Johnny Moss

Johnny Moss is most well known for being the first WSOP winner. Moss was born in 1907 and died in late 1995. He has really been around the poker scene and at the time was among the first players to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Johnny was originally born in Texas but spent most of his life in Dallas. It is known that it was the friendly state of Texas, Moss learnt how to play and master the game of poker. Back in the day, it was know that Moss learnt to play poker from a well known group that were considered cheaters. Thereafter, Johnny decided to use his poker knowledge for good, rather then bad.

As a youngster he worked at a local bar and was employed to inspect certain games and control whether they were being played correctly and honestly. It's here, while he was looking for the cheaters, he also learnt the strategy to playing poker. Nearly 2 years after working in the saloon, he would become a "rounder". A rounder is someone who travels around from cities and towns looking for the best poker action games.

Johnny Moss took the titles for the 1970, 71, and 74 WSOP main events. The 1970 World Series of Poker he was chosen as champion of champions by his fellow players and received a silver cup as the main prize. Johnny Moss played at every World Series of Poker event from 1970-1995, and during his long career, he achieved 9 World Series of Poker bracelets This puts Moss in 4th overall position, behind Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth. During his entire poker career he won a staggering $824,922, mainly all coming from World Series of Poker tournament play.