I won the 7 Card stud event at Amarillo Slim's very first Super Bowl of Poker in 1979!
I "only" won $27,000, but it was a life-changing event for me, because I used the money to open a flower shop with my then girlfriend, and even though I closed it a year later, it showed me that there was a better life waiting for me OUTSIDE of poker, and two years later, with my winning of the 7 card Razz event at the World Series of Poker, and I left Vegas and I have barely played a hand of poker for 25 years.
I intend to return to the World Series of Poker next year (the 30th anniversary of my winning) and win the 7 card Razz event again, and be the "George Foreman of Poker"! Anyone want a piece of my action?
Bruce