Needless to say, there's a certain beachfront property we've had our eye on. "Dear Santa, .... "

No matter you're religious affiliation, take a moment to think about what it would be like if Santa Won the World Series of Poker.