I came to her defense after hearing what her backers had said while she was playing in the WSOP Main Event.  But after seeing the ESPN editted version of how she acted in the WSOP and her interviews (like this one with PokerNews) I am not surprised there was so much drama after all ... it seems to be in her nature.   She posted a response in her blog and in a forum which opened the door to other players providing feedback ... one of those players played with her and was not happy with her "actions" on the table.

Below I provided a link to her response from the poker community ... maybe there is something we can learn from this?  And here is a link to an interview about the negative feedback she is getting from the poker community.

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I'd like to say THANK YOU to everyone who has taken the time to write me. I'm absolutely flattered by the love, attention, kind words and support that I've been showed.

Of course there will always be haters and I have been appalled at some of the nasty messages I've received from complete strangers who I've never had a conversation with a day in my life. They somehow feel it is their place to judge me based on four episodes of POKER television. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I truly am sorry if watching me on TV rubbed anyone the wrong way. Unfortunately it's almost impossible to weed through the editing and TV screen and see the real time and real scenarios in which my words and actions occurred. Furthermore, if you don't personally know me and you may not understand my joking and sarcastic personality at the tables where I'm just having some fun and harmless banter with the boys. Before you judge remember that you saw 7 EDITED TV hours of a tournament that I played for an entire week and close to 100 hours of time. I don't think there is a single person who I played with live who would walk away and say anything negative about how I personally treated them at the tables or that I didn't show respect to my fellow table mates.

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The exchange between Tiffany and Craig

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Yeah. This is all well and good after the fact, but you were extremely disrespectful and unbelievably rude while we were playing in just about every situation you could be. I feel like those 7 edited episodes accurately depicted your behavior during the tournament, and you can say it was "your table face" or whatever, but your calling the clock during the Paul Snead and Scott Montgomery hand in what is probably the most stressful situation the man has ever been just boggles my mind. Also this is coming from somebody who is judging you entirely on his personal experience with you, not from the any media-skewed perspective.

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WSOP Main Event Boo Fest?

Phil Hellmuth and Tiffany are introduced to the crowd during the Main Event and recieves a chorus of boos.  Quotes are from Barry's blog on PokerRoad


3:45 Tiffany Michelle got introduced to the crowed as the highest finishing woman. I applauded, but it couldn't be heard over the chorus of boos from the balcony. I could certainly feel her pain as I sat next to her.

I told her that as a woman she will get scrutiny for her actions when they aren't considered acceptable but she will get the most positive attention for doing well. That's how things are amplified for women in poker.

4:05 Phil Hellmuth is introduced to the crowd and is booed. Jack Effel announces that he didn't want Tiffany to feel alone. Phil, sensing camera time, goes over and embraces Tiffany.

4:45 Phil Hellmuth asks me if I would move over so he can talk to Tiffany. When I hesitate, he explains that she is with UB, so I should let him. As I move I notice a pungent marijuana aroma in the air. It seems to be coming from my left. Phil assures me it's not him.

5:10 Daniel Negreanu shows up from Foxwoods. He gets introduced and cheered. Phil Hellmuth laments, "Of course YOU got cheered.

Daniel says he needs a drink and does an impersonation of Scotty Nguyen when he asks, "Where my cocktails?". Not sure if it was recorded for TV.

5:50 Johnny Chan shows up and he and Phil debate about their records on Poker after Dark. Johnny tells Tiffany she looked good on the TV coverage.