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Famous poker player smuggling explosives?

We bring you the top five funnies of the week from the world of poker.

Sorel's airport Mizzery

Sorel Mizzi has joined Doug Polk - who had his bank accounts frozen in a case of mistaken identity - on the poker community's mock list of "suspected terrorists" after a bizarre run-in with airport security last week:

Gambler puts £900,000 on "No to Independence"

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One London based gambler is so confident that the Scottish will vote against independence, that he's placed a series of bets totalling £900,000 on it at his local William Hill branch.

The unnamed individual made his first move in June with a bet of £400,000 at odds of 1:4, he then made two more bets worth £200,000 each in August at 1:6 and 1:5, before finishing off with a final £100,000 bet last week at 1:5. If the Scots vote no, he'll pocket £193,000.

Heads-up with Hellmuth

Las Vegas based grinder Jimmy Fricke was understandably a little tilted last weekend having discovered that Phil Hellmuth is the new face of the Limit Bot machine at The Venetian:

"Get off my lawn"

Ever wondered what Doyle Brunson does in his spare time? Practices his sit & go shootout skills of course!

Frugal Floyd

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Nik Nguyen, a waitress at the Hard Rock casino in Las Vegas, has declared publicly that boxing demigod Floyd Mayweather refused to tip her on a $23,000 bill, even though it had been paid for by the casino itself and he'd just raked in an estimated $32m for his latest bout against Marcos Maidana.

Nguyen claims that she went the extra mile to accomodate the rowdy party, and when she embarrassingly received no tip, security staff felt so sorry for her that they tried to give her money they'd found on the floor. Mayweather is yet to comment on the incident.