...rned his own multimillion-dollar payday after pulling off the acting job of a lifetime on a Las Vegas card table. Jamie Gold's bluff in the final hand of the world's richest poker tournament won him the top prize of $12m (£6.3m) and a ......

...got was an answer that was more of the same -- the relentless shuffling of chips and a dispassionate smattering of applause. ''Congratulations everyone! You beat out half of the room!'' he called out, getting virtually no rise out of ......

...d at many casinos because of the difficulty of keeping cheaters out. Through better security techniques as well as the Binion's tireless promotion through events like the WSOP, poker became a very popular game. In 1970 the first WSOP at Binion&#......