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"&lt;img alt=\"0815_gabe_kaplan_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/15/0815-gabe-kaplan-ex-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;Welcome Back Kotter&lt;/strong&gt;\" star&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/gabe-kaplan/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Gabe Kaplan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is forking over almost half his winnings from those Hollywood poker games involving a ponzi crook, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/tobey-maguire/\"&gt;Tobey Maguire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/strong&gt;and several other big name celebs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kaplan was one of the defendants in the &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/22/tobey-maguire-sued-over-illegal-gambling-bradley-ruderman-high-stakes-poker-bankruptcy-criminal-winnings-texas-hold-em/#.Tklof7-gsgo\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;lawsuits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; filed earlier this year ... by a bankruptcy trustee trying to recover cash convicted ponzi schemer Bradley Ruderman lost in the high-stakes poker tournaments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to court documents filed last week -- Kaplan won a total of $62,000 from Ruderman ... but as part of a settlement he's agreeing to return $27,900 to the trustee. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tobey is fighting the lawsuit against him and has refused to hand over any of his winnings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kaplan's proposed settlement was submitted to the judge on Friday, but has not been approved yet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"clear\"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/04/01/3607-celeb-card-sharks-you-bet\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0817_poker_shark_footer_v2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/17/0817-poker-shark-footer-v2-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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