Five questionable poker tattoos

An ace on your sleeve or a spade on your arm is fine, but these guys took poker tattoos too far.

5. Jeff Gross gets a Gay Pride rainbow

The reason this tattoo is questionable is because at the time, straight Jeff Gross was judged by some to have been mocking Gay Pride, because it made getting the tattoo after a prop bet with Bill Perkins seem like they considered it a horrible forfeit. 

In another way this wasn't questionable at all, as it was reported to have been worth $550,000 to Gross. 

4. Negreanu's number one fan

Revealed last month at the WSOP, this poker fan really, really.....really likes Daniel Negreanu:

3. WSOP 2005....that will never get old

Taken from a classic ESPN segment, check out this guy who got a 'WSOP 2005' tattoo and proceeded to last two minutes in the 2005 WSOP Main Event:

2. The UB tattoo

Losing a prop bet where the loser has to get a tattoo of their exit hand sucks. Losing with Pocket Aces in that prop bets sucks even more. But having to get an Ultimate Bet (The site that scarred online poker forever following a cheating scandal) logo as part of that forfeit is more scarring than the tattoo itself. 

The UB part wasn't intended to humiliate the loser either, both participants were regulars on the site. This bet took place after the UB SuperUser scandal, but before the site went down owing millions of dollars after Black Friday. Presumably the guy regrets it now. 

1. Poker Face....literally

No prop bet in the world should force someone to do this to themselves:

Know of a tattoo that's even worse? Let me know about it in the comments box. 

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2. He has been working in the poker industry for nine years and in 2013 won the APAT Award for Best Poker Media Provider. You can learn more about his work here.  Follow Barry Carter on Twitter l Follow Barry Carter on Google+