Fiore "Jimmy" Casella (June 3, 1924 – August 10, 1976) was a prominent poker player at the

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in the 1970s. In the

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, he won the Limit Razz event, but he found his greatest success in the 1974 World Series of Poker, where he won the Seven Card Razz and the

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world championship. For winning these three events, he won $76,225. After the 1974 World Series of Poker, he did not have another cash in a poker tournament. He died of a drug overdose on August 10, 1976. Casella was the uncle of Elizabeth Beckwith (a writer, actress, and comic) and Christian philosopher Dr. Francis J. Beckwith, whose father is the brother of Jimmy's first wife, Doris. Casella is mentioned in Dr. Beckwith's book, ''Return to Rome: Confessions of An Evangelical Catholic'' (Brazos Press, 2008)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Casella, Jimmy American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners 1924 births 1976 deaths American gamblers