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American poker player and cardroom manager (born 1943)

Eric Drache
Born1943 (age 81–82)
World Series of Poker
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Eric Drache (born 1943) is a professional poker player, former cardroom manager and consultant for NBC. Drache is best known for his management contributions to the poker world, and he is also a notable seven-card stud player. He finished second in World Series of Poker stud events in 1973, 1981, and 2009.

Drache was responsible for inventing tournament satellites while running the World Series of Poker in the 1970s as a way to get more entries per tournament. Drache also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the Golden Nugget and the Mirage. Drache's innovations as poker manager include: ante structures, dealer training and the invention of the "must-move" table. Eric Drache trained both Donna Harris and Doug Dalton, cardroom managers at the Mirage and Bellagio respectively.

In the mid 1990s, he was prosecuted on federal tax fraud charges and lost his Nevada gaming license as a result, which is required to work in casinos.

Drache was named to the Poker Hall of Fame in 2012.

As of 2009, Drache's total live poker tournament winnings exceed $325,000.

References

  1. ^ "Eric Drache's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. Wise, Gary (June 5, 2009). "History in the making". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  3. "Live Updates - 2009 World Series of Poker - Event 6 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship - PokerListings.com". PokerListings.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2009.
  4. "Our guide to get you to Vegas". Total Gambler. June 2006. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006.
  5. Morrison, Jane Ann (April 19, 2004). "Nugget's new room gives professional poker player reason to return". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on August 24, 2004.
  6. "Casino Profiles - Mirage". PokerPages.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  7. Holden, Anthony (2007). Bigger Deal: A Year on the New Poker Circuit. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-7432-9482-9 – via Archive.org.
  8. Feldman, Andrew (October 19, 2012). "Drache and Roberts to be inducted into Hall". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 15, 2024.

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