Roland De Wolfe (born November 30, 1984) is an English professional
poker
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player and a former writer for the poker magazine ''Inside Edge''.
After winning first prize in an event at the 2004
Gutshot Poker Festival, De Wolfe went on to cash in the $1,000
No Limit event of the
2005 World Series of Poker
The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or t ...
(WSOP).
In July 2005, De Wolfe won first place in the Major Grand Prix de Paris event of the
World Poker Tour
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the ...
(WPT)'s
fourth season, defeating former champion
Juha Helppi in the final heads-up battle.
In April 2006, De Wolfe finished 3rd out of 605 entries in the WPT $25,000 Championship event at the
Bellagio, winning over $1,000,000. In October 2006, De Wolfe won the
European Poker Tour
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker Poker tournament, tournaments created by John Duthie (poker player), John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas ...
(EPT) Dublin event, and the €554,300 first prize. In the process, he became the first person to win an event in the WPT and the EPT. This achievement was superseded in January 2008 when
Gavin Griffin won a WPT event to follow up on his WSOP and EPT wins, thus becoming the first person to win titles in all three competitions.
De Wolfe also reached the final table of the 2008 edition of ''
Late Night Poker
''Late Night Poker'' is a British television series that helped popularize poker in the 2000s. It used "under the table" cameras that enabled the viewer to see each player's cards.
The show originally ran for six series between 1999 and 2002. ...
'', finishing in 2nd place to Andreas Jorbeck.
In June 2009, De Wolfe won his first
World Series of Poker
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bracelet, winning the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better tournament for $246,616 and in doing so became only the second person (after Gavin Griffin) to complete the hat-trick of WSOP, EPT, and WPT titles.
As of 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,325,000. His 17 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,214,153 of those winnings.
References
External links
Card Player profileGlobal Poker Index profile
Hendon Mob profileWPT profile
WSOP profile
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1979 births
Poker players from London
European Poker Tour winners
Living people
World Poker Tour winners
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
English poker players