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In the summer of 1949, as reported, an inveterate player Nicholas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos approached Benny Binion with an unusual request - to challenge the best in a marathon poker high stakes. Binion decided to create a correspondence between Dandolos and the legendary Johnny Moss, with the stipulation that the game would be played in public.

During the marathon, which lasted five months with breaks only for sleep, the two men played every form of poker imaginable. Moss eventually won "the biggest game in town" and an estimated $ 2 million. When the Greek has lost his last pot, he rose from his chair, bowed slightly, and uttered the now-famous words, "Mr. Moss, I gotta let go. "Dandolos then went to bed.

Although significant in its own way as a chapter in poker history, the marathon five months took on added importance to Benny Binion. It was not until 1970 that Binion decided to recreate the excitement and stage a battle of poker giants - dubbed the "World Series of Poker" - to determine who would be worthy of the title "World Champion ". Johnny Moss came out on top. The decision was democratic in that the champion of the World Series of Poker has been decided by popular vote.

The following year, Moss was again declared the World Series of Poker Champion. In 1972, when Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston won the title and went on the talk show circuit, the WSOP began to gain a wider audience.

Only a year later that Binion participated in the oral history project at the University of Nevada-Reno and discussed the World Series of Poker with interviewer Mary Ellen Glass. "This poker game we will be there a lot of attention, he said Glass." We had seven players last year and this year we had 13. I look to have better than 20 next year. It is even likely to rise to 50, could begin to be more than that. "Binion then paused, as if staring into the future, prophesied:" He ended. "

In the early 1980s, Binion's prophesy came to fruition and the popularity of the World Series of Poker soared.

Today, the legacy Benny Binion left the poker community ranks as the oldest, most prestigious, and most of the media coming up game in the world. The World Series of Poker has touched thousands of lives over the years.

Five World Series of Poker rules

1. Hold 'em
-Each player is first two cards down.
-A round of betting occurs as players decide for the first time if they are or they are.
Then, five community cards follow with betting after the flop, turn and river.
-At the end, the best combination of five cards wins the hand and takes the pot.

2. Omaha
"Instead of being two cards, each player four cards face recive.
-A round of betting occurs as players decide for the first time if they are or they are.
Then, five community cards follow with betting after the flop, turn and river.
-Those who are still reveal their cards. But here's the ... A player must use two and only two of their cards down with three community cards. As
always, the best five-card hand wins the pot.

3. Seven Card Stud
-Each player receives three cards. The first two are down and the third is in place for everyone to see.
-Players must then decide for the first time they are in, on or.
-The three cards are dealt all face, with more rounds of betting after each card.
The seventh and final card is dealt face down.
-After a final betting round, the remaining players reveal what they have. As always, the best hand of five cards wins the hand and takes the pot.

4. Razz
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