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Does anybody have a recap of the game last night or remember some of the questions?

Our gambling guru wanted to play this game but he wasn't able to make it. (There's no truth to the rumor that he was at the track instead...at least we don't think so anyway)

I can give you two:

"Which casino in Vegas was the first to promote a poker room?" Golden Nugget

"What is the nickname of Walter Pearson?" - Puggy

What president had the "Poker Cabinet"? - Warren Harding
What is Chris Moneymaker's real last name? - Moneymaker
Who has the record for most WPT final tables? - Phil Ivey (Gus Hansen was a choice)
Who ate blueberries during his WSOP title? - Jamie Gold
Who has the nickname "Action"? - Dan Harrington
What is known as the computer hand? - Q7
Who used to work as a magician? - Antonio Esfandiari
Who won the 2006 WSOP ladies event? - Jennifer Tilly
Who is the only Aussie to win the WSOP? - Joe Hachem
Who is the only 3-time winner of Card Player's POY? - Men "The Master" Nguyen
What is the nickname of the WSOP final table? - November Nine
Who was immortalized winning the WSOP in "Rounders"? - Johnny Chan
Who has a PhD from UCLA? - Chris Ferguson

Thought it was a well-written game for the most part. Still not overly sure about the Golden Nugget's place in poker history, none of the texts I've read from that era mention it. First I've heard is the game between Johnny Moss and Nick the Greek in the lobby of Binion's Horseshoe. But even so, they still didn't have a poker room until years later. I did find one reference to the Nugget on the web.

There was a Chris Mortensen as a chioce, his name is Carlos Mortensen.

I missed the first two Q's, Golden Nugget and Harding's Poker Cabinet, and also went with Gus Hansen instead of Phil Ivey as Gus has won four WPT events. Men the Master was a tough question with tough choices as was the computer hand.

BO

Wikipedia mentions the Golden Nugget as being the first to bring Texas Hold "em to Vegas in 1967. Although Wikipedia is far from authoritative, their footnote citations refer to articles in Doyle Brunson's Super System 2: A Course in Power Poker . Since Doyle was around that that time, I would be happy to rely on that information

I went with Negreanu instead of Ivey on the WPT final tables quesiton. I've haven't checked but Daniel can't be that far behind Phil. That was the only quesiton I whiffed on but I bled on a few others and wound up with a 13,400. That was still good enough to win me a free trip to fabulous Las Vegas.


http://www.buzztime.com/may2010/contest-winners.html

Good for you !

Can anyone remember if the Golden Nugget question specifically mentioned Texas Hold 'Em or just poker?

If just poker, then the question was poorly worded.

If it mentioned THe, it was grossly incorrect as that game didn't arrive in LV until much later.

BO

It said poker.

I agree it said poker, not Texas Holdem.

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