query: place_of_death jesse alto
supports: A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010). It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by secret ballot. Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. It is the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. Poker is a family of gambling card games, but is often considered a skill based game. All poker variants involve betting as an intrinsic part of play, and determine the winner of each hand according to the combinations of players' cards, at least some of which remain hidden until the end of the hand. Poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the number of shared or "community" cards, the number of cards that remain hidden, and the betting procedures. Jesse Michael Alto ( January 1 , 1927 -- May 3 , 1998 ) , was an American poker player , best known for his numerous main event final table appearances at the World Series of Poker . Alto was a fixture at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s and 1980s . Although he never won any WSOP bracelets , he cashed in many events , most notably in the main event . Alto was one of the final five players at the 1974 final table finishing either fourth or fifth according to New York Times magazine story from July 28 , 1974 . Alto made his first Main Event final table in 1976 where he finished as the runner - up to Doyle Brunson . In the final hand of the 1976 WSOP Alto held A  J  while Brunson held 10  2  . The flop came A  J  10  giving two pairs for Alto and one pair for Brunson . Alto then led out with a pot size bet , Brunson with the chip lead countered by moving all - in , which was called . The turn came 2  , giving Brunson two pair but still trailing , the river brought 10 A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table (called a "heads-up" tournament), and as many as tens of thousands of players playing on thousands of tables. The winner of the tournament is usually the person who wins every poker chip in the game and the others are awarded places based on the time of their elimination. To facilitate this, in most tournaments, blinds rise over the duration of the tournament. Unlike in a ring game (or cash game), a player's chips in a tournament cannot be cashed out for money and serve only to determine the player's placing.
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