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He finished sixth and received $150,000, but as he and January Lundberg were both eliminated in the same hand, the final table that year consisted of just 5 players.
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Career
In 1998 he almost made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. In his final hand, his pocket Aces lost to Scotty Nguyen"s Ace-Queen of Diamonds when Nguyen hit a flush. In 2002 he made an appearance on Late Night Poker.
He finished 3rd in his heat, ahead of such players as Ross Boatman, Daniel Negreanu and Malcolm Harwood.
In 2005 he made the final table of the Venture capital Cup and competed in the World Speed Poker Open. In the same year he also became the 5th entrant in the European Poker Players Hall of Fame.
His total live tournament winnings exceed $1.2 million. He went on to have 3 children.
Their names are Jamie Roberts, Rebecca Roberts and Sebastian Roberts.
He is also fond of jazz music
Achievements
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Roberts began playing poker in the mid-1970s, and claims to have won every year. In 2004 he made his first final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT), where he finished 5th in the third season Grand Prix de Paris event won by Surinder Sunar. Roberts won €101,980 at the event. Roberts was a County Table Tennis Champion in 1978 and the English Pool Champion in 1979.
