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Encyclopedia > Ron Rose

Ron Rose is an American poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. This article is about the card game. ... Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) None Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 7th 286,367 km² 519 km 788 km 0. ...


Prior to getting involved in the poker tournament circuit, Rose was a mathematician and project engineer in the Air Force. Later he became an entrepeneur who started and sold two computer companies and an internet company. He also held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and owned his own commodities firm. A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... A computer is a machine capable of undergoing complex calculations. ... A company in the broadest sense is an aggregation of people who stay together for a common purpose. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ... The word commodity has a different meaning in business than in Marxian political economy. ...


Rose (who has been playing poker since the age of 6,) first finished in the money of a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event in 2001 in the $1,500 pot limit omaha event. He went on to win a WSOP bracelet in the 2003 seniors' no limit hold'em event, defeating a field of 377 opponents to take home the $130,060 first prize. The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The WSOP logo. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ... Omaha holdem (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game based on Texas hold em. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ...


In the first season of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rose finishes 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 and T. J. Cloutier. He would also win the inaugural WPT Battle of Champions event. Below are the results of season 1 of the World Poker Tour television series. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Paul X-22 Magriel (pronounced Ma-grell) (born July 1) is an American professional backgammon and poker player and author, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... T.J. Cloutier (born October 13, 1939 in Albany, California) is a professional poker player. ... Inauguration Day is the day on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. ...


Rose has also made the final table of the first ever Professional Poker Tour event, finishing in 3rd place. The Professional Poker Tour (PPT) is a series of televised poker tournaments, spinning off from the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series. ...


In 2004, Rose's book Poker Aces: The Stars of Tournament Poker (ISBN 0974972401) was released. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ...


As of 2005, his total live tournament winnings exceed $900,000. He has never played in a limit poker event. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ...


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Ron Rose Tournament Poker (227 words)
Ron had always maintained the goal of one day competing against the top pros in the world, which he finally achieved at the 2003 WPT Battle of Champions event where he competed and won outright.
Ron Rose has cashed in around $730,000 in tournament winnings in the past five years and has one WSOP bracelet to his name for the 2003 Seniors No Limit Hold ‘em event worth $130,060.
Ron admits that the win he is most fond of is the win from the 2003 WPT Battle of Champions tournament and why not – coming out victorious against an entry field of the top pros in the world is definitely a story to tell the grand kids all about.
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