Famous Gamblers

Through out the years in gambling world there are names who made its own mark in the industry of gambling. Though the modern ways of gambling has evolve and the development of new gambling arena like online casinos had been developed, they're names have grown famous in all sides of the gambling industry.

These online gambling guide of famous gamblers will help you look back and be inspired to achieve good things in gambling and change your mind about the thought that gambling is distressing.

Amarillo Slim

Amarillo Slim's real name is Thomas Preston. At a young age he is already hustler in pool. He travels across America and sums his huge winnings. He also travels to Texas to play poker.

In 1972 he won the Main Event tournament of the World Series of Poker, which he bet into several appearances in the television. Amarillo Slim's autobiography was also a best selling it is entitled “Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People”.

Benny Binion

Benny Binion is a well known owner of a casino namely Binion's Horseshoe opened in 1951. In fact the World Series of Poker is usually the held in his casino.

In 1946 Benny Binion arrive in Las Vegas and opened the Horseshoe in 1951. He is a legend because he changed the face of gambling. Hes famous for taking such actions on putting the best limits of his casino above anything else. He also believes that the players should not be limited in amount they were willi8ng to wager, that the choice is always at their hand.

Nick "The Greek" Dandolos

Nick “The Greek” Dandolos is a man who became a legendary in romantic fiction and most surely America's most famous gambler.

In his younger age people already seen his ability for working out odds. Nick likes to bet is horse races and won $500,000 in his six months betting.

When he went back to Chicago he lost a large amount of money playing card and dice games. This is actually a learning lesson to him to study and master the game. A few years later he becomes an attraction at the casinos and proprietors used to offered him large salaries to work for them.

Wild Bill Hickok

This man is a legend in the Wild West. He was a gunslinger, a lawman, and most especially he is the best poker player of his day. He is a kind of person who enjoyed every card game.

One more famous thing about this man is because he is known as “Dead Man's Hand”. The title came upon when the day he died. He was playing a game of Five Card Stud in Deadwood, South Dakota a man who had a grievance on him entered the bar and shot him before he could turn around. When Hickok fell dead over the tablet, the cards from his hands fell its two pair, aces and eights, now known as the "Dead Man's Hand".

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