16 Facts About Johnny Moss

Johnny Moss was a gambler and professional poker player.

Johnny Moss was the first winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event, at the time a cash game event in which he was awarded the title by the vote of his peers in 1970.

Johnny Moss twice won the current tournament format of the WSOP Main Event in 1971 and 1974.

Johnny Moss was one of the charter inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979.

Two years later, Johnny Moss became a rounder and traveled the country looking for gambling action.

In 1949, Johnny Moss played with Nick the Greek in a five-month-long "heads up" poker marathon set up by mob boss Benny Binion, winning between $2 and $4 million.

Fischer says that nearly every version of the story is virtually identical to the version first told by Johnny Moss beginning circa 1971.

Johnny Moss was not granted a license to open the Horseshoe Casino until December 5,1952.

The confusion, Binion surmised, likely stemmed from Johnny Moss having participated in both games.

Johnny Moss won the 1970,1971, and 1974 World Series of Poker Main Events.

Johnny Moss played at every WSOP from 1970 through 1995, and during his career, he won nine WSOP bracelets.

Moss had at least a share of the lifetime WSOP bracelet lead up until the 2005 World Series of Poker, which is where Johnny Chan became the first player to win a tenth career bracelet.

In 1970, Johnny Moss was voted champion by his peers and was awarded a silver cup.

Johnny Moss set the record for the oldest bracelet winner in WSOP history, which still stands as of the end of the 2017 World Series of Poker.

An authorized autobiography on Johnny Moss, which is called Champion of Champions, was written by Don Jenkins.

Johnny Moss coined the phrase "It's no disgrace to go broke".