HI MICHAEL .... MY FATHER IN LAW PLAYED POKER ALL HIS LIFE ... BORN AND RAISED IN ASBURY PARK ... AS A KID HE RAN THE BINGO GAMES FOR THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH ... HIS PARENTS ALWAYS HAD CARD GAMES IN THE HOUSE. ANYWAY HE USED TO HOLD HI STAKE POKER GAMES IN HIS BASEMENT ... EVEN THE MAYOR PLAYED THERE! HI POKER NAME WAS "JERSEY" HE HUNG OUT WITH AMARILLO SLIM ... PUGSY PEARSON, DOYLE BRUNSON .. AND A VERY YOUNG BOBBY BALDWIN. HE PLAYED HIGH STAKES POKER AT THE HORSESHOE, GOLDEN NUGGET, CAESARS, MIRAGE, AND EVEN MANAGED THE DUNES POKER ROOM FOR A SHORT TIME. HE PLAYED $30 - $60 TABLES OF THE DAY .... LOVED THE SIDES GAMES AND THE POKER ROOM MGR'S WOULD CALL HIM AT HOME TO GET A SEAT AT A BIG FISH FROM OUT OF TOWN... THEY ALL GANGED UP ON THE TOURIST AND WHALES! HE DIED IN 1997 ... I NEVER PLAYED POKER .. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF HIM. HE HAD A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX AT 5 DIFFERENT CASINOS ... EACH HELD AT LEAST TEN GRAND IN CASH IN THE BOX IN CASE HE GOT STUCK IN A POKER GAME AND THE BANKS WERE ALWAYS CLOSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. .... HE USED TO GET US COMPS ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE IN TOWN WHEN WE USED TO VISIT HIM FROM A.C. A BIG TIPPER ... EVERYONE TOOK GREAT CARE OF HIM UNTIL HE FINALLY GOT CANCER AND WENT TO POKER HEAVEN! GOOD OLD DAYS OF LAS VEGAS ... WHEN THE MOB RAN THINGS RIGHT!