Tag: Jack Keller
The Story of the 1990 WSOP Main Event The year 1990 brought the beginning of the third decade of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). And poker was changing as fast as the world was around it. With an influx of poker players from all over the globe the World Series of Poker had truly […]
The Story of the 1989 WSOP Main Event For two years, Johnny Chan had been the world champion. In 1987, ‘The Orient Express’ claimed his first-ever Main Event victory earning $625,000. Incredibly, the very next year, he repeated the feat, becoming the fourth and probably final person to do so, winning a record-equalling $700,000. In […]
The Story of the 1988 WSOP Main Event Which World Series of Poker Main Event has been shown more than any other? If you go by one single moment, then the answer is clear: 1988. The final hand of the World Championship in 1988 was not only one of the best hands ever to be […]
The Story of the 1987 WSOP Main Event In 1987, a poker legend won the World Championship in a feat that has inspired millions of people to take up the game in the decades that followed. With the WSOP Main Event bigger than ever, the World truly came to the United States as the first […]
The Story of the 1986 WSOP Main Event In 1986, poker hit differently. Sixteen long years after the origin story of the World Series of Poker being formed, yet still several years before the ‘poker boom’, the 1986 event was a unique experience, standing alone in poker history. Like a beacon of how poker used […]
The Story of the 1984 WSOP Main Event In 1984, one year on from Tom McEvoy’s slow and methodical takedown of Rod Peate heads-up, a far more aggressive player became world champion. Slaying a field of 132 players – a significant increase of 24 entries from 1983 – was ‘Gentleman Jack’ Keller. A former U.S. […]
United by their esteemed positions in the Poker Hall of Fame, Tom Abdo, and Jack “Gentleman Jack” Keller represent the timeless spirit of poker across different generations, their lives spanning a century between them. Tom Abdo, a legend from the early 20th century, helped transform poker from a casual pastime into a game of intricate […]
