Anna Benson, the wife of Orioles pitcher Kris Benson, will appear in ESPN poker series the next season. In addition, she signed a deal with Golden Spirit Poker online poker site. According to the multiyear deal, Benson will link to the to the online poker site from her personal website. Her debut poker game on the site is scheduled to Thursday night.

Kris Benson was recently moved to Baltimore by the New York Mets. Anna Benson had expressed critical comments on her husbands colleague, Carlos Delgado and she managed to raise upset responses amongst Mets organization when wearing a racy Santa costume to the Mets party.

Anna Benson started to get interested in poker a few months before the World Series of Poker in July. She participates in poker games almost everyday, whether in online games or in live games and she intends to go back to the World Series of Poker this summer an improved player.