Sailor Roberts

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox poker player Bryan W. "Sailor" Roberts (March 7, 1931 – June 23, 1995)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an American professional poker player.

BiographyEdit

Before becoming a poker professional, Roberts was a rounder and traveled the country looking for games with Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim.<ref name="pioneer">Sailor Roberts: Poker Pioneer. Famous Poker Players.</ref> In addition to his career as a poker player, he was also a renowned contract bridge player.<ref>World Series of Poker: A Retrospective - Early Player Bios. Center for Gaming Research.</ref>

Roberts participated in the first World Series of Poker in 1970 along with Amarillo Slim, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington, and Carl Cannon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Roberts won his first WSOP bracelet at the 1974 World Series of Poker in the $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw event.<ref name=pioneer/> He won the 1975 World Series of Poker Main Event, gaining his second and final WSOP bracelet and $210,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Roberts earned his nickname "Sailor" for having served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.<ref name=pioneer/>

Roberts died on June 23, 1995, from cirrhosis caused by hepatitis.<ref name=pioneer/>

He was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year	Tournament	Prize (US$)
1974	$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw	$35,850
1975	$10,000 No Limit Hold'em World Championship	$210,000