Almost 60 years ago, Poker Hall of Famer Jack Binion, 85, became the president of Binion’s Horseshoe at the age of 26. Seven years later, alongside the casino’s namesake founder and Jack’s father, Benny Binion, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was launched.
PokerNews recently had the chance to catch up with Binion, who resides in Las Vegas but still travels back to Texas where the Binion’s originally came from in the 1940s.With the 2022 WSOP recently in the books, we asked his thoughts on the move to Bally’s and Paris on The Strip as well as some other topics.