Poker Legends

Here you will find stories about players that have achieved legendary status in the game of poker. Tales from the 1970's and 80's when poker was in its infancy can also be found here. Stories about the history of the game of poker are also available in this category.

• PokerStars Announces Latin American Poker Tour Schedule

  October 29, 2009

  PokerStars is once again gearing up to bring tournament poker to Latin America and recently announced the schedule for a new Latin American Poker Tour. PokerStars experienced a warm welcome from players across Latin America during previous events...

   

• Pokerstars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Day 3: The Final Table is Set

  October 17, 2009

  Day three of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland Main Event kicked off with 32 eager players returning to play down to a final table. Leading the way was Auckland resident Jason Brown who started with 632,000. Behind him were fellow...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: The Aladdin and the Big Game

  July 30, 2009

  When Syd Wyman started putting high-stakes poker players on display just inside the entrance to the Dunes Hotel in 1969, his publicity stunt...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Ed 'Junior' Whited

  July 23, 2009

  Ed 'Junior' Whited came from the Walter Clyde 'Puggy' Pearson school of poker. A hefty man who maintained thick sideburns and kept his hair slicked...

   

• Poker and Pop Culture: Poker and Space Exploration

  July 21, 2009

  Over the past few weeks, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that this summer marked the 40th year for the World Series of Poker...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Poker Players Love Golf

  July 19, 2009

  What’s up with poker players and their fanatical obsession with golf? If professional golfers loved poker as much as professional poker...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Betty Carey

  July 17, 2009

  Whatever happened to Betty Carey? In the late 1970s and early 1980s she was one of the most feared no-limit hold’em players on the planet...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: The Dunes

  July 15, 2009

  Before there was the Bellagio, before there was the Horseshoe, even before there was the Aladdin, there was the Dunes. It was, quite simply...

   

• WSOP Announces Top Ten Votegetters in Poker Hall of Fame Nomination Process

  July 10, 2009

  The first stage of the revamped election process for the Poker of Hall of Fame, with Harrah’s Entertainment and the World Series of Poker...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Jimmy Casella

  July 02, 2009

  While Texans dominated the first several years of the World Series of Poker, a few outsiders did manage to work their way into the mix...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: The Boss Gamblers of Bexar County

  July 01, 2009

  For the most part the boss gamblers who thrived in Texas in the 1950s and 1960s were congenial to outsiders who wanted to sit in their games...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Texas Boss Gamblers

  June 25, 2009

  Even though poker was technically illegal, it wasn’t very hard to find a high-stakes game in Texas in the 1950s and 1960s as long as you...

   

• The PokerNews Top 10: The Top Moments in Televised Poker

  June 24, 2009

  While the World Series of Poker has been broadcast to the world via television in some form or another since the early 1970s, it is really only...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Major Riddle, the Biggest Fish of All Time

  June 04, 2009

  Throughout poker’s history there have been fish and there have been whales (much larger fish), and then there was Major Riddle, the most celebrated loser...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Jimmy Chagra, Second Biggest Fish of All Time, Part 2

  May 29, 2009

  Most players who experience frequent and massive losses at the poker table are not joyful creatures. Jimmy Chagra was a glaring exception to this rule...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Jimmy Chagra — The Second Biggest Fish of All Time, Part 1

  May 28, 2009

  The first time Jimmy Chagra entered a Las Vegas casino he brought with him several suitcases stuffed with cash and not the least bit of sense. The man gambled...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Rex Cauble -- The Third Biggest Fish of All Time

  May 21, 2009

  As many great poker players as the state of Texas has churned out, it has produced just as many fish...

   

• WSOP Flashback: Doyle Brunson Wins #10 (2005)

  May 14, 2009

  Doyle Brunson was 72 years young at the start of the 2005 World Series of Poker. Often considered...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: Fred “Sarge” Ferris

  May 14, 2009

  Some play poker for the thrill of it, others for the challenge it provides. Fred 'Sarge' Ferris...

   

• From the Poker Vaults: The Pride of Alabama

  May 07, 2009

  When you think about the history of poker in geographical terms, the first states that come to mind are Texas and California. Throughout its evolution, however, the game has...

   

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