Dody Roach

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Dody Roach
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 5, 1937
place of birth United StatesUnited States Corpus Christi
date of death September 7, 2004
Place of death United StatesUnited States Corpus Christi
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 116,400
Total prize money $ 490,649
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 10
Best main event 6th ( 1982 )

Felix Dodier "Dody" Roach Jr. (born May 5, 1937 in Corpus Christi , Texas , † September 7, 2004 ibid) was a professional American poker player . He won two bracelets in the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Roach grew up in his hometown, Corpus Christi , and attended the Sam Houston Elementary and Wynn Seale Jr. High. He graduated from Ray High School in 1955. He then went to the military and was stationed in Korea for a time . Roach married on July 15, 1958 and had two sons with his wife. His military service ended in 1962, after which he worked for the Reynolds Metals Company in Gregory . On September 7, 2004, Roach, who suffered from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , died at his Corpus Christi home at the age of 67.

Poker career

Career

Roach participated in prestigious live tournaments at least from 1981 to 2002.

In mid-May 1981 won Roach in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas , a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em and received in addition to the prize money of 81,000 US dollars a bracelet . At the 1982 WSOP , he made the final table at the main event , finishing sixth for more than $ 40,000 in prize money. In March 1988, won the Roach in Pot Limit Omaha being played Cajun Cup in Las Vegas Hilton with a prize money of 35,000 dollars. In the same variant, he won the Hall of Fame Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in December 1995 , which earned him the grand prize of $ 116,400, the highest prize money of his career. At the 1996 WSOP , Roach won an event in Limit Omaha for a prize of more than $ 100,000 and his second bracelet . In 2002 he last made the money at the World Series of Poker .

Overall, Roach has earned almost $ 500,000 with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Roach cashed ten times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
1981 1000 No-Limit Hold'em 162 081,000
1996 1500 Limit Omaha 171 102,600

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Felix Dodier (Dody) Roach Jr. ( Memento from July 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) on dailytimes.com from September 9, 2004, accessed on July 24, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ a b Dody Roach in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 24, 2018 (English)
  3. ↑ 12th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1981 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 24, 2018 (English)
  4. ↑ 13th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1982 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 24, 2018
  5. ↑ Cajun Cup 1988 ($ 300 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 24, 2018 (English)
  6. ↑ Hall of Fame Poker Classic 1995 ($ 1,500 + 60 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 24, 2018 (English)
  7. ↑ 27th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 1996 ($ 1,500 Omaha Limit) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 24, 2018 (English)
  8. ↑ 33rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2002 ($ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 24, 2018 (English)
  9. ↑ Dody Roach in the World Series of Poker database, accessed July 24, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Roach, Dody
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roach Jr., Felix Dodier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Corpus Christi , Texas , United States
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2004
Place of death Corpus Christi , Texas , United States