Flashback
I came across this picture the other day and decided to post it here. This was taken in 1984 at the Frontier Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. I was 27 at the time. I was working days at Summa Corporation, the old Howard Hughes company, and playing poker every night.
I’m playing Pot Limit Texas Hold’em with $2-$5-$10 blinds. Those are stacks of green $25 chips in front of me, maybe $2500 worth.
Tournaments weren’t as popular then as they are now. Most of us played cash games only. We had a regular game going at the Frontier. Siegfried & Roy played twice a night and the show line went right past the poker room. It was a great game. Most of the players who won the World Series of Poker in the early days came and played with us.
Bill Smith, Don Williams, Cowboy Wolford and Bobby Hoff played there every day. I’ve played against Johnny Moss, Puggy & JC Pearson, Tom McEvoy, Jack Keller, Berry Johnston, Jack Straus, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, David Skalansky, Brad Daugherty, Russ Hamilton and Bones Berland. Lots of colorful characters and good memories.
