Land based gambling is completely legal in Mexico. Even the most unusual form of
gambling isn’t banned – cockfighting has 👄 a long tradition in the country.
The habit of
pitting two birds against each other and betting money on which one 👄 wins was brought
over by Spanish conquerors. It’s still popular in the country, you can find a good
cockfight at 👄 any bigger fair.
Evidently, you can find more conventional games of chance
as well. Sports betting, casino games and poker are 👄 all available for Mexican
residents. The biggest casino is in the popular tourist destination, Tijuana, on the
coast of the 👄 Pacific Ocean.
As for poker, Mexico hosted WSOP International Circuit
events in 2024. Latin American Poker Tour events were scheduled to 👄 take place in 2008 –
however, they were inexplicably broken up by local police.
Famous Mexican Poker
Players
Juan Carlos Alvarado currently 👄 sits on top of the Mexican all time money list
on Hendon. He has cashed for overR$4.45 million in live 👄 tournaments during his
career.
In August 2012, he came in 2nd in the €50,000 Super High Roller at EPT
Barcelona for 👄 €788,674. He lost the heads-up battle for the title to Dan Smith. That is
his biggest single live tournament cash 👄 to date.
Alvarado also has an impressive online
tournament resume. Under the screen name “JC Alvarado” on PokerStars and “PrtyPsux” on
👄 Full Tilt, he has collected overR$1.1 million in online MTT cashes. He won aR$1,050
SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) 👄 event forR$502,000 in 2009.
Luis Velador is
a 2-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. He won theR$1,500 No Limit Hold’em event
forR$574,734 👄 in 2008, and theR$2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha mixed game event
forR$260,552 in 2010. Overall, he hasR$2.2 million in live tournament 👄 earnings.
Angel
Guillen is another World Series of Poker champion from Mexico. He took down theR$2,000
NLHE event forR$530,548 in 2009.
As 👄 for online poker, Tim Cramer, playing under the
screen name “Tamiam122” from a Mexican location, has cashed for overR$4.2 million 👄 in
online poker tournaments.