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Birthdays
Deaths
- Ted Binion d. 1998 [age 54] (b. 11/28/1943)
Benny Binion's son became the casino manager of the Horseshoe in 1964. Won both 1983 and 1985 Employee events, which are not considered official bracelets here. His sensational death is one of the main threads in James McManus's "Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker".
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News
- 2007: Annette Obrestad Wins WSOP Europe Main Event
Becomes youngest ever bracelet winner just shy of 19th birthday and takes home largest WSOP prize ever (about $2,013,733).
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