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Tonight’s AEW $500 Freeroll
Tonight's AEW $500 Freeroll
Don’t forget to register for tonight’s AEW $500 Deepstack Freeroll with @Pokermommaa and Evil Uno! Bring a mask and turn on your table cam! It’s time to battle!
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Would you rather… Results
We asked our members… “If $1,000,000 (US Dollars) was on the line, would you rather play PokerMommaa heads up or face off with Evil Uno in the ring?” and here are the results… with $1M on the line 73.8% of you would prefer to battle PokerMommaa over setting foot in the ring with Evil Uno…
WSOP Quiz Results
Generally speaking Poker Now members did well in this quiz. The majority of our members knew that Phil Hellmuth holds the record for the most WSOP bracelets (17) and that the buy-in for the WSOP Main Event is $10,000 but one question our community struggled to answer was…
How was the winner of the first World Series of Poker in 1970 determined?
With that in mind here is a quick overview of the first ever WSOP in 1970:
ChatGPT Explains it well:
The very first “World Series of Poker” in 1970 bears little resemblance to the freeze-out tournaments we know today. In fact, there was no bracket, no last-man-standing format and no official buy-in—only a gathering of seven of America’s top cash-game specialists at Benny Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas (Wikipedia).
An Invitational Cash-Game Gathering
Benny Binion, seeking to promote high-stakes play in his casino, personally invited six of the era’s legends—Amarillo Slim Preston, Sailor Roberts, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington and Carl Cannon—along with Crandell’s friend Johnny Moss, to compete in a variety of poker cash games (five-card stud, deuce-seven low-ball draw, razz, seven-card stud and Texas hold ’em) on May 8, 1970 (Wikipedia).
Decision by Peer Vote
Rather than awarding victory to whoever amassed the largest chip stack, Binion closed the session and asked the seven players to vote on who had been the “best all-around player” that day. Moss emerged the winner in the players’ own ballot, earning him the title of “World Champion of Poker” (Poker.org, Wikipedia).
The Two-Ballot Anecdote
Legend holds that in the first round, each player cast a vote for themselves, resulting in a tied vote for most‐votes‐as-#1. Binion then reportedly asked them to vote for the second-best player, at which point every player other than Moss chose him—sealing his victory (Wikipedia).
A Silver Cup, Not a Bracelet
As the sole reward, Moss received a simple silver cup—no cash prize from the house, no gold bracelet (which wouldn’t be introduced until 1976), and only the enduring respect of his peers (PokerListings, Wikipedia).
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