Eric Drache Explained

Eric Drache
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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.[1] [2]

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

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.[3] [4] Drache also managed and hosted notable cardrooms at the Golden Nugget and the Mirage.[5] 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[6] 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.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eric Drache's profile on The Hendon Mob . November 15, 2023 . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . en.
  2. Web site: Wise . Gary . Gary Wise . June 5, 2009 . History in the making . March 27, 2024 . ESPN.com . en.
  3. Web site: Live Updates - 2009 World Series of Poker - Event 6 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship - PokerListings.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605074917/http://www.pokerlistings.com/live-tournaments/wsop/2009/event6/live-updates . June 5, 2009 . PokerListings.com.
  4. Web site: June 2006 . Our guide to get you to Vegas . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614114538/http://www.totalgambler.com/pokertips/tournamentplay/1085/our_guide_to_get_you_to_vegas.html . June 14, 2006 . Total Gambler.
  5. Web site: Morrison . Jane Ann . April 19, 2004 . Nugget's new room gives professional poker player reason to return . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040824070107/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Apr-19-Mon-2004/news/23666963.html . August 24, 2004 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  6. Web site: Casino Profiles - Mirage . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514062437/http://www.pokerpages.com/pokerinfo/casinoprofiles/mirage.htm . May 14, 2009 . July 8, 2009 . PokerPages.com.
  7. Book: Holden, Anthony . Anthony Holden

    . Bigger Deal: A Year on the New Poker Circuit . Simon & Schuster . 2007 . 978-0-7432-9482-9 . New York . 91–92 . registration . Anthony Holden. Archive.org.

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