Poker Facts

In 2009, a drunk New Zealander lost a poker bet and legally changed his name to "Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova". He only discovered the change had been approved five years later when he applied for a passport.

Richard Nixon was so skilled at poker that his winnings from the Navy—between $6,000 and $8,000—funded roughly 20% of his first congressional campaign in 1946, an unusually high personal contribution that helped launch his political career.