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Home >> Online Poker >> Poker Players >> WSOP Winners >> 1970-1980

16.05 06:13 ET

1970-1980

Stu Ungar: "Show Me a Good Loser And I’ll Show You a Loser"

He liked them… and they killed Stu Ungar (or Unger) in 1998. Thought the official cause is “coronary atherosclerosis” cocaine, methadone and Percodan have been found in his blood.

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Doyle Brunson: "A Man With Money Is No Match Against a Man on a Mission"

He wrote several texts for the old Gambling Times magazine. Doyle tried to prove that gambling is a respectable profession. It’s hard to say wherever he was successful in his efforts. If you think gambling is respectable then…he was. ;-)

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Johnny Moss: "I Never Felt Sorry for the Losers"

As many other gamblers Johnny Moss began with the road playing. But one thing differed him from the others: his game was clean and good enough to avoid using tricks: “I knew how to do it, but I didn’t have to steal”.

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Amarillo Slim: 'We Had Been One Hell Of A Team'

His face is known even among those who know nothing about poker. Amarillo is a symbol of poker, like the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of America.

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Sailor Roberts

By this fellowship I mean: Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim and Sailor Roberts himself.

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Bobby Baldwin: 'Don't Take Your Troubles Out On Your Bankroll'

The next year he once again sat at the final table to take the title of the World Champion. He became the youngest winner in the WSOP history.

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Hal Fowler, The Greatest Upset In The History Of The WSOP

It’s also known that Hal couldn’t even pay for his seat at the WSOP.

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Puggy Pearson: 'Deal Me In'

So, call him “father”… “father of poker tournaments”.

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