Background
Rogers was born into a family of bookmakers.
Rogers was born into a family of bookmakers.
Rogers regularly attended the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He earned his nickname from his bright red hair. As a teenager, he was laying odds at dog races. He went on to become a pivotal person behind Irish horseracing in the 1960s.
At the 1980 WSOP, Rogers was the only bookmaker not to write off Stu "The Kid" Ungar from winning the main event.
Back in Ireland, he formed The Eccentrics Club in Dublin, and arranged the inaugural Irish Poker Open tournament through which "Collect" Colette Doherty became the first European to play in the WSOP. Rogers passed responsibility for the Irish Poker Open on to Liam Flood shortly before his death.