Dody Roach

Deceased Person

1937 – 2004

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Who was Dody Roach?

Felix D. "Dody" Roach was an American poker player from Corpus Christi, Texas, who won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker.

Roach won his first bracelet at the 1981 WSOP in the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament. In 1982, he made the final table of the $10,000 Main Event. Roach finished in 6th place, earning a $41,060 cash prize in the event which was won by Jack Straus.

Roach won his second bracelet in 1996, in the $1,500 Limit Omaha event. In the heads-up play, he defeated multi bracelet winner Men Nguyen "the Master" to win the bracelet and $102,600 prize.

His total tournament cashes were $490,649. His 10 cashes at the World Series of Poker accounted for $283,734 of that total.

Roach died at age 67 in 2004.

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Born
May 3, 1937
Died
Sep 7, 2004

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on July 23, 2013

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