Roger Moore (poker player)

Roger Moore (April 10, 1938 – October 22, 2011) was a professional poker player.

Roger Moore
Residence	Eastman, Georgia
Born	(1938-04-10)April 10, 1938
Died	October 22, 2011(2011-10-22) (aged 73) Eastman, Georgia
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Money finish(es)	12
Highest ITM Main Event finish	6th, 1986

Moore grew up the son of sharecroppers. He quit school in the eighth grade and soon afterwards entered into military service. After the military he worked as a civil servant and for fun he would play poker. When he realized he was making more money playing poker, he quit his job and in 1968 moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Moore played at the World Series of Poker regularly, beginning in 1974, and won his bracelet in the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud event in 1994. He earned a prize of $144,000, in addition to the bracelet, for this win.

His career tournament earnings totaled over $600,000. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1997.

Moore owned the Pine Bluff Golf Course and Country Club in Eastman, Georgia.

He had two children.

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1990s WSOP bracelet winners
Note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year
1990	Allen Baker John Bonetti Norm Boulus Marie Gabert Mike Hart Berry Johnston Monte Kouz Vasilis Lazarou Mansour Matloubi Phil Reher Ray Rumler Amarillo Slim Shawqui Shunnarah Tony Stormzand Hugh Todd
1991	Joe Becker Doyle Brunson Brent Carter Thomas Chung Artie Cobb Brad Daugherty Pat Flanagan Mike Hart Jay Heimowitz Paul Heinrich Max Linder Rodney H. Pardey John Spadavecchia Ron Stanley An Tran Donna Ward Byron Wolford Charles Wight
1992	Bob Abell Mickey Appleman Eli Balas Lyle Berman Buddy Bonnecaze Paul Clark Hoyt Corkins Hamid Dastmalchi Dal Derovin Kenny Duggan Shari Flanzer Lamar Hampton Phil Hellmuth Tom McEvoy Men Nguyen Ray Rumler Erik Seidel Rick Steiner Lance Straughn Billy Thomas
1993	Billy Baxter Jim Bechtel John Bonetti Buddy Bonnecaze Humberto Brenes (2) Hamid Dastmalchi Gene Fisher Ted Forrest (3) Chau Giang Phil Hellmuth (3) Jack Keller Phyllis Kessler Hugo Mieth Erik Seidel Marty Sigel Robert Turner
1994	Lyle Berman Vince Burgio Brent Carter Johnny Chan J. J. Chun T. J. Cloutier (2) Barbara Enright Russ Hamilton Mike Hart John Heaney Jay Heimowitz Mike Laing O'Neil Longson Roger Moore Rodney H. Pardey J. C. Pearson George Rodis Huck Seed Erik Seidel Steven Sim Bill Sykes
1995	Mickey Appleman John Bonetti Starla Brodie Anthony DeAngelo Marlon De Los Santos Phil Earle Valter Farina Dan Harrington (2) Berry Johnston Richard Klamian Men Nguyen (2) Rod Peate Dan Robinson Clifford Roof Hilbert Shirey (2) Mickey Sisskind Max Stern John Tsagaris Christian Van Hees Peter Vilandos Steve Zolotow
1996	Gary Benson John Cernuto David Chiu Freddy Deeb Barbara Enright Sam Farha Jim Feldhouse Gregory Grivas Adeeb Harb Randy Holland Jim Huntley Susie Isaacs Donny Kerr Al Krux Hans Lund Tony Ma John Morgan Men Nguyen Henry Orenstein Dody Roach Huck Seed Marty Sigel Frank Thompson Mel Weiner
1997	Louis Asmo Chris Björin John Cernuto Johnny Chan Claude Cohen Phil Hellmuth Susie Isaacs Linda Johnson Mel Judah Vasilis Lazarou Scotty Nguyen Matthias Rohnacher Doug Saab Maria Stern Max Stern (2) Kevin Song Dean Stonier Dave Ulliott Stu Ungar Bob Veltri
1998	Farzad Bonyadi Patrick Bruel Doyle Brunson Ken Buntjer Jan Chen David Chiu T. J. Cloutier Artie Cobb Mendy Commanda Bill Gempel Chau Giang Tommy Hufnagle Kirk Morrison Daniel Negreanu Scotty Nguyen Donnacha O'Dea Jeff Ross Paul Rowe Steve Rydel Erik Seidel Michael Shadkin
1999	Josh Arieh Steve Badger Eli Balas Charles Brahmi Paul Clark John Esposito Layne Flack Tom Franklin Noel Furlong David Grey Eric Holum Hassan Kamoei Ron Long Mike Matusow Christina Pie Mike Wattel
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Poker Hall of Fame
1979	Johnny Moss Nick Dandolos Corky McCorquodale Red Winn Sid Wyman Wild Bill Hickok Edmond Hoyle
1980s	Blondie Forbes Bill Boyd Tom Abdo Joe Bernstein Murph Harrold Red Hodges Henry Green Puggy Pearson Doyle Brunson Jack Straus Sarge Ferris
1990s	Benny Binion Chip Reese Amarillo Slim Jack Keller Little Man Popwell Roger Moore
2000s	Stu Ungar Lyle Berman Johnny Chan Bobby Baldwin Berry Johnston Jack Binion Crandell Addington T. J. Cloutier Billy Baxter Barbara Enright Phil Hellmuth Dewey Tomko Henry Orenstein Mike Sexton
2010s	Dan Harrington Erik Seidel Barry Greenstein Linda Johnson Eric Drache Sailor Roberts Tom McEvoy Scotty Nguyen Jack McClelland Daniel Negreanu Jennifer Harman John Juanda Todd Brunson Carlos Mortensen Dave Ulliott Phil Ivey Mori Eskandani John Hennigan Chris Moneymaker David Oppenheim
2020s	Huck Seed

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