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== Poker career == | == Poker career == | ||
Billy Baxter started his gambling career in pool halls at age 14 and discovered poker at age 18. He moved to Las Vegas in 1975 after a honeymoon trip to Hawaii. He is a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006 <ref>. Baxter is also known for staking Stu Ungar in the 1997 WSOP Main Event and for winning a landmark court case regarding the taxation of poker winnings. | Billy Baxter started his gambling career in pool halls at age 14 and discovered poker at age 18. He moved to Las Vegas in 1975 after a honeymoon trip to Hawaii. He is a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2006 <ref>https://www.wsop.com/hall-of-fame/</ref>. Baxter is also known for staking Stu Ungar in the 1997 WSOP Main Event and for winning a landmark court case regarding the taxation of poker winnings. | ||
=== World Series of Poker ===<ref>https://www.wsop.com/players/billy-baxter/</ref> | === World Series of Poker ===<ref>https://www.wsop.com/players/billy-baxter/</ref> | ||
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! Total WSOP Earnings | ! Total WSOP Earnings | ||
| $1,739,631 | | $1,739,631 | ||
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