by Bob Pajich | Published: Dec 17, '13
John Wesley Hardin was the second son born to a Methodist preacher near Bonham, Texas, who named him after the godfather of the Methodist church. Two things remained constant in Hardin’s short life, violence and poker. A road gambling, bon-a-fide outlaw, …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Dec 03, '13
… drop out. The Polish Maverick Bob Stupak was born in Pittsburgh … : The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas’ Stratosphere … : “Chester Gets Special Curb Service.” Bob Stupak was 14 and was … , Nevada, suffered a broken leg. Bob Stupak nearly died. He broke …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Nov 19, '13
“A sucker don’t ever catch on. A smart man don’t ever sleep. He’s got to keep ducking the traps.” – Johnny Moss On May 14, 1907, Johnny Moss was born in Marshall, Texas, a tiny town about 40 miles inside the state’s Eastern border with Louisiana. Town …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Sep 23, '13
As far as a pure American character, it’s hard to beat Titanic Thompson, who won and lost more than $10 million during his long life as a top-notch gambler, confidence man and hustler. While our grandfathers used wrenches, welding torches and hammers in …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Aug 25, '13
A cloud of smoke that could choke the Tennessee Valley hovered over one of the handful of men everyone seemed to know in Las Vegas in the early 1970s. His cigar tip glowed red and he had to decide what to do — either toss the jack that hung at the end of …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Aug 13, '13
A chip and a chair. We’ve all repeated it to ourselves or cringed when one of those friendly and upbeat tournament opponents cheerfully said it after watching our chips be pushed in front of another yokel. A chip and a chair. Maybe no poker cliché boils …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Jul 19, '13
American players who are collectively owed millions of dollars from the Full Tilt Poker fiasco should expect to wait at least another year for their dollars. The Garden City Group, a claims adjuster hired by the Department of Justice to distribute $184 …
by Bob Pajich | Published: Jul 04, '13
Two years have passed since Black Friday and for the first time since then, online poker has returned to the United States in an extremely limited way. Within the next several years, access to online poker sites will slowly return to the lucky residents …
by Bob Pajich | Published: May 14, '13
Note: This is part two of a two-part series. For part one, click here. Dallas was a bear trap to him. Benny Binion’s political cronies, including the sheriff and deputy sheriff, were voted out of power. A rival accused him of blowing his wife up in a car …
by Bob Pajich | Published: May 08, '13
The newspaper men and photographers fell in love with the wrinkly moon-faced cowboy named Benny Binion, playing host at his Horseshoe Casino, the literal grandfather of a new poker tournament called the World Series of Poker, shaking everyone’s hands. It …
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