Then there’s the legal tale of Dennis Blieden, the winner of the World Poker Tour’s 2019 LA World Poker Classic for a cool million dollars. The problem, though no one in the poker world knew it besides Blieden himself, was that the million dollars he won was just a drop in the bucket compared to …
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Mike Sexton, one of poker’s most famous figures and known as the “Ambassador of Poker” for decades, has passed away at age 72 following a battle against prostate cancer. News of Sexton’s passing on Sunday, September 6 was shared publicly by fellow Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson, who relayed the sad news via Twitter: …
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