Dan Robison is an American professional poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player and gin rummy

Gin rummy

Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game created in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker and his son C. Graham Baker. According to John Scarne, Gin evolved from 18th-century Whiskey Poker and was created with the intention of being faster than standard rummy, but less spontaneous than knock...

 player originally from Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

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In 1973 he came to Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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 as the partner of Chip Reese

Chip Reese

David Edward Reese , more commonly known as Chip Reese, was an American professional poker player and gambler from Centerville, Ohio...

. After Robison and Reese won a substantial amount of money from poker in a short period of time they became known as the Golddust Twins. After becoming addicted to cocaine

Cocaine

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, Robison went to rehab

Drug rehabilitation

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 and later became a born again Christian.

He is considered one of the best cash game

Cash game

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 seven-card stud

Seven-card stud

Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country. Two to eight players is common, though eight may...

 players in the world. He won a World Series of Poker bracelet

World Series of Poker bracelet

The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". ...

 in 1995

1995 World Series of Poker

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 in the $2,500 seven card stud event, and has cashed four other times in World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

 stud

Stud poker

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events.

As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $300,000.