Ron Rose

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Ron Rose
Ron rose (2006)
Ron rose (2006)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 4, 1944
place of birth United StatesUnited States Vancouver
date of death October 24, 2019
Place of death United StatesUnited States Cincinnati
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 168,298
Total prize money $ 1,064,448
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 4th
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 3

Ronald Morris "Ron" Rose (born September 4, 1944 in Vancouver , Washington , † October 24, 2019 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was a professional American poker player . He won a bracelet in the World Series of Poker and two titles in the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Rose served in the United States Air Force for seven years . He later founded, developed and sold several companies and worked as a market maker on the NYSE American stock exchange . Rose died in October 2019 at the age of 75, leaving three children and his wife, to whom he was married for over 50 years.

Poker career

Rose took part in prestigious live tournaments from 2000 .

At the end of April 2001 Rose was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas and came in the money in a tournament of the Pot Limit Omaha variant . In June 2001, he won three tournaments in nine days at the Aviation Club de France in Paris and secured prize money equivalent to over 55,000 US dollars . He finished second at the World Poker Open in Tunica in mid-January 2002 and received more than $ 60,000. In early April 2003, Rose won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Reno with a prize of just under 170,000 US dollars. At the 2003 WSOP , he won the Seniors Championship and received the grand prize of around $ 130,000 and a bracelet . In December 2003, Rose played the WPT's Battle of Champions at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, for which he qualified by winning the WPT in April of that year. He won the tournament and received $ 125,000 in prize money. Rose's last cash placement was in late September 2006.

In total, Rose has made more than $ 1 million in poker playing live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Ron Rose  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Ronald Rose Obituary on tributearchive.com, accessed on June 24, 2020 (English).
  2. a b c Ron Rose in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 24, 2020.
  3. 32nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2001 ($ 1,500 + 90 Omaha (pot limit)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020.
  4. Summer Tournament 2001 (FF 2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020 (English).
  5. Summer Tournament 2001 (FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi / Lo) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020.
  6. Summer Tournament 2001 (FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020.
  7. The Third Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open ($ 1,000 + 60 Pot Limit Omaha) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020.
  8. 2003 World Poker Challenge ($ 5,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 24, 2020.
  9. 34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003 ($ 1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 24, 2020.
  10. World Poker Tour Battle of Champions (No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 24, 2020.