[Johnny Hughes]

Johnny Moss was the only scary one I can think of. He was old-school, carried barking iron, and was known as someone who could and would protect himself. He played poker with a pistol in his pocket in Texas and threw down on suspected cheaters a few times. He shot one guy but didn't know how severe it got. I heard he also carried a pistol in Las Vegas. Benny Binion, who founded the series, was the most feared gambling kingpin in Texas before he went to Las Vegas. He killed two men that we know of. He reportedly tried to have Herbert "Cat" Noble many times before there was a success. They bombed his house, car, and airplane and finally his mailbox. People did not act tough around Binion's Horseshoe.