Making Poker History

Bob Stupak was crowned the 1989 WSOP Deuce to Seven Low Ball champion, beating out Billy "Mr. Lowball" Baxter, finishing second. Several months earlier, Baxter was again runner-up to Stupak, when Stupak won the Amarillo Slim Super Bowl of Poker at Caesars Palace.

Stupak beat out WSOP champion Russ Hamilton during an episode of A & E's High Roller.

Bob Stupak is probably best known, to the young poker public, for his final table appearance on the Travel Channel's World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic narrated by Mike Sexton. But, he's also appeared on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, and CBS' Sixty Minutes. Articles and exploits about Stupak are published in newspapers such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. And his stories have graced the pages of popular magazines like Time, Newsweek, and Playboy.

Stupak has played with virtually every world famous poker player, including Benny and Jack Binion, Doyle and Todd Brunson, Chip Reese, Johnny Moss, Puggy Pearson, Phil Hellmuth, Bobby Baldwin, Chris Moneymaker, and Johnny Chan. He's played against Mike Caro"s computer on the Ripley's "Believe it or Not" national television show and reminisces about his experiences with the late, great, three-time WSOP champion, Stuey Ungar.

Even in today's young poker climate,just about every poker player recognizes the name "Bob Stupak." And the young guns of the high stakes tables, like Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen, can tell you he's a fierce competitor. Most players refer to him as "the visionary,"known best for creating and developing the Stratosphere Tower, a structure that changed the skyline of Nevada forever.