• professional poker player Dan Harrington sometimes finds himself the victim of the poker strategies that he teaches in his Harrington on Hold 'em book series when playing poker tournaments?
• members of the Poker Hall of Fame won events at the Super Bowl of Poker, the second most prestigious poker tournament, in 1979, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, and '91, but actor Gabe Kaplan (pictured), who portrayed "Mr Kotter" in Welcome Back, Kotter, won in '80?
• professional poker player Ilari Sahamies lost over US$3 million playing online poker while drunk, including more than $700,000 in a single day?
• the Crawford-Gilpin House is alleged to have once changed owners due to being lost as a wager in a poker game?
• the Moneymaker Effect is the name of poker's sudden growth in popularity after amateur Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event and claimed the US$2.5 million first prize?
• courts applying the dominant factor test have determined that poker is not gambling?
• contestants on the reality television series Face the Ace win US$1 million if they beat three poker professionals in one-on-one matches of Texas hold 'em?
• poker tool software program SitNGo Wizard has a quiz mode that serves as poker's electronic analogue to flash cards?
• 26-year-old Vanessa Rousso (pictured) is among the top five females in career earnings in poker history?
• Baxter v. United States determined that since poker was a game of skill, poker winnings should be treated as earned income instead of unearned income?
• American gambler Lottie Deno was one of Texas' most famous poker players in the late 1800s?
• a 2009 Pennsylvania court case ruled that poker is a game of skill, thus not subject to the state laws related to gambling?
• 21-year-old professional poker player Sami Kelopuro experiences daily swings of up to one million dollars when playing online poker?

Facts on topics related to Poker

Card game

• the American mathematician Yudell Luke wrote two books on the probabilities of winning at the card game of cribbage?

Chris Moneymaker

• the Moneymaker Effect is the name of poker's sudden growth in popularity after amateur Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event and claimed the US$2.5 million first prize?