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Benny Binion: In His Own Words
Monday, 23 December 2013
Benny Binion, father of the WSOP, was a man of many contradictions: wise but illiterate, a marketing genius who always told the truth. Generous to his friends, hospitable to his customers and dangerous to his enemies, Johnny Hughes remembers Binion through his own words.
A New Method of Cheating
Thursday, 7 March 2013
In Austin, Texas, a cheater took many thousands of dollars from several of the underground games with a new way to cheat as poker historian Johnny Hughes explains.
Road Gambler - Benny Binion, Part II
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Benny was was under FBI surveillance in Las Vegas and at his ranch in Montana, and he knew it. Sometimes for kicks, he'd get to going very fast and lose them, then go look for them. Johnny Hughes explains.
Benny Binion: Texas Boss Gambler by Johnny Hughes
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
When a mailbox bomb detonated from across the road in 1951, it got Cat. It left a four-foot-deep crater. Two playing cards, an ace of diamonds and a joker, were photographed near the hole.