{{Short description|American poker player (born 1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Rick Salomon | image = Rick Salomon 2018.jpg | caption = Salomon in 2018 | birth_name = Richard Allan Salomon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|1|24}} | birth_place = Neptune Township, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = | occupation = Poker player | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|E. G. Daily|1995|2000|reason=divorce}} * {{marriage|Shannen Doherty|2002|2003|end=annulled}} * {{marriage|Pamela Anderson|2007|2008|end=annulled}} * {{marriage|<!--Pamela Anderson-->|2014|2015|reason=divorced}} }} | children = 2 | image_size = | years_active = 2003–present }}
'''Richard Allan Salomon''' (born January 24, 1969) is an American high-stakes poker player, who is best known for his 2004 sex tape with Paris Hilton.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rick Salomon - Poker Player Profile by www.pokerlistings.com |url=https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref> He had high-profile marriages with E.G. Daily, Shannen Doherty, and Pamela Anderson. As a poker player, Salomon won $2.8 million in 2014, $3.3 million in 2016, and $2.84 million in the 2018 versions of the World Series of Poker's Big One for One Drop.
==Early life== Salomon was born and raised in Neptune Township, New Jersey.<ref name=nydailynews>{{cite news| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/rick-salomon-stud-score-article-1.1852839 | title=Rick Salomon, ex of Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson and Shannen Doherty, scores in poker stud, too | work=Daily News| location =New York City| date=July 3, 2014|first1=Marianne|last1=Garvey|first2=Brian|last2=Niemietz|first3=Oli|last3=Coleman|access-date=March 18, 2015|quote= ...the 46-year-old Neptune, N.J., native...}}</ref><!--"Neptune, N.J. native" in Daily News can mean both born and raised or just raised there--> He is Jewish.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaminsky |first=Carl |date=April 30, 2015 |title=Pamela Anderson Gets $1 Million and a Divorce from Hubby Rick Salomon |url=https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/04/30/pamela-anderson-gets-1-million-and-a-divorce-from-hubby-rick-salomon/ |access-date=April 30, 2015 |publisher=Jewish Business News}}</ref>
==Career== Salomon owned an online gambling site.<ref>{{cite news |first=Guy|last=Martin|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/07/1089000216395.html |title=Downloads are a girl's best friend |date=July 10, 2004 |newspaper=The Age|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref>
On July 1, 2014, he won $2.8 million in the World Series of Poker's Big One for One Drop.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/20029-rick-salomon |title=Home : Players : Rick Salomon| website=CardPlayer.com |access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Four years later, he won $2.84 million at the same event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Final Table Results |date=July 17, 2018 |website=WSOP.com |url=http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates/?rr=5&aid=2&grid=1487&tid=16478&dayof=6578 |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref>
Salomon has made regular TV poker appearances on PokerGO shows including World Series of Poker coverage, Super High Roller Bowl coverage, ''Rob's Home Game'', ''Poker After Dark'', and ''High Stakes Poker''. Salomon was one of the new players appearing in Season 8 of ''High Stakes Poker''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Chad |date=December 10, 2020 |title=High Stakes Poker Season 8 Debuts Wed.; Gabe Kaplan & AJ Benza Are Back |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/12/high-stakes-poker-season-8-debuts-gabe-kaplan-aj-benza-38400.htm |access-date=February 12, 2021 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}</ref> and appeared in the first eight episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holloway |first=Chad |date=February 4, 2021 |title=High Stakes Poker S8 E8: Find Out Which Player Went Broke & Quit the Game |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/02/high-stakes-poker-season-8-episode-8-38623.htm |access-date=February 12, 2021 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}</ref> Salomon played one of the biggest pots of the season against Bryn Kenney, when he beat Kenney's set with a straight, winning $868,200.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Barry|last=Carter|title=News: $868,200 pot on High Stakes Poker|url=https://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/$868,200-pot-on-High-Stakes-Poker_116426/|date=January 11, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=PokerStrategy.com}}</ref>
Salomon has not been cashing since 2018, after accumulating live tournament winnings in excess of $9.9 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rick Salomon's profile on The Hendon Mob|url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=64215|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
===Sex tape=== {{Main|1 Night in Paris}} In 2003, a sex tape featuring Salomon and then-girlfriend Paris Hilton was leaked onto the Internet. Shortly afterward, Salomon filed a lawsuit against the company that distributed the tape, and against the Hilton family, whom he accused of tarnishing his reputation by suggesting that he had exploited Hilton.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/11/18/paris-hilton-embarrassed-sex-tape/|title= Paris Hilton is "embarrassed" by sex tape|last=Hiatt|first=Brian |date=November 18, 2003 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> Salomon further claimed in his $10 million suit that representatives of the Hiltons tried to discourage media outlets from playing excerpts of the tape by saying that Hilton was underage when the tape was made (which would have made showing the tape illegal – Hilton was actually 20 when the tape was filmed), and were attempting to crush him to preserve the image they had created for her.<ref>The Smoking Gun [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/paristapesuit1.html Paris sex tape lawsuit]</ref> Hilton later sued the company that released the tape, Kahatani Ltd., for $30 million for violation of privacy and emotional distress.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/02/09/paris.lawsuit.reut/|title=Paris Hilton sues over Internet sex tape|date=February 9, 2004 |publisher=cnn.com|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref>
In April 2004, Salomon began distributing the tape himself through the adult film company Red Light District Video under the title ''1 Night in Paris''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/x-rated-paris-tape-goes-to-home-video/|title=X-Rated Paris Tape Goes to Home Video|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|date=April 30, 2004|work=People|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> In July 2004, Salomon dropped his lawsuit against the Hilton family after Paris Hilton's privacy lawsuit was thrown out of court. Salomon and Red Light District Video agreed to pay Hilton $400,000 plus a percentage of the tape's sale profit.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/07/13/paris-hilton-donates-porn-proceeds-charity/|title=Paris Hilton donates porn proceeds to charity|last=Susman|first=Gary|date=July 13, 2007|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705040503/https://ew.com/article/2004/07/13/paris-hilton-donates-porn-proceeds-charity/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Marriages=== In 1995, Salomon married voice actress Elizabeth Daily. The couple had two daughters,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.usmagazine.com/pam_and_rick_wedding|title= Pam Anderson Weds Rick Salomon|access-date= October 1, 2009|date= October 7, 2007|work= US Magazine|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011005401/http://www.usmagazine.com/pam_and_rick_wedding|archive-date= October 11, 2007}}</ref> before divorcing in 2000.
In 2002, Salomon married actress Shannen Doherty. The marriage was annulled after nine months.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Eloise |date=December 1, 2011 |title=Top 10 Celebrity Annulments |url=https://people.com/celebrity/top-10-celebrity-annulments/ |access-date=March 1, 2019 |website=People}}</ref>
On September 29, 2007, Salomon and actress Pamela Anderson applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas. Anderson had told talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in September that she was engaged; she referred to her fiancé only as a poker player.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 1, 2007 |title=Anderson to marry Paris Hilton ex |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7021566.stm |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=BBC.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> The couple married on October 6, 2007, during a break between the 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows of "Hans Klok's The Beauty of Magic" at Planet Hollywood resort, where Anderson was starring as a magician's assistant.<ref>{{cite web|work=People|url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-weds-rick-salomon/|title=Pamela Anderson Weds Rick Salomon|first=Rick|last=Gray|date=October 7, 2007|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> Salomon and Anderson separated less than ten weeks later and, on December 14, Anderson filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.<ref name=people>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-divorcing-rick-salomon/|title=Pamela Anderson Divorcing Rick Salomon?|last1=Nudd|first1=Tim |last2=Lee|first2=Ken |date=December 17, 2007|work=People|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> Two days later, Anderson and Salomon were seen shopping together. Anderson later posted a message on her website indicating that they were reconciling.<ref name=people /> On December 28, 2007, Anderson's attorney filed a proof of service of summons in Los Angeles Superior Court regarding the divorce claim.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-appears-to-move-ahead-with-divorce/|title=Pamela Anderson Appears to Move Ahead with Divorce|last1=Lee |first1=Ken|last2=Silverman|first2=Stephen M.|date=January 3, 2008|work=People|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> In February 2008, Anderson filed to have the marriage annulled, citing fraud. The following month, Salomon also filed for an annulment, and also cited fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/rick-salomon-now-claims-fraud-in-pam-anderson-marriage/|title=Rick Salomon Now Claims Fraud in Pam Anderson Marriage|date=March 21, 2008|work=People|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> The marriage was annulled on March 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/pam-anderson-rick-salomons-marriage-annulled/|title=Pam Anderson & Rick Salomon's Marriage Annulled|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M. |date=March 24, 2008|publisher=people.com|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
In January 2014, Anderson announced that she and Salomon had married on an unspecified date.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-marries-rick-salomon-a-second-time/ |title=Pamela Anderson Marries Rick Salomon a Second Time |last=Fleeman|first= Mike |date=January 12, 2014 |access-date=March 1, 2019 |work=People}}</ref>
Anderson again filed for divorce from Salomon on July 3, 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/pamela-anderson-files-for-divorce-from-rick-salomon-again/ |title=Pamela Anderson Files for Divorce from Rick Salomon Again |work=People |first=Michele |last=Corriston |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> while Salomon filed for an annulment in Nevada on grounds of fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/03/17/pamela-anderson-rick-salomon-poker-andy-beal-nevada-annulment-california-divorce-money/ | title=Pam Anderson — Rick Salomon Made $40 Mil Last Year ... Playing Poker with ONE GUY!!! | date= March 17, 2015|access-date= March 18, 2015|publisher=TMZ.com}}</ref> On April 29, 2015, her divorce was granted, with a $1 million settlement payment from Salomon to Anderson.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 29, 2015 |title=Pam Anderson, Rick Salomon Divorce Settled ... Pam Scores $1 Mil |url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/29/pam-anderson-rick-salomon-divorce-settled-pam-scores-1-mil/ |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=TMZ}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|758903|Rick Salomon}} *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/20029-rick-salomon Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=64215 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=6382 WSOP profile]
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