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Missouri & Me

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Cowboy Tom winning the biggest pot ever in the Big Game
From the book: Missouri & Me

Because the fourth nine failed to materialize and the board failed to pair and give Chris a full house, and neither a spade nor an eight appeared to make a flush or a higher straight for JJ,
Tom won a pot worth $176,000, the biggest pot ever in the many years of playing The Big Game.

On Missouri Dave
From the book: Missouri & Me

Missouri Dave is a laser-focused assassin to whom most of his weaker opponents appear mentally naked and defenseless. Bolstered by a lifetime of playing, he has total command of every aspect of the game. His intuitive abilities are finely tuned. It would be fairly accurate to say Missouri Dave plays poker on a higher plane than most.

On former world champion Sailor Roberts
From the book: Missouri & Me

Sailor moved to Alaska to play poker, though he did not fare well there. After returning to the lower forty-eight, he once stated that he lost so much money during that freezing winter in Alaska that, “Now every time it gets cold I go broke.”

On Benny Binion
From the book: Missouri & Me

I recall the first time I saw Benny Binion,  he came in from a cold rainy night directly into the poker room.
He was wearing a huge fur coat, blue jeans, cowboy boots and a Stetson so large it made his head look small. He wasn’t a big man but he had a huge presence. There could be no doubt as to who he was. He sat by himself away from the poker games, and was immediately brought a shot of whiskey.

On Howard Marks
From the book:Missouri & Me

I first met Howard Marks in Oxford. Howard, at that time, was reputed to be the world’s biggest marijuana smuggler. He was a man wanted by the law.