BARGE, the Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion, is a yearly convention held in Las Vegas during the first weekend of August,, some of the well-known poker players who have participated either as speakers or players in the no limit holdem tournament including which American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years.?
Doyle F. Brunson
BARGE
BARGE, the Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion, is a yearly convention held in Las Vegas during the first weekend of August.
 It consists of a series of tournaments both of poker and other gambling games, as well as a banquet and a host of informal social and gambling activities organized by attendees.
 Some of the well-known poker players who have participated either as speakers or players in the no limit holdem tournament include: Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Greg Raymer, Mason Malmuth, David Sklansky, Mike Caro, Matt Matros, Linda Johnson, Phil Gordon, Paul Phillips, Andy Bloch, William Chen, Doyle Brunson and many others.
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years.
 He is a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.
1970 World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker was first held in 1970.
 Unlike the WSOP events that followed it, which are decided using a freeze-out tournament, the 1970 champion was decided from a vote by the players.
 Jack Binion invited the best seven poker players in America to his Binion's Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas, Nevada to decide who was America's best poker player. Poker Hall of Fame
The Poker Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional poker in the United States.
 Founded in Las Vegas, it was created in 1979 by Benny Binion, the owner of the Horseshoe Casino, to preserve the names and legacies of the world's greatest poker players and to serve as a tourist attraction to his casino.
 Binion was known for the creative ways in which he marketed his casino.
 In 1949, he convinced Johnny Moss and Nick "The Greek" Dandolos to play high-stakes poker heads up where the public could watch them.
 In 1970, he invited a group of poker players to compete in what would be the first World Series of Poker (WSOP).
 When Harrah's Entertainment, now known as Caesars Entertainment, acquired the rights to the WSOP in 2004, it also assumed ownership of the Poker Hall of Fame.
 Currently, membership in the Poker Hall of Fame is handled directly by the WSOP. Annie Duke
Anne LaBarr "Annie" Duke (née Lederer; September 13, 1965) is an American professional poker player and author.
 She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history (a title now held by Vanessa Selbst).
 Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010.
 She has written a number of instructional books for poker players, including "Decide to Play Great Poker" and "The Middle Zone", and she published her autobiography, "How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker", in 2005. The Poker Player's Championship
The Poker Player's Championship is a $50,000 buy-in event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
 Added in the 2010, it replaced the former $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship as the highest-stakes mixed-games event.
 Up until the 2012 World Series of Poker, it was the highest-buy-in poker tournament featured at the WSOP.
 Unlike the previous five-game rotation of H.O.R.S.E. and the eight-game rotation that followed, The Poker Player's Championship became a 10-game mix in 2015, containing limit 2–7 triple draw lowball, limit Texas hold'em, limit Omaha/8B, limit razz, limit seven-card stud, limit seven card stud/8B, no-limit Texas hold'em with antes, pot-limit Omaha, badugi, and 2–7 no-limit draw lowball.
 The final table was played out exclusively in no-limit Texas hold'em in 2010 and 2011 to appeal to television viewers.
 Since then the event has not televised and played out in a mixed-game format for its duration. David Lukaszewski
David Lukaszewski (born 1970) is an American poker player.
 He was a Poker Room Shift Manager at the Desert Diamond Casino who won a bracelet in the 2003 Casino Employees Championship event at the World Series of Poker.
 The Casino Employees Championship event was the first time that Lukaszewski had played in a tournament with a buy-in greater than $50.
 At the start of 2003, Lukaszewski set the modest goal of competing in a major poker tournament and at the last minute, he and several friends decided to drive to Las Vegas to play in the WSOP.
 Lukaszewski won the entry to the event by winning a $65 single-table satellite at Binion's Horseshoe.
 When the tournament reached the final three players, they started shooting Kamikaze's.
 "We were all having such a great time, sitting around playing poker that I think we may have forgotten about the prize money and the bracelet." Mark Vos
Mark Vos (born 20 October 1983), also known as 'pokerbok', is a professional poker player from Australia.
 Vos was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and attended Waldorf High School in Constantia.
 He excelled at mathematics olympiads while in high school, and represented his province in the interprovincial olympiad.
 Vos permanently deferred his actuarial studies at Macquarie University, to play poker full-time.
 Starting out online with limit hold'em in mid-2004, Vos soon turned his attention to no-limit games, and in short time, earned a reputation as being one of the world's top online poker players, such that he can often be found playing in the most expensive cash games and tournaments online.
 When not travelling the world playing poker, Vos plans to divide his time between Australia and South Africa.
 In January 2006, Vos finished 8th in the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championship, winning A$83,600.
 As of May 2006, Vos represents the Full Tilt Poker online poker cardroom as a friend of Full Tilt Poker.
 His name is reflected in red on Full Tilt tables. Full Tilt Poker Championship at Red Rock
Full Tilt Poker Championship at Red Rock (also FullTiltPoker.Net Championship at Red Rock) was a seven-week televised shootout poker tournament played at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Summerlin near Las Vegas, Nevada.
 The tournament was sponsored by online poker website Full Tilt Poker and aired by Fox Sports Net.
 In each of the first six episodes, six professional poker player affiliated with Full Tilt Poker played a single-table freezeout tournament.
 The winner of each freezeout won US$25,000 and advanced to the seven-handed final table.
 The seventh seat at the final table was filled by Stefan Rehn, an Internet qualifier.
 Tournaments featured a speed poker format, with players having 30 seconds to act on their hands with one 60-second time extension per match. Maria Ho
Maria Ho (born March 6, 1983 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese American poker player, television personality and host.
 She is known as one of the top ranked female poker players in the world; a 3-time Bluff Reader's Choice Awards nominee for Favorite Female Poker Player and a World Series of Poker record-breaker, and for competing on the 15th season of "The Amazing Race".