Tag: Jack Straus
The Story of the 1972 WSOP Main Event In 1972, after two years of Johnny Moss winning the World Championship, a controversial deal was struck in the WSOP Main Event. Going down in history as the first ‘ICM’ deal at a final table, the winner was a controversial figure in his own right as one […]
The Story of the 1971 WSOP Main Event In 1971, the best poker players in the world again gathered in Las Vegas to play in the second-ever World Series of Poker. Sin City hosted its first-ever WSOP Main Event, a freezeout tournament that would produce a world champion. In 1970, a player vote had handed […]
Picture this: A poker table in a cloudy room with glasses clinking, and in the midst of it all, a towering figure with a presence so commanding, it’s as if he’s grown roots right there at the table. That, my friends, was Jack “Treetop” Straus, a poker legend whose tales are as tall as his […]
Bluffing is, by far and away, the most iconic and exciting part of poker. Great bluffs appear in every depiction of the game, from TV shows like Poker After Dark to Hollywood movies like Casino Royale and Rounders. There’s no better feeling than a well-executed bluff, and the technique has been in the game since […]
