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Got sent this link via some contacts in Las Vegas.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/9892997.html

I've never met the guy, only seen him on TV, but on the basis of his table antics alone he's probably the most irritating of all the well-known pro's (even above Hellmuth!)  This news doesn't improve matters.

He always looks moody on HSP, dont mind him tho...

I'm not condoning his actions, even if the 'child' was only just underage, but I am confused as to why this is being brought up 12 years later when he was convicted in 1995 and subsequently served his time. Am I missing something?

what i cant understand is how on earth they can deport a person that has lived most of there life in the country

ok if he moved to the usa as a teenager but he moved to the usa aged 9

i think deporting him would break his human rights

i have no idea what crime he commited apart from it had sexaully and child implications

if it was a serious crime lock him up and throw away the key

but you cant deport a person to a country they have not lived in since they were a child

and more than likely have no memory of

Looks like he's been flagged up in a crackdown operation and targetted for deportation.

He was re-arrested on 30th August this year, hence the breaking news.

The bit at the bottom is interesting, as it seems he needs 2 separate convictions for deportation.  Someone's just linked me to the other one - a driving incident which killed an old woman.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/special/1999/jul/09/509028985.html

The original link is a news article from today which the LV lot are only just starting to pick up on, hence its relevant.  I just thought it was worth sharing because he's well known in the poker world.

who is he sponserd by?

Good lord, that question could lure out some bad taste gags.

I wouldnt be surprised, people have probably got that extra bit of creativity to impart seen as how we didnt get a caption comp this week  ::)

lmao

I just wandered over to 2+2 to see what they were making of this and the thread at the top was entitled 'Shawn Sheikhan deportation Photoshop thread' :)

yeah, i enjoyed this one particularly:

I guess he ticks a lot of political boxes,

Child sex charge [X]
From scary country America does not like[X]
Alternative life style [X]
Bit of a w****er [X]

I suppose the worse thing I can say about Sheiky is that in the two most memorable incidences shown on TV, the ME 2005 confrontation with Matusow and the HSP show where he broke Matusows sun glasses, on both occasions he managed to make Mike look the better person. Quite some feat!

I think the US forum rumour mill is suggesting that he got done for pulling a marginally underage girl in a nightclub a few years back i.e. 17 years old or so. Dunno if thats true, but it doesn't sound as bad as first impressions would suggest.

thats why they class them  as    undesirables!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have no views on this, but he did seem like an unsporting prat when I saw him complaining that Mike Matasow said a swear word at the WSOP.

If that's the case, then it's nothing like what Mr Preston was accused of.  How old was he at the time?

of course it's nothing like it, the titles dangerous

There is a question mark.

so what?   it's what it implies, and then everyone talks about his "image" thats why i'm wondering who he's sponserd by because if knowone then why the fuck does give a shit about his image, hes a proffessional gambler for ffs, now although hes got a public image as most proffessional poker players do now days he doesnt rely on it, need it or use it to make his living like an entertainer, what some people need to remember is that the T.V came to the poker players not the other way around thus unsponserd proffessionals shouldnt have to give a shit what the public think of them

i read about one live donkament a while back where everyone refused to play until Mr Slim left the building, but I understand he was getting rounds of applause at this year's WSOP.

i also read an exert in some mag from this new book by the swimming with devilfish author where the blurb is talking about him asking tough questions about his conviction, but unless they missed a chunk from the exert he doesn't actually get an answer!

Yes, I read the article, and then re-read it looking for those 'tough questions'.  I didn't see the answers or the questions...guess they might be in the book, although like you said - the intro to the article mentioned those 'tough questions'.

What does it imply?  Do we know the facts of the case?  Does the OP?  Therefore, is this a case similar to Amarillo Slim, or is it something different?  Hence the question mark... :dontask: