Most Famous Casino Players In History

Many people have increased their finances playing casino games and made it a part time occupation. To the average person, making money playing casino games seems ridiculous. However, there are those who have gotten rich playing. In this article, I will tell you about the famous men who played so well that they finished on top of the competition.

Archie Karas

Recognized as the best casino player of all time, Karas borrowed $ 10,000 from a friend in 1992 to go to the Binion in Las Vegas and thus make history, becoming one of the great players in history.

Stanley Fujitake

 

On May 28, 1989, Stanley Fujitake banged the Craps tables at the Hotel California. Few people could have imagined, not even he, that Fujitake would embark on the most profitable single-player round of Craps spins in history today. Stanley made a total of 118 rolls over 3 hours and 6 minutes before leaving the table.

Kerry Packer

His biggest winnings include a round in which he managed to win $ 30 million at the MGM Grand in 1997, in addition to winning more than $ 5 million in exchange on several occasions in the UK casinos. He was one of the most influential men from Australia. He was a media mogul and owned the main Australian television channel and publisher Australian Consolidated Press. In his spare time from work, he was an amateur gamer. In 1995 he was playing $ 250,000 a hand of blackjack at the MGM Grand. Simply put, at the end of the night he left the casino with a profit of $ 20 million.

Antonio Esfandiari

Esfandiari has won the biggest prize awarded in a live tournament in the history of poker. In just three days (from Sunday, July 1 to Tuesday, July 3, 2012), the Iranian-American player took home more than $ 18 million, plus an exclusive platinum bracelet that was awarded to him as the winner. important positions in important poker tournaments, Esfandiari achieved his first great success after winning the LA Poker Classic belonging to the World Poker Tour circuit, where he raised $ 1,400,000 and to date accumulates more than 23 million dollars in earnings, including only tournaments live.