Background
Rose was born in Vancouver, Washington.
Rose was born in Vancouver, Washington.
Rose, who has been playing poker since the age of six, first finished in the money of a World Series of (WSOP) event in 2001 in the $1,500 pot limit omaha event.
Prior to getting involved in the poker tournament circuit, Rose was a mathematician and project engineer in the Air Force. He later became an entrepreneur who started and sold two computer companies and an internet company. He also held a seat on the American Stock Exchange and owned his own commodities firm.
He currently lives in Dayton, Ohio.
World Series of Poker
World Poker Tour
In November, 2002 the first season of the World Tour (WPT) Rose finished 6th at the World Finals in Foxwood Connecticut. which was televised on National Broadcasting Company in 2004 on Super Bowl Sunday. Rose defeated all the winners of the 1st year"s WPT events including Howard Lederer and Gus Hansen.
Other poker events
Rose then moved onto the United States scene with a great deal of success. Rose also made the final table of the first ever Professional Tour (Powerpoint Engineering) event, finishing in third place at Foxwood, Court in 2004.
In 2004, Rose"s book Aces: The Stars of Tournament () was released.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,000,000.
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. Rose again played in the 2006 World Series of - Senior"s Event and made the final table trying to become the first senior to win the event twice, but came up short by finishing 6th at the final table out of a field of 1,184 opponents. In 2003, Rose went on to win the World Challenge event in Reno Nv., by defeating a final table including Paul "X-22" Magriel and T. J. Cloutier. However, Rose"s biggest accomplishment was winning the inaugural WPT "Battle of Champions" event. Ron Rose"s first major accomplishment was winning three different poker events (Pot limit hold"em, Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi-lo) in a single week at the Aviation Club in Paris, France in 2001. In addition, he also won the prestigious Number-Limit hold"em tournament the last time he was in Paris in 2002.
