He took down the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $818,959 in 2010 and the $1,500 Millionaire Maker NLHE event for $1,065,403 in 2016. Jason DeWitt from Mishawaka, IN is a 2-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009, and sadly passed away in 2020. He was also a key figure in the formative years of the major online poker room partypoker. Sexton became iconic as the regular commentator for World Poker Tour events. He won his first and only WSOP gold bracelet in 1989 in the $1,500 7-Card Stud Split event for $104,400. One of early poker’s most influential figures, Mike Sexton, was a Hoosier himself. Its origin is not clear, but the term was popularized by the 1833 poem “The Hoosier’s Nest” by John Finley.

Famous Hoosier Poker Playersĭon’t be surprised, “Hoosier” is the official demonym for people from Indiana.

One of them, Caesars Southern Indiana (formerly known as Horseshoe Southern Indiana), in Elizabeth, IN has hosted WSOP Circuit events in the past. lists a total of 9 live poker rooms running in the Hoosier state. The former one has a special place in poker history – America’s favorite card game originally traveled across the nation by being played in the bar rooms of riverboats sailing across America’s rivers. River casinos and horse race tracks are quite popular in the state. Thus in 1989, the very first legal game of chance in Indiana, the Hoosier Lottery, was launched, and a rich gambling market grew. Thankfully, it was lifted in 1988 after a vote on a proposition to lift the ban. Indiana used to have a constitutional ban on gambling. However, unfortunately, this legal framework does not include online poker – yet. They have legal land-based casino gambling, and – what’s more – they’re among the rare states in the Union where you can legally bet on sporting events online. That is despite having an overwhelmingly conservative voter base. Indiana, a large midwestern state, is quite progressive on the issue of gambling.

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