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Roland de Wolfe is one of the fastest rising poker stars in the industry.

Roland de Wolfe, it seems, has grown up Roland was born in North London, into the celebrated de Wolfe music publishing house. He was a mischievous child, a “cocky little piss-taker”, in his own words, with little concentration when it came to schoolwork.

1. Roland de Wolfe, it seems, has grown up. Roland was born in North London, into the celebrated de Wolfe music publishing house. He was a mischievous child, a “cocky little piss-taker”, in his own words, with little concentration when it came to schoolwork.
2. Total life earnings: $5,330,553. Latest cash: $49,715 on 07-Dec-2010. Click here to see the details of Roland de Wolfe's 85 cashes.

In just a few short years, he has amassed a sizeable pot of tournament winnings totalling $5.3 million.

Considering the family he grew up in, it may have been in the cards all along.

Starting life in the poker industry as a journalist for Poker Magazine Inside Edge, he soon found he was more talented playing on the felt that reporting on other peoples success at the tables.

Since he made that decision he has never turned back.

Roland de Wolfe's Major Title Record

WSOP Bracelets

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EPT Wins

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WPT Wins

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Roland De Wolfe's Birthday

Gambling on Journalism

De Wolfe was born in 1979 in London England to a family that was intensely involved in gambling. Roland himself started wagering at a very young age. He started playing cards, usually five card draw, with his class mates. He took to gambling aboard the school bus.

Roland was born in London, England into a gambling family

By the time he was fourteen, he was betting on tennis with friends. As soon as he could get in the doors, de Wolfe learned to play pool for money. What is more, he became quite the hustler at pool and snooker. Sometimes, he even played with one hand to entice players to bet with him.

When he got older, he decided to settle down and take a journalism course at Brighton. This gave him an opportunity to put what he knew about gambling to good use. He took a job writing for Inside Edge, a magazine in Great Britain. The magazine covered the gambling industry, and it was de Wolfe’s job to write about poker tournaments.

As Roland de Wolfe travelled the world reporting on the big money poker tournaments, he became more and more interested in the game. He was a poker insider in many ways. He knew things about the game and its players that the average person would not get. He decided it was time to make his move.

Roland travelled the world as a journalist reporting on Poker Tournaments but soon discovered he belonged at the tables beating the players he was reporting on

He began studying and learning about poker on a personal level. His first attempts playing cash games at the Victoria Casino in London were not promising. Neither were his friendly games with his boss at the magazine. However, he decided to go on the internet to practice his skills.

As it turned out, de Wolfe played much better in tournaments. His aggressive style was better suited to that environment. He started entering the big tournaments in 2004. Yet, he did not have any significant wins in that year.

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Transition to the Poker Tables

In 2005, though, he walked away with the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris main event title. The cash was over $500,000. Also that year, he cashed in two other major events. One was the $1,000 No Limit Hold ‘em event at the World Series of Poker. The other was the $15,000 main event at the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

The year of 2006 was a great year for Roland de Wolfe. The highlight of the year was his third place finish at the $25,000 WPT World Championship at the Bellagio. He took home over $1 million. He was also named UK player of the year in 2006.

Roland has appeared on many poker TV shows, here is one hand where he plays a hand against Poker Legend Phil Helmuth

De Wolfe won the European Poker Tour’s Season 3 Dublin championship for a cash of over $600,000. With that, he became the first pro to win both WPT and EPT titles.

Roland de Wolfe’s winning ways do not seem to be leaving him any time soon. In 2009 he added the missing title to his trophy cabinet when he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo event and a cash of $246,616. Roland now has all the major titles, WSOP, WPT and EPT under his belt.

Roland completed his haul of Poker’s Major Titles when he added a World Series of Poker Bracelet in 2009 to his EPT and WPT titles

Earning a Place on Team Full Tilt Poker

Roland success brought him a lot of attention. He appeared on TV regularly across a number of different poker TV shows and formats. This attention also brought him sponsorship from Full Tilt Poker where he was a member of Team Full Tilt.

De Wolfe is no longer sponsored by Full Tilt Poker, but he still plays online at the Full Tilt tables, where you can watch and chat with him or even sit down at his table and play against him.

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Sentences forRoland De Wolfe

• He also became just the third person, along with Roland De Wolfe and Gavin Griffin, to win a title on both the WPT and EPT.ElkY-Wikipedia
• The winner, Belfast man Marty Smyth, took home the €650,000 first prize after a two-hour heads-up battle against World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour winner Roland De Wolfe.Irish Poker Open-Wikipedia
• He has since made two other WPT final tables, with a 4th-place finish in the Season 1 Battle of Champions and a 2nd-place finish to England's Roland De Wolfe in the Grand Prix de Paris 2005 event.Juha Helppi-Wikipedia
• He is one of only five players to win poker's 'triple crown', joining Gavin Griffin, Bertrand Grospellier, Jake Cody, and Roland De Wolfe.Davidi Kitai-Wikipedia
• In 2009, Reinkemeier was accused of angle shooting professional poker player Roland De Wolfe after calling De Wolfe's river bluff with Q-high.Tobias Reinkemeier-Wikipedia
• On Thanksgiving Day 2006, Gordon won the Full Tilt Poker Poker Championship at Red Rock, outlasting 5 other notable poker headliners and ultimately defeating Roland De Wolfe heads-up to win a purse of $600,000.Phil Gordon-Wikipedia

Roland De Wolfe - Poker Player

• In 2008, Black beat Roland De Wolfe heads-ups to win Premier League Poker II and $250,000.Andy Black (poker player)-Wikipedia
• Only four other players, Roland De Wolfe, Jake Cody, Davidi Kitai, and Bertrand Grospellier, have won a title in each of these three tournaments since Griffin accomplished the feat.Gavin Griffin-Wikipedia
• He finished 6th at the 2005 WPT €10,000 Grand Prix de Paris, eventually won by Roland De Wolfe.Alan Goehring-Wikipedia
• Smyth eventually defeated Roland De Wolfe in a heads-up encounter Terry Rogers Memorial Trophy and earning €650,000.Marty Smyth-Wikipedia
• Notable players included poker legend Doyle Brunson, his son Todd Brunson, Sorel Mizzi, Roland De Wolfe, Padraig Parkinson, World Series of Poker bracelet-winner Ciaran O'Leary, Dario Minieri and dozens of other poker professionals.Irish Poker Open-Wikipedia
• So far, only eight players have completed the feat: Gavin Griffin, Roland De Wolfe, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Davidi Kitai , Mohsin Charania , Harrison Gimbel and Niall Farrell.Triple Crown (poker)-Wikipedia
• He played in the final heat, composed of Roland DeWolfe, Marcel Luske, Robert Williamson III, Benjamin Kang, and William Thorson.Ciarán O'Leary-Wikipedia
• In 2006, Roland De Wolfe emerged victorious after battling through a field of 389 and triumphing over an experienced final table that included David Tavernier, William Thorson, George McKeever and Willie Tann.Irish Winter Festival of Poker-Wikipedia
• A larger-than-expected field of 700 played in the main event, including famous faces such as Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Neil Channing, Marty Smyth, Andy Black, Jamie Gold, Dan Harrington, Juha Helppi, Roland De Wolfe and Ciaran O'Leary.Irish Poker Open-Wikipedia

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