# Rick Salomon
**Rick Salomon** (born 1969) is an American poker player, entrepreneur, and film producer known for playing some of the highest-stakes cash games in the world and for three seven-figure finishes in million-dollar-buy-in tournaments. He is also widely known outside poker for his 2004 sex tape with [Paris Hilton](https://www.edgepedia.org/paris-hilton) and his marriage to Pamela Anderson.[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) • [3](https://www.pgt.com/news/who-is-rick-salomon)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969, Neptune Township, New Jersey; one database lists the year as 1968[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) • [4](https://poker.com/player-profiles/rick-salomon-profile-poker-career-earnings/) |
| Residence | Hollywood, California, United States[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) |
| Live tournament earnings | $9,906,283, 204th on the all-time money list, with a best live cash of $3,307,206[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [5](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&dir=desc&n=64215&sort=date) |
| Signature results | 4th, 2014 Big One for One Drop ($2.8 million); 3rd, 2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza (€3 million); 4th, 2018 Big One for One Drop ($2.84 million)[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) |
| Main games | Private high-stakes cash games and televised shows such as High Stakes Poker, Poker After Dark, and Rob's Home Game[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) |
| Producing credits | Alpha Dog (2006), Who's Your Caddy? (2007), My Sister's Keeper (2009), Gotti, First In, and DMX: Soul of a Man[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) • [6](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/rick-salomon/) |
## Tournament record
Salomon's recorded tournament earnings come almost entirely from a small number of very large events. The Hendon Mob database credits him with $9,906,283 in live earnings, ranking him 204th on the all-time money list and 9th among California players, with a best rank of 74th.[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [5](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&dir=desc&n=64215&sort=date)
**The One Drop events.** All three of his seven-figure cashes came in $1,000,000 buy-in tournaments. In the 2014 WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop, a 42-player charity event, Salomon led the final nine with 23,575,000 chips after a large bluff against Christoph Vogelsang that he showed at the table, and he finished fourth for $2.8 million.[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [7](https://www.wsop.com/news/rick-salomon-leads-and-money-bubble-looms-after-two-days-of-big-one-play/) In 2016 he took third in the Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza for €3,000,000, recorded as $3,307,206, and in 2018 he finished fourth in the Big One for One Drop again, for $2,840,000.[5](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&dir=desc&n=64215&sort=date) • [1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/)
His other results are modest by comparison: a win at the 2006 Bellagio Cup II for $125,715, a 196th-place finish in the 2006 WSOP Main Event for $42,882, and a 60th-place finish in a 2007 WSOP $1,000 no-limit hold'em event for $8,232.[5](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&dir=desc&n=64215&sort=date) • [1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) In 2019 he entered the Triton Million and was among the first eliminations.[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/)
## Cash games and televised play
Tournament results capture only part of Salomon's poker activity. He plays mostly in private high-stakes cash games, and he has appeared regularly on televised and streamed games, including [Poker After Dark](https://www.edgepedia.org/poker-after-dark), High Stakes Poker, and Rob's Home Game.[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) He appeared on High Stakes Poker in 2021, playing against [Tom Dwan](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-dwan) and [Phil Hellmuth](https://www.edgepedia.org/phil-hellmuth) throughout the season, and returned for Season 14 in 2025, where his debut episode featured a half-million-dollar loss in a $500/$1,000 no-limit hold'em game.[1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [8](https://www.pokernews.com/news/2025/03/high-stakes-poker-season-14-episode-9-48227.htm)
Tracked broadcast play tells a different story from his tournament record. An analysis of livestream results puts Salomon down $2,925,725 across 98 hours of tracked play, including a $3,134,225 deficit on High Stakes Poker alone; he and Dan Moncek are described as the tournament winners who are the two biggest on-screen losers.[9](https://www.888poker.com/magazine/poker-world/livestream-cash-game-players-net-worth) Reports from divorce filings and high-stakes peers suggest he has won tens of millions in private games in Hollywood and Macau, though such figures cannot be independently verified.[10](https://somuchpoker.com/poker-player/rick-salomon)
A widely retold session in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio, recounted by Andrew Robl on a 2026 High Stakes Poker stream, began as a $50/$100 game with a $10,000 buy-in and escalated until Salomon was straddling $10,000 a hand with a pillow case of cash on the table; Robl said the session ended with Salomon deciding to enter drug rehab and get his life in order.[11](https://www.pokernews.com/news/2026/09/this-poker-session-landed-rick-salomon-in-rehab-52278.htm)
## Hollywood background
Salomon is the son of Robert Jess Salomon, a former executive vice president at Warner Bros., and he entered the gambling industry in part through owning a gambling website before moving into high-stakes play.[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) As a producer and actor, his credits include the films [Alpha Dog](https://www.edgepedia.org/alpha-dog) (2006), Who's Your Caddy? (2007), and My Sister's Keeper (2009), and, according to TV Insider, Gotti, First In, and DMX: Soul of a Man.[2](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon) • [6](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/rick-salomon/)
## Public profile
Salomon's fame outside poker rests on his relationships. He has been married to Elizabeth Daily, Shannen Doherty, and Pamela Anderson, was a boyfriend of Paris Hilton, and his 2004 sex tape with Hilton made his name familiar well beyond poker audiences.[3](https://www.pgt.com/news/who-is-rick-salomon) • [1](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/) • [13](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hilton-heiress-sex-video-leaked/) Within the game he is regarded as an extremely loose and aggressive player who applies constant pressure, and he was a regular at the private Hollywood game that inspired the film [Molly's Game](https://www.edgepedia.org/mollys-game).[8](https://www.pokernews.com/news/2025/03/high-stakes-poker-season-14-episode-9-48227.htm) • [12](https://www.cardplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/39_04_web.pdf)
## References
1. [Rick Salomon, PokerNews player profile](https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/rick-salomon/)
2. [Rick Salomon, PokerListings player profile](https://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-player/rick-salomon)
3. [Who is Rick Salomon?, PokerGO Tour](https://www.pgt.com/news/who-is-rick-salomon)
4. [Rick Salomon, Profile & Poker Career Earnings, poker.com](https://poker.com/player-profiles/rick-salomon-profile-poker-career-earnings/)
5. [Rick Salomon, Hendon Mob Poker Database](https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&dir=desc&n=64215&sort=date)
6. [Rick Salomon, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/rick-salomon/)
7. [Rick Salomon Leads and Money Bubble Looms After Two Days of Big One Play, WSOP.com](https://www.wsop.com/news/rick-salomon-leads-and-money-bubble-looms-after-two-days-of-big-one-play/)
8. [Rick Salomon Punts w/ Six-High on High Stakes Poker, PokerNews](https://www.pokernews.com/news/2025/03/high-stakes-poker-season-14-episode-9-48227.htm)
9. [Rick Salomon, Texas Mike & More: Livestream Poker Net Worths, 888poker](https://www.888poker.com/magazine/poker-world/livestream-cash-game-players-net-worth)
10. [Rick Salomon Poker Profile: Net Worth, Earnings & Stats, Somuchpoker](https://somuchpoker.com/poker-player/rick-salomon)
11. [The High-Stakes Poker Game That Landed Rick Salomon in Drug Rehab, PokerNews](https://www.pokernews.com/news/2026/09/this-poker-session-landed-rick-salomon-in-rehab-52278.htm)
12. [Card Player Magazine, Rick Salomon on Tom Goldstein](https://www.cardplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/39_04_web.pdf)
13. [Hilton Heiress Sex Video Leaked, cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hilton-heiress-sex-video-leaked/)
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