Poker gems, #143

Benny Binion, in 1973, on the future of the World Series of Poker, as quoted by James McManus in Card Player magazine, July 2, 2008 (Vol. 21, #13), p. 104:


We had seven players last year, and this year we had 13. I look to have better than 20 next year. It's even liable to get up to be 50, might get up to be more than that.