Pam's poker love

Pamela Anderson and her new husband Rick Saloman moved their 17-year friendship onto something more serious after she found herself in a rather sticky predicament during a poker match.

The former Baywatch star has revealed that after her driver Errol Lyon temporarily took her place during the game she found herself to be in debt to Saloman to the tune of $250,000 (£125,000) but he offered her a flirtatious solution to her monetary problem.

Speaking to OK! magazine, she said: "I left the table and Errol played in my place. I came back to find myself $250,000 in the hole to Rick!

"Rick, being the gentleman, said he would wipe my debt if I gave him a kiss, so I have to thank Vegas for our relationship switching gears! It evolved into spending every day - and then nights - together."

The couple exchanged vows in a villa at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas on October 6th, in the few hours between Anderson's performances as an assistant in Hans Klok's magic show at a nearby casino. The marriage is the third for both of them.

Salomon added: "I've been plotting and scheming for the past 15 years and I finally got the girl."

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