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✦ Latest article 2026-09-23 How to Show Source and Update Dates With a Poker Data Table A practical standard for labeling a poker table’s source, coverage date, last check and update history without confusing those dates. Feature5 min

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  1. Feature · Poker Hand Probabilities: Exact Odds for Five-Card Poker and Texas Hold’em Exact probabilities for every five-card poker hand, the best hand from seven cards in Texas Hold’em, and common draw calculations.
  2. Feature · Bill Smith: 1985 WSOP Main Event Champion He overcame Cloutier’s two-to-one heads-up lead when kings beat nines, then won with pocket threes against ace-three for $700,000.
  3. Feature · Bobby Baldwin: 1978 WSOP Main Event Champion He defeated Crandall Addington heads-up, earning $210,000—half the $420,000 pool—from 42 entries, with all five payouts reconciled.
  4. Feature · Johnny Moss: WSOP Career & Titles His nine recognized wins include three Main Event titles: a 1970 peer vote and freezeout victories in 1971 and 1974, spanning 18 years overall.
  5. Feature · Phil Hellmuth’s 10th WSOP Bracelet: Event #34 He defeated Juha Helppi for $631,863, tying Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan at ten bracelets—a record-tying victory, not a record-breaking one.
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