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| Nickname(s) | The Coach |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Saginaw, Michigan |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 3 |
| Highest main event finish | 3rd (1987) |
Bob "The Coach" Ciaffone (born December 10 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is the author of Robert's Rules of Poker, and an American poker player, based in Saginaw, Michigan.
Ciaffone finished third in the 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em main event, winning $125,000. In that same year, he finished fourth in the WSOP $2,500 pot limit Omaha hold 'em event and fifth in the WSOP $1,000 no limit Texas hold 'em event. As of 2006, his total live tournament winnings exceed $220,000.
A regular columnist in Card Player Magazine, Ciaffone is a noted authority on U.S. gambling laws related to poker. He founded Fair Laws on Poker, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving local, state, and national laws that apply to poker. He was the president of the Michigan Chess Association in 2003 and is the author of four books on poker and two books on chess.
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