Bob Ciaffone

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Simon Rogers
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Bob Ciaffone

Post by Simon Rogers » Thu May 19, 2022 2:15 pm

The sad news has been reported that the American poker and chess player, Bob Ciaffone died on 13th May 2022, at the age of 81.
Bob was born on 10th December 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and died in Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
He was mainly known as a poker player, finishing third in the 1987 World Series of Poker at Texas hold'em.
Bob's winnings at Poker was $330,300 up to 2015.
He was the President of the Michigan Chess Association in 2003 and was also the author of four books on poker and two books on chess.
Bob was awarded the Life Master title by both the United States Chess Federation and the American Contract Bridge League.
In politics, Bob was also delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
RIP

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