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Famous players and their public wins and losses. The stories stay tied to what was reported at the time.
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- 01Jamie Gold's $12 Million WSOP Main Event Win ExplainedIn 2006, the World Series of Poker Main Event championship had reached an inflection point. The previous year had seen a 5,619 entrant field, itself a record that seemed unlikely to be broken.
- 02Tony G: From Lithuania to Poker Table Trash-Talk LegendTony Guoga is a poker professional from Lithuania who became famous for trash-talking at the poker table.
- 03Croupier 1998: Clive Owen's Cult Casino Noir ExplainedA crypto person would recognize the system immediately. Croupier is a film about asymmetric information.
- 04Owning Mahowny: The True Story of a Gambling Addict BankerA bank employee embezzles millions to feed a gambling addiction. The film documents his entire descent.
- 05The Cincinnati Kid: The Card-Playing Movie That Influenced GenerationsThe Cincinnati Kid made poker look romantic. The reality of grinding poker is very different from what Malden and McQueen portrayed.
- 06Carlos Mortensen: Spain's WSOP Main Event and WPT ChampionCarlos Mortensen won the WSOP Main Event and a WPT title. His career highlights how skill can take you to the top of poker for a season, and then randomness takes back control.
- 07The Bookie Who Took a Billion Dollar Floyd Mayweather BetThe story of an individual betting a billion on Floyd Mayweather tells us about risk perception and loss aversion at extreme scales.
- 08Dan Bilzerian: How a Poker Pro Became Instagram's King of ExcessDan Bilzerian made his money at the poker table, but he made his legend on Instagram. The difference matters.
- 09Molly's Game: The Real Story Behind the Hollywood Poker NightsMolly Bloom ran the highest-stakes poker games in Hollywood. The movie told part of the story. The real story is more complicated.
- 10Tom Dwan: The Mystery of Durrrr's Biggest Online PotsTom Dwan (Durrrr) became famous for playing the biggest pots in online poker history. Understanding what he was actually doing requires understanding both skill and variance.
- 11Gus Hansen: The Great Dane's Wild Poker Style ExplainedGus Hansen played poker like he had a third eye. He saw angles nobody else saw. The Great Dane made millions by playing looser than optimal, but with surgical precision.
- 12Wayne Newton's Vegas Legacy and Casino ResidenciesWayne Newton played Las Vegas more than any performer. Over 40 years, 30,000 shows. The casinos did not build him; he built them.