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Published in 1978, Super System changed how serious poker players approached the game. Brunson and co-authors revealed hand ranges, pot odds calculations, and table dynamics that had been guarded secrets. The book is dated now. It was revolutionary then.
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Celebrities5 min read
The book was priced at a hundred bucks in 1979. The professionals tried to talk Brunson out of it. He published it anyway. What happened next changed the feel of every cash game in Texas, Vegas, and eventually the entire tournament circuit.
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News5 min read
The kid from Brisbane was twenty-seven, drove a Lamborghini, owned a house with a moat. He ran the money for the whole online poker world and nobody knew his face. Then Las Vegas knew it. Then New York knew it. The story is not about poker. It is about a boy who moved too much money too quickly and forgot that money leaves footprints.
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Celebrities5 min read
Benny Binion is the single most influential casino operator of the twentieth century. That is my hot take and I will defend it. Not Steve Wynn, not Howard Hughes, not Kirk Kerkorian. Binion. The Dallas bootlegger with a sixth-grade education who invented the modern poker tournament.
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Big Wins5 min read
Famous bluffs get mythologised the same way a casino bonus gets mythologised: confidently, and with the boring bits removed. Here are four of the most cited hands, translated from legend into what actually happened at the table, including the part where the winning player got extremely lucky.
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