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Mrs. Great One enters poker tourney

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10:19 AM ET 07.10 | Rick Tocchet and Wayne Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones, are making gambling headlines again. Tocchet and Jones, who were named in a gambling scandal that put Gretzky in an unwanted spotlight, are trying their luck in the World Series of Poker. Tocchet's name appears among those who survived the first round of the WSOP's $10,000 buy-in, no-limit Texas hold 'em main event at the Rio. Jones played on Friday, the first day, but was eliminated midway through the day, according to the Web site Gambling911.com.

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Janet Jones, Wayne Gretzky, Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images Janet Jones, Wayne Gretzky, Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images
July 10, 2007  12:08 PM ET

It seems strange that they would do that with the gambling ring happenings.....

July 10, 2007  12:50 PM ET

I'll bet Tocchet would love to get back into coaching, as soon as he's done playing poker.

July 10, 2007  01:17 PM ET

haha, rick tocchet you fool. i was skimming through the names of the remaining players on cardplayer.com yesterday and saw the name "Rick Tocchet", but i simply assumed it was someone else with the same name because i didn't think mr. tocchet could honestly be that stupid...but here we are.

July 10, 2007  01:22 PM ET

poor choice for gretzky gang.....on a scale of 1 to 10 as a PR move....about a minus 5....

July 10, 2007  02:39 PM ET

Rick Tocchet doesn't surprise me, but Janet Jones Gretzky needs gambling like I need a hole in my head. She's got a gambling problem. She needs help.

It will destroy the more than comfortable life she has on what hubby Wayne has and is providing. She sounds like a bored person with nothing to do after a short lived, less than impressive movie career.

She's not only making a fool out of herself but she's destroying her husband's impecable reputation, a reputation acquired over a lifetime of blood, sweat and tears.

Hmmm.....There must be something in the water those St. Louis girls drink (Can we forget who wears the pants in the Pronger household?)!

July 10, 2007  03:06 PM ET

If they thought they were trying to get the public to forget about the gambling troubles.....WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!! DUMB DUMB DUMB!

July 10, 2007  04:05 PM ET

Ribeye, I think it might be the other way around, with Tocchet doing the carpentry work, if you get my meaning. I feel for the Great One, though. He hasn't looked very happy for a while now. Something's going on. Me thinks it's the "Bored Housewives" syndrome. She needs help

July 10, 2007  05:11 PM ET

man gretz your wife is looking a little like the car i drove around in high school.

July 10, 2007  09:03 PM ET

In which case, your car was pretty hot.

July 10, 2007  11:05 PM ET

There's no substitute for good judgment.

July 11, 2007  03:28 AM ET

You are all morons! Playing poker is nothing like betting on the sport you play. What they are doing is legal, and what they were doing wasn't. This is the way the media makes news, when there is none.

July 11, 2007  08:51 AM ET

Have you looked at a RECENT piture of Mrs. Gretsky. SHE IS LOOKING PRETTY MUCH LIK A CAR WITH 250,000 MILES ON HER!

July 11, 2007  09:46 AM ET

For the love of God, somebody help me.

July 11, 2007  10:31 AM ET

Hey, pollo loco, internet poker may not be illegal but it is pretty stupid to get involved when you're under investigation for illegal gambling. It just reinforces the suspicion you have a problem. It's like the guy who gets caught cheating on his girlfriend/wife and later he's found at the bar with yet another girl. Even though it may not illegal, he sure as hell will have a hard time explaining himself, even if "nothing" was ging on. It's just dumb.

 
July 11, 2007  07:52 PM ET

janet is not the smartest apple in the tree. gretz needs to stop gambling.

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