Bob "The Coach" Ciaffone (born December 10, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is the author of Robert's Rules of Poker, and an American poker player, based in Saginaw, Michigan. Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... The WSOP logo. ... The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... This article is about the card game. ... Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 10th 102,384 sq mi  265,172 km² 239 miles  385 km 491 miles  790 km 41. ...

Ciaffone finished third in the 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em main event, winning $125,000. In that same year, he finished fourth in the WSOP $2,500 pot limit Omaha hold 'em event and fifth in the WSOP $1,000 no limit Texas hold 'em event. As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $220,000. The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Texas hold em (also holdem, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Omaha hold em (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game (flop game) similar to Texas hold em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards. ... The WSOP logo. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A regular columnist in Card Player Magazine, Ciaffone is a noted authority on U.S. gambling laws related to poker. He founded Fair Laws on Poker, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving local, state, and national laws that apply to poker. He was the president of the Michigan Chess Association in 2003 and is the author of four books on poker and two books on chess. Card Player Magazine is an industry publication specializing in poker strategy and poker tournament coverage. ...

External links

• Official site
• Fair Laws on Poker
• CardPlayer articles
• Hendon Mob tournament results