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 World Series of Poker: Annual Summaries
For more information on this year's World Series of Poker, please call: 1-877-FOR-WSOP.
(6) 1975 World Series of Poker Champion: Sailor Roberts
(16) 1985 World Series of Poker Champion: Bill Smith
gaming.unlv.edu /WSOP/annuals.html

  
 World Series of Poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Moss, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson at the 1974 World Series of Poker
The set of tournaments the World Series of Poker (WSOP) would evolve to was the brainchild of Las Vegas legend, casino owner, and poker player Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.
The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series_of_Poker

  
 World Series of Poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Moss, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson at the 1974 World Series of Poker
The set of tournaments the World Series of Poker (WSOP) would evolve to was the brainchild of Las Vegas legend, casino owner, and poker player Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.
The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series_of_Poker   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker 1974 - All events
World Series of Poker 1974 - All events
www.homepokergames.com /wsopall1974.php   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004 Profiles and Information
While the tournaments were much smaller than they are today, the quality of player was still very high; Johnny gets recognition as being the first winner of the World Series of Poker, the first repeat winner, and the first three time winner.
While the order of this list may be questioned, it is hard to question the five people we are going to list, who we feel are the greatest World Series of Poker competitors of all time.
Three time winner of the World Series of Poker, winning in 1980, 1981, and 1997.
www.wsop-info.com /poker_greatest.php   (1783 words)

  
 The Birth and Growth of the World Series of Poker
It is believed the spectators’ attraction to the competition remained in Benny’s mind and became a factor when, in 1970, he decided to once again stage a battle of poker behemoths and call it the World Series of Poker.
History tells us that in 1970, Johnny Moss was voted the winner after the first World Series of Poker (WSOP) concluded.
The history of the World Series of Poker is best recalled by the championship tournament.
www.cardplayer.com /poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=14825   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker Champions - WSOP Winners 1970-2005
World Series of Poker Winners 1970- 2005
World Series of Poker Champions - WSOP Winners 1970-2005
www.playwinningpoker.com /wsop   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/WSOP/player_bios78.html   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/WSOP/player_bios78.html   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/WSOP/player_bios78.html   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/WSOP/player_bios78.html   (1783 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
gaming.unlv.edu /WSOP/player_bios78.html   (2982 words)

  
 World Series of Poker: A Retrospective
At 73, Odessa, Texas' Johnny Moss (1974's $160,000 winner in the World Series of Poker, and additionally, champion in 1970 and 1971), is the dean of Lone Star State players.
His reputation as one of the world's best all-around poker players derives from his talent as a very high limit player, and if he were to concentrate on no-limit playing, he could very well be number one in the World Series.
Brian "Sailor" Roberts, a grand-prize winner of $210,000 in 1975's World Series, learned to shoot dice as a l2-year- old caddie and later emerged from a four-year hitch in the Navy during the Korean War as a full-time gambler.
www.unlv.edu /centers/gaming/WSOP/player_bios78.html   (2982 words)

  
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Johnny Moss, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson at the 1974 World Series of Poker The Binion family not only nurtured the WSOP, but poker in general.
Contents 1 Origins 2 Evolution 3 The main event 4 Champions 5 External links Origins The original World Series of Poker was started by Tom Morehead of the Riverside casino in Reno Las Vegas Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.
The winner, Johnny Moss was elected by his peers as the first World Champion of Poker Evolution From 1971 on, all WSOP events have been freezeout tournaments with cash prizes.
www.en-cyclopedia.com /index1/ws   (332 words)

  
 World Series of Poker - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation World Series of Poker
thumb, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson at the 1974 World Series of Poker]]
The set of tournaments the World Series of Poker (WSOP) would evolve to was the brainchild of Las Vegas legend, casino owner, and poker player Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.
The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/World-Series-of-Poker.html   (835 words)

  
 Puggy Pearson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puggy Pearson in the 1974 World Series of Poker
Thus, Pearson can be called the father of poker tournaments.
Pearson originiated the idea of a freezeout tournament and shared his idea with fellow gambler "Nick the Greek" Dandolos.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puggy_Pearson   (294 words)

  
 Amarillo Slim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amarillo Slim at the 1974 World Series of Poker
In May 2003, Preston published his autobiography Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People, where he reveals tales of playing poker with Larry Flynt, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon, amongst others.
Preston is married, has three children, and currently resides in Amarillo, Texas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amarillo_Slim   (565 words)

  
 Famous Poker Players @ ask the monkey
Johnny Moss— three winner of World Series in 1970, 1971, and 1974 —once played a five-month long game with Nick the Greek, taking breaks only for sleep.
He won $600, 000 as winner of the World Series in 1976 and 1977.
The hand that he was holding at the time, a pair of aces over eights, has gone down in poker legend as the dead man’s hand.
www.ask-the-monkey.com /poker/famous_poker_players.html   (565 words)

  
 National Lampoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lampoon's commercial heyday was roughly 1973-75, with its national circulation peaking at 1,000,096 copies sold of a single October 1974 issue.
One National Lampoon movie, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), spawned a series of several sequels, including National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Vegas Vacation (1997), and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003).
In addition to Animal House and the series of Vacation movies, movies with the National Lampoon name include
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Lampoon   (1044 words)

  
 The MTV Shop - Jacques Tati
However, Tati found the Franois character lacking, and began creating a new persona whom he dubbed Monsieur Hulot; a poker-faced cipher perennially clad in a crumpled raincoat, always with a pipe in his mouth and an umbrella in his hands, the perpetually irresolute character proved the unlikely and often unwitting catalyst behind Tati's ambitious gags.
The intricacy of the Hulot films took Tati years to achieve, and as a result the second film in the series, Mon Oncle, did not appear until 1958.
In 1974 Tati released Parade, a low-budget collection of slapstick gags and pantomime which he shot on video; it was to be his last completed work.
mtvshop.mtv.com /namepage.aspx?pid=P113699&type=V&loc=40614   (1044 words)

  
 Hall of fame at Party Poker .com
Moore is the 1994 World Series of Poker $5000 Seven Card Stud World Champion and has placed in the money 15 times.
Born into adversity as the son of a sharecropper, Moore has earned the reputation as one of pokers most determined and formidable practitioners.
David Edward "Chip" Reese came to Las Vegas in 1974 with $400 in his pocket and started at the $10 limit tables.
www.online-poker-system.com /halloffame2.html   (646 words)

  
 World Series of Poker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnny Moss, Becky Binion, and Puggy Pearson at the 1974 World Series of Poker
The set of tournaments the World Series of Poker (WSOP) would evolve to was the brainchild of Las Vegas legend, casino owner, and poker player Benny Binion as well as his two sons Jack and Ted.
The Binion family not only nurtured the WSOP, but poker in general.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Series_of_Poker   (1885 words)

  
 Jeremy Sisto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974 in Grass Valley, California, USA) is an American actor who has had many prominent roles in movies and television, though he is probably best known for his performance as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Jeremy Sisto also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games.
Jeremy was born to Richard Sisto and Reedy Gibbs; he has an older sister, Meadow, who got him involved in acting.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeremy_Sisto   (337 words)

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