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Jack Treetop Straus

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:26:00 +0000

Biography

Jack “Treetop” Straus was an American poker player who won the 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Nicknamed “Treetop” as a result of him being 6'6", Straus died of an aortic aneurysm on August 17, 1988 while playing high-stakes poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Later that year, Straus was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He holds the dubious honour of being one of three Poker Hall of Famers to die whilst playing cards, joining Tom Abdo and Wild Bill Hickok.

Jack Treetop Straus

chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:34:06 +0000

Biography

Jack “Treetop” Straus was an American poker player who won the 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

Nicknamed “Treetop” as a result of him being 6'6", Straus died of an aortic aneurysm on August 17, 1988 while playing high-stakes poker at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

Later that year, Straus was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988. He holds the dubious honour of being one of three Poker Hall of Famers to die whilst playing cards, joining Tom Abdo and Wild Bill Hickok.