Jack Binion honored as poker’s patriarch

If you ask many poker players who Jack Binion is, odds are that they will know he is one of the most revered names in the poker community and that it was the Binion Family that started the World Series of Poker some forty years ago. Jack was very instrumental in leading the growth and popularity of poker and the WSOP for the first three decades it was played.

Jeffrey Pollack, WSOP President and Commissioner wants to make sure that credit is given where credit is due and that the legacy of the Binion Family and Jack Binion are honored.
In Pollack’s opening remarks to Event #4 of the 2009 WSOP, the largest non-Main Event tournament in WSOP History he stated, “Welcome, players and fans, to the 40th Annual World Series of Poker. It's with great honor and respect that I welcome Jack Binion to the stage. Jack, on behalf of everyone here, thank you. Thank you for the World Series of Poker. All that we have done over the last few years, all that will ever be done with the WSOP over the coming years, is but an embellishment on your legacy and the legacy of your family. You wrote the song, Jack. We merely cover it. Again, thank you."
With those words Jack Binion took the microphone, welcomed the crowd and said the most famous words in poker, "Shuffle Up and Deal!"

News Added: 02 June, 2009

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