Here's a pretty good article from the Reno paper about the origins of the WSOP. Andy gave me the ID for Crandell Addington below the other day and he is interviewed about the early days of the event. I've heard some of this before but there's still some new things in the article about The Texas Gamblers Convention and such to make it a good read. http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060810/NEWS10/608100345/1002