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Jack "Treetop" Straus (? - August 1988) was a professional poker player.
Straus had played in the WSOP events since the early 1970s, when they first started. He won the 1982 World Series of Poker main event, earning $520,000 and his second WSOP bracelet.
Most remarkable about the 1982 win was that he came back from having just one $500 chip left at one point. Although accounts vary, some believe that Straus went all-in, was called, and lost the hand. He then discovered he had one chip left over, and the tournament directors allowed him to continue playing.
Straus was nicknamed "Treetop" because he was 6'6". He died of a heart attack at in August 1988 at age 58 during a high stakes poker game and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame later that year.
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