Texas Hold 'Em;

[Laurence Horn]

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>1971 _Dallas Morning News_ 23 Aug. A19/2 In the 1971 tournament [sc. the
>World Series of Poker at Benny Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas] Mr.
>Moss won in both the "hold 'em" and "5-card low ball" divisions but for
>some reason no overall championship was awarded this time.
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>Could be some confusion on the part of the writer here, since as the "hold
>'em" champ Moss would also have been the overall champ...
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>http://www.juiceenewsdaily.com/0505/news/world_series.html
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>--Ben Zimmer

I also find this puzzling; I know that Johnny Moss is widely
described as the championship winner of that first WSOP freeze-out
tournament in 1971 (and is so described e.g. by James McManus in the
wonderful _Positively Fifth Street_).  Maybe no belt was awarded back
then, though.

Larry