History

In 1986, Mike Caro wrote a poker book called Poker for Women, A Course in Destroying Male Opponents at Poker." Today and in my next column I'll talk about some poker women from the past and present and touch on some of Mike's poker tips for women.

Past poker women. The first women of poker hit the scene in the Wild West days. Calamity Jane was one of the first women to sit across the poker table from men and made the queen of spades famous. Today, it's called the "Calamity Jane."

Today we'll continue our poker quiz.

Which three Hall of Fame poker players reached an untimely demise while playing poker? (a) Wild Bill Hickock, (b) Jack Straus, (c) Edmond Hoyle, (d) Nick "The Greek" Dandolos, (e) Tom Abdo, or (f) Johnny Moss?

Today we're going to participate in a poker history quiz involving the Poker Hall of Fame inductees. Let's see how much you know.

Who first formed the Poker Hall of Fame? Johnny Moss, Benny Binion, Jack Binion, or Amarillo "Slim" Preston?

Answer: Benny Binion, who founded the Horseshoe Casino, formed the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also responsible for holding the first WSOP event in 1970 at the Horseshoe Casino. It was a by-invitation-only event in which six well-known players were invited.

Today we're going to participate in a poker history quiz involving the Poker Hall of Fame inductees. Let's see how much you know.

Who first formed the Poker Hall of Fame? Johnny Moss, Benny Binion, Jack Binion, or Amarillo "Slim" Preston?

Answer: Benny Binion, who founded the Horseshoe Casino, formed the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979. He was also responsible for holding the first WSOP event in 1970 at the Horseshoe Casino. It was a by-invitation-only event in which six well-known players were invited.

Read this issue to get the poker news of exactly 25 years ago. Read great columns with superb strategies, or just to take a trip down memory lane. It's a truly exciting issue! The biggest names in poker discuss ways to make your game even better, including: Mike Caro's bi-weekly tell, David Sklansky, Stu Jacobs, Bobby Baldwin, A Man Called Doc, Tex Sheahan, Rex Jones, M. Wiesenberg, and Doyle Brunson. Go to www.pokerplayernewspaper.com to read this issue in its entirety.

Read this issue for the poker news of 25 years ago this week, where you'll find great columns with superb strategies integrated along with a trip down memory lane. It's a truly exciting issue!

The biggest names in poker explain how to make your game even better, including: Mike Caro, Bi-Weekly Tell, David Sklansky, Stu Jacobs, Bobby Baldwin, A Man Called Doc, Tex Sheahan, Rex Jones, M. Wiesenberg, and Doyle Brunson. Go to www.pokerplayernewspaper.com to read this issue in its entirety.

Almost ten years after the fabled California Gold Rush, traces of the precious metal were found at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in 1858, where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte River. It was here that the mining camp that was to become the City of Denver, Colorado was established.

Two more gold discoveries in the mountains near Denver ignited a Rocky Mountain gold rush. The first year, the town had a thousand men and half dozen women.

Deadwood was created by gold seekers in 1876. It was made notorious by the gamblers and gunslingers that soon came to mine the miners.

The United States ceded the Black Hills in the Dakota Territory to the Lakota Sioux in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. It belonged to the Sioux; anyone else was an illegal alien. Six years later, General George Custer, on an expedition through the Black Hills, reported evidence of gold. When the news got out, the rush was on. It wasn't long before a miner found gold in a narrow canyon known as "Deadwood Gulch".

Indicative of its future, the first structure built on the site that was to become Saratoga Springs was a tavern and boarding house in 1773. At the time it was believed the spring water had medicinal properties.

The first bathhouse was built in 1784 and the village of Saratoga Springs continued to grow as a spa resort for the healthy 'n wealthy. It was incorporated in 1827.

After a decade, the California Gold Rush was on the wane. Miners began looking elsewhere for the next big strike.

In 1859, a small group of gold seekers found some promising ground high in the mountains east of Washoe Valley, Nevada. Placer (surface) miners, they cursed the heavy blueblack sand that clogged their rockers.