What does Britney Spears Have to do with Poker?

Boy, this is a tough question to answer. The partying singer has led a rather outrageous lifestyle since her break up with her hubby K-Fed. From shaving her head, getting new tattoos and getting completely drunk in all sorts of public establishments to her recent suicide attempt at the rehabilitation clinic, the young mother of two has done pretty much every crazy thing that you can only imagine. So, what does it have to do with poker?

While cruising through a couple of poker portals for some hot news on the poker industry I came across the following headline, "This is How Briney Spears Can be Compared to Poker..." An unknown writer by the name Ruben (it is very likely that he did not want to advertise his last name because of the article's not very flattering content) compared Spears' last few public appearances to poker hands.

"...Once every three months, Britney Spears hits either a straight flush (no underwear for five consecutive nights) or the closest she'll get to a royal flush (nipple flash, ass flash and underwear flash for three consecutive nights in a row). What are the odds of these things happening consecutively?"

Spears' behavior is indeed embarrassing. Forsaking her image of an innocent and humble teenage girl whom we all loved and admired in "Hit Me Baby One More Time," Spears turned into a partying mega celebrity not caring what the rest of the world, including her most loyal fans, think about her! (by the way, where have we lost that sweet girl who promised to stay untouched until marriage, ha?)

Interestingly enough, it seems that Spears is unaware of the damage she causes to her own image, both on the professional and personal levels. Professionally, because her singing career has long since become dormant. I refer to the fact that she has not produced any songs or dancing clips for a long while now and most of her fans have become very discouraged by her frantic antics. Personally, because she is setting a wrong example to her own two boys. Although they are too young to understand what is going on now, but I'm sure that when they grow older they'd sure become ashamed of their mother.

In any case, another connection I see between the singer and poker is the fact that both have and will survive people's negative attitude towards them. Much like Spears, poker has had dark periods in its history and still survived till this very day...