Celebrities
Profiles of well-known gamblers whose results are on the record. Where the legend and the numbers disagree, we go with the numbers.
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- The Biker Bandit: Anthony Carleo's Bellagio Chip HeistIn 2010, Anthony Carleo entered the Bellagio's high-limit salon and walked out with $1.5 million in poker chips. His methods exposed vulnerabilities in physical security that persist today.
- Bryn Kenney: Inside the All-Time Poker Money LeaderHow does a player earn nearly $60 million and sustain it? Bryn Kenney reveals the feedback loops and incentive structures that separate the grinders from the elite.
- Phil Galfond: From Math Whiz to High-Stakes Poker EntrepreneurPhil Galfond won $5 million in cash games by age 25. Then he became an entrepreneur. Here is how he did both.
- Phil Ivey vs Crockfords: The 7.7M Pound Baccarat CaseIn 2012, Phil Ivey walked into a London casino and walked out with 7.7 million pounds in winnings. The casino refused to pay. The case that followed changed how casinos think about edge-sorting.
- Jack Binion and the Family Behind the World Series of PokerThe Binion family created the World Series of Poker in 1970. Jack Binion took it from a private game to a public institution. This is how that happened.
- Floyd Mayweather: Inside the Boxer's Massive Sports Betting SlipsFloyd Mayweather posts his betting slips on Instagram. Fifty-thousand-dollar bets on basketball games. Where does the psychology go when the amounts get this large?
- The MIT Blackjack Team: How Students Really Beat VegasThe superuser scandals at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet revealed that cheating in online poker was not theoretical. It was actual, systematic, and vast.
- Erik Seidel: The Dancer Who Became a Poker Hall of FamerErik Seidel danced. Then he became one of the greatest poker players alive. He never stopped moving.
- Jamie Gold's $12 Million WSOP Main Event Win ExplainedIn 1992, Akio Kashiwagi challenged Donald Trump to the largest baccarat game in American history. It never finished.
- How The Sopranos Portrayed Illegal Sports BettingThe Sopranos captured mob culture with unflinching detail. Its portrayal of illegal sports betting operations became as iconic as Tony Soprano's therapy sessions.
- Phil Hellmuth: Inside the Poker Brat's 17 BraceletsRegulation depends on jurisdiction. Malta allows more than UKGC. Nevada more than online-only. Know where your operator is licensed.
- Kelly Sun: The Queen of Sorts Behind Ivey's Baccarat WinsYour edge in twenty dollar games is three dollars per hour. You move to one hundred dollar games. Suddenly the pressure is real. Two hundred dollar pots feel material. You become conservative.
- The Real Story Behind the Book Bringing Down the HouseA physical roulette wheel can wear unevenly and develop bias. A biased wheel favors certain numbers. Detecting bias requires thousands of spins of recorded data.
- Gladys Knight: Baccarat and the Star's Public Gambling StrugglesGladys Knight lost significant money at Atlantic City casinos. Her story reveals the vulnerability of even famous people to gambling problems.
- Bobby Baldwin: From WSOP Champion to Vegas Casino BossBobby Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event. He became a casino executive and changed how casinos operate.
- Peter Eastgate: The Youngest WSOP Main Event Champion at 22Peter Eastgate won the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event at age 22. He was the youngest champion ever. Here is what it reveals about poker in 2008.
- How to Handle Your Chips Like a Pro in Live PokerChip handling is a tell. Here is what professional players do and why casual players should learn it.
- Why Some Jurisdictions Ban Celebrity Endorsements for CasinosA gentleman whose name I will not mention, but whose reputation for discretion is impeccable, once observed that celebrity endorsements for gaming operations belong to an earlier era of regulation. Certain jurisdictions have come to the same conclusion, though for reasons that are worth examining closely.
- Edge Sorting Explained: The Baccarat Technique That Made HeadlinesPhil Ivey won at baccarat using edge sorting. Casinos sued. They won. The technique is legal in theory but banned in practice. Here's how it worked and why it matters.
- Joe Hachem's 2005 WSOP Main Event: Australia's Poker HeroJoe Hachem won the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event for $7.5 million. The win transformed poker in Australia. It also raised questions about luck versus skill that persist today.
- Molly's Game: The Real Story Behind the Hollywood Poker NightsThere was a woman in Los Angeles who ran poker games for celebrities. She made millions. Then the FBI came. What actually happened is more complicated than the movie.
- Celebrity Poker Players Who Cross Over to Table GamesFamous poker players sometimes sit down at blackjack or baccarat. The results are almost always bad. Poker skills don't transfer. Table games are different machines.
- Owning Mahowny: The True Story of a Gambling Addict BankerDan Mahowny was a Canadian bank manager who gambled away $10 million of depositor money. The movie Owning Mahowny told the story. The actual events were darker.
- 50 Cent vs Floyd Mayweather: The Reading and Betting BeefThe smell of 50 cent vs floyd mayweather: the reading and betting beef in the air is unmistakable. ## Understanding the Basics Let's start with what 50 cent vs…
- Dean Martin's Casino Persona and the Rat Pack Vegas EraDean Martin's Casino Persona and the Rat Pack Vegas Era. Most players get it wrong. ## Understanding the Basics Let's start with what dean martin's casino…
- Poker After Dark: The Most Memorable Hands Ever PlayedPoker After Dark: The Most Memorable Hands Ever Played tells a story about human nature and choice. ## Understanding the Basics Let's start with what poker…
- Shannon Elizabeth: From American Pie Star to WSOP RegularListen, shannon elizabeth: from american pie star to wsop regular is where the action happens. ## Understanding the Basics Let's start with what shannon…
- Jerry Patterson's Craps Roll: Fact or Casino Legend?Jerry Patterson's Craps Roll: Fact or Casino Legend? tells a story about human nature and choice. ## Understanding the Basics Let's start with what jerry…
- Dean Martin's Casino Persona and the Rat Pack Vegas EraDean Martin at the Sands was a bit. Not a drunk, not a savant. A performer selling the idea of the casino to the people filling the casino. Taking him literally is how we ended up with sixty years of bad advice.
- 50 Cent vs Floyd Mayweather: The Reading and Betting BeefTwo men with eight-figure annual incomes argued on social media about whether one of them could read a paragraph of text. The argument escalated into gambling stakes. This is a small history of that afternoon, and what it says about celebrity money.
