Famous Poker Legends

Binion’s first love was poker. During the 30’s Benny Binion started by running illegal gambling rackets and bootlegging in Dallas. He is one of the Las Vegas’s last true founders. He arrived in Las Vegas in 1946 and bought the dilapidated Eldorado Casino. Then he renamed the casino to Binion’s Horseshoe and soon after that it became the gambling activity epicenter. The Horseshoe was built mostly for real serious gamblers and not for common tourists.

For many decades, Binion would accept from anyone who walked into his casino a wager of any size. He was willing to make the ultimate gamble. There are many true stories in Binion’s life about high rollers with a lot of money at the craps table, riding on a single roll. In 1970 Binion decided to try and duplicate the success of the match between Johnny Moss and Nick Dandalos 20 years ago. He invited to the Horseshoe the top poker players for what he thought to be the world championship. This is how the World Series of Poker was born. Nowadays, more than 30 years later, the yearly event at Binion’s Horseshoe remains as the world greatest poker event and every serious poker player dreams to be a part of it. Benny Binion passed away in 1989. His family continues to manage the casino.

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