- Ron Rose
infobox poker player
firstname=Ron
lastname=Rose
nickname=
caption=Ron Rose in the2006 World Series of Poker .
hometown= Dayton, Oh."
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=4
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles=2
wpt final tables=3(+1)
wpt money finishes=3(+1)Ron Rose (born
September 4 ,1944 inVancouver, Washington ) is an Americanpoker player from Las Vegas,Nevada , is a two time World Poker Tour (WPT) Champion with aWorld Series of Poker bracelet . [ cite web|url=http://www.pokerdiy.com/Home/PokerPlayerProfile/tabid/391/ID/10772/Default.aspx |title=Ron Rose - profile |accessdate=2008-05-17 |publisher=PokerDIY ]Prior to getting involved in the
poker tournament circuit, Rose was amathematician and project engineer in the Air Force. Later he became an entrepreneur who started and sold twocomputer companies and aninternet company. He also held a seat on theAmerican Stock Exchange and owned his owncommodities firm. cite web|url=http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/ron-rose/ |title=bio - Ron Rose |accessdate=2008-05-17 |last=Rosario |first=Shirley |work=Poker-Babes.com ]Poker
World Series of Poker
Rose (who has been playing poker since the age of 6,) first finished in the money of a
World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in2001 in the $1,500 pot limit omaha event. He went on to win a WSOP bracelet in the 2003 seniors' no limithold'em event, defeating a field of 377 opponents to take home the $130,060 first prize.World Poker Tour
In the first season of the
World Poker Tour (WPT) Rose finished 6th at the World Poker Finals, and went on to win the World Poker Challenge event, defeating a final table including Paul "X-22" Magriel andT. J. Cloutier . He also won theinaugural WPT Battle of Champions event.Other poker events
Rose has also made the final table of the first ever
Professional Poker Tour event, finishing in 3rd place.In 2004, Rose's book "Poker Aces: The Stars of Tournament Poker" (ISBN 0-9749724-0-1) was released.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000. cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=204 |title=Ron Rose = stats |accessdate=2008-05-17 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=The Hendon Mob ]
Notes
External links
* [http://www.ron-rose.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=388&m_id=14 Card Player interview by Mike Sexton]
* [http://www.worldpokertour.com/Shared/Players/Bios/R/Ron_Rose.aspx World Poker Tour profile]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.