It 's the story, many casino players throughout the game was famous as a result. Although the following persons are not necessarily to fame through gambling, but to draw considerable public attention because of their gambling activities.
One of the first famous players in the world was John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich. He led a scandalous private life and had fallen to gambling. In 1762 he sat for more than 24 hours at acard table in his house, refusing to attend meals. In desperation, a servant of the count a piece of salted meat offered as food for the count suggested that the meat is wrapped between two slices of bread so that he eats his hands at the table. Here, the sandwich got its name.
One of the most famous players of the West is "Doc" Holliday, who maintained a fierce reputation as hard drinkers, hard fighters and ruthless killer. He is remembered for fighting alongside WyattEarp to the famous gunfight at the OK Corral.
"Wild Bill" Hickok was another American legend, known worldwide for lying about his violent life. He is primarily responsible for taming two of the lawless city of Kansas recalls. Unfortunately, Hickok made many enemies and his day the Court arrived at a poker table. It was the bottom of the head fired by an assassin and died clutching a pair of aces and a pair of eights, since this particular hand has been knownas 'Dead Man's Hand', for obvious reasons!
Benny Binion was born in 1904 and lived his life as smugglers and fraudsters. At the age of 43 gave his life of crime and moved to Las Vegas, where he later opened his own casino. Binion was the player players paradise, and in 1970 bought and sold the World Series of Poker, which grew over time, be the largest in the world.
Magazine owner Kerry Packer made his name by the family of his media empirewhich 60% of all magazines in Australia. Packer was known as a high stakes player when he won 26 million U.S. dollars at blackjack at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. However, Packer is not always successful, has lost 16.5 million dollars at the casino Crockfords in London, even if it just affected his patrimony 8 billion U.S. dollars.
The World Series of Poker has created many famous players of today. An example is Johnny Chan, nicknamed "The Great Wall of China" after itssurprising success of winning the World Championships in 1987 and 1988 consecutively. He played in all the important games of the last two decades and is known as a nice guy.
Although gambling is primarily a leisure activity, many people approached him with a different mentality, and consequently won and lost his vast fortune to become famous, while on the road.
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