Ted Forrest, six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, appeared in court Sept. 8 after he was charged with two felonies for theft and drawing and passing a bad check with the intent to defraud, reported the Las Vegas Review Journal.
- Ted Forrest, a professional poker player, was driving outside of Las Vegas when he called the Bellagio poker room. The personnel in the poker room informed him the highest game is $10,000-$20,000. He went to the poker room and sat down with his last $500,000. He played against Chip Reese and Andy Beal. Forrest had lost $400,000 without playing.
- Ted Forrest was born on September 24, 1964 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Lucky You (2007), 2009 World Series of Poker (2009) and National Heads-Up Poker Championship (2006).
Forrest lost the bet, for $100,000, and paid Matusow back in full. Either way, it appears Mike cannot pay Ted Forrest the $1.7 million owed – further evidence that Matusow worth is very likely under $1 million, and possibly in the negative.
Forrest had a warrant issued for his arrest Sept. 2.
After being booked at the Clark County Detention Center Thursday for a short amount of time, he appeared in court before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Ann Zimmerman, who allowed him to be released, according to the Journal.
The charges are in relation to two checks he allegedly tried to pass (totaling $215,000) at the Wynn Las Vegas in 2012 and 2013 with insufficient funds, which Forrest signed a confession of judgement for in 2013 (stating that he owned the casino $270,000) and agreed to making monthly payments.
Forrest will return to court next month. More court records and information on the case can be found here.
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