Carl Cannon (poker player)

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Carl Cannon
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Main Event finish		9th, 1982

Carl Cannon is a poker player, who participated in the first World Series of Poker in 1970. [1]

For decades before the World Series of Poker came to Las Vegas, Cannon was considered to be one of the best poker players in the United States. Cannon competed for decades and gained notoriety among some of the poker legends of the era. [2]

Jack Binion, host of the World Series of Poker, invited the best seven poker players in the United States to his Binion's Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas, Nevada to decide who was the best poker player in America. Unlike the WSOP events that followed it, which are decided using a freeze-out tournament, the 1970 champion was decided from a vote by the players. [3]

Cannon was invited by Binion to take part in the 1970 event. The other six players invited to the 1970 Main Event were all legends of the game that already had or would go on to have great poker careers.

The other six players were:

Cannon was considered one of the best players in America along with the other six legends. [4]

He would have one more notable finish in his tournament career after the 1970 Main Event. He finished in ninth place in the 1982 WSOP Main Event, which was won by poker professional Jack Straus. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Story of the 1970 WSOP Main Event". GGPoker Global. March 1, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "WSOP History - The First World Series of Poker". www.realmoneypokeronlineusa.com.
  3. ↑ "40 Years of the WSOP: The beginning - Poker News". Poker Listings. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "WSOP History - Official World Series of Poker". www.wsop.com.
  5. ↑ "Carl Cannon's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved February 5, 2022.


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