In the poker world there are many instances where poker players go broke and bankrupt. These are the players that once had all the fame and glory in poker but lost all their money playing poker due to some poor choices. In this poker video we look at some poker...
This is the biggest poker story ever told known as The Company vs Andy Beal. This story is about how the elite poker players were competing against a single wealthy businessman. The Company was a group of pro poker players such as Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman,...
Originally Victor Ashkenazi is from Moscow. Once he was 25, he moved to New York City where he lives today and serves at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President. He was named No. 1 Backgammon Player in America by his peers in 2016. He brings to the game not only...
This post reveals how highly sophisticated poker cheating tools operate in the real world. In 2015, I came across a thread in an underground forum discussing how a very sophisticated poker cheating system ripped someone off at a poker table. From what I understood at the time, the post being in...
As shown in the diagram below the device has a hidden camera embedded on one side to read cards remotely. The infrared (IR) filter was removed to allow it to interpret IR light. There are three concealed IR LEDs next to it which illuminate the deck to make the markings on...
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Anything To Win: Amarillo Slim - The Ultimate Gambler (2006 GSN documentary). Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was a professional American gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets. Preston won the 1972 Main Event of the World Series...
Luxor Las Vegas is a 30-story hotel and casino located in Paradise, Nevada, at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International and has a casino of 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) with over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games. The...
In 1829, an 18 year-old Mexican scout for the Antonio Armijo Trading Caravan was tasked with finding a new trade route to Los Angeles from Santa Fe, New Mexico. He came onto an oasis in the desert in his search. Brigham Young ordered 30 missionaries to construct a fort in...
After a battle with bowel and colon cancer, one of Britain's most popular poker players who popularized the game among the masses has died. Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, 61, was one of the top skilled gamblers of his time.
"Nick the Greek" is a very famous nickname that has become quite common, but Nikos Dandolas, a famous Greek gambler and known high-roller, was the very first "Nick the Greek". Nick's story, like most true high-rollers, was filled with massive wins, untold wealth, and then basically poverty. That just makes...
There is one guy actually being thought of as having the greatest gaming run in history. He turned $50 to $40000000 during his run which lasted three years. He is the legendary Archie Karas of course. Archie Karas was born 1951 in Antipata, Kefalonia, Greece. Karas had lived an early life...
David Benefiel - one of the bes regs of NL Holdem during golden era of online poker. He is also known by the name "raptop517" and "aaron73." Up until 2009 he was a regular in the nosebleed action but chose to take a break from the game to continue his...
Tommy Carmichael story of cheating slot machines. When one man finds a way to defeat the machine, Vegas becomes a sandbox for him. He earns millions from the authorities from slot machine alone, none the wiser, but when he crosses the boundaries and raises the risks, it takes a turn...
In the summer of 2009, John Kane appeared in the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas. He sat down in a video poker game known as Game King, and six minutes later he won a jackpot worth $4,300. So what, huh? That is luck! Well, this is not quite so. He'd...
Tom was considered one of the best high stakes online poker players in the world until he was crushed by Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (up around 5$ million) and Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (up around 1.2$ million). Dwan has made over $10 million in poker since learning the game at 17, when...
