Family and friends members of Esther Rossi, who handed away from most cancers April 1, gathered on Saturday in Las Vegas to rejoice her life.
The younger technology of poker gamers may not be conversant in Rossi, however those that adopted the sport within the pre-Chris Moneymaker growth period will definitely acknowledge the identify. She was an achieved participant and beloved member of the poker neighborhood for years, and had many associates within the sport.
Remembering Esther Rossi
Rossi took a step away from the poker world at one level within the 2010s, however she recorded 13 cashes for over $200,000 on the World Collection of Poker (WSOP), her first being a runner-up end within the 1998 $500 Girls Restrict 7-Card Stud occasion for $10,625. In keeping with The Hendon Mob, she had $339,000 in reside match cashes.
The late poker participant is the previous girlfriend of David “Chip” Reese, thought of by many one of many best poker gamers of all-time. Reese, a three-time WSOP bracelet winner, handed away in 2007 at age 56.
Rossi grew up in Youngstown, Ohio and discovered to play playing cards as a baby thanks in no small half to her father, Armando “Spare” Rossi, who performed playing cards all his life. In 1987, she moved to Las Vegas.
“I moved out to Vegas to work for United Airways and a pal of mine, the one individual I knew from my hometown, he was taking part in poker and it was 7-Card Stud,” Rossi advised PokerNews in a 2018 interview. “I sat behind him and watched. After a hand I’d inform him he ought to do that and that, and he stated, ‘Oh you be quiet, you don’t know an ace from a king.’ However I grew up taking part in poker, sat across the desk on Saturdays with household.”
She continued: “After watching him that evening I assumed I may do it. It appeared enjoyable and I began going alone taking part in $1-$3 at Bally’s and I used to be cleansing up. Then I began taking part in $5-$10 at Caesars and give up the airline. I performed shut to twenty years simply Stud.”
Rossi had a ardour for stud poker and even as soon as moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles simply so she may proceed taking part in stud after the poker variant had principally dried up in Vegas.
“It’s a disgrace often because it’s among the best video games that there’s. It’s my favourite sport,” Rossi stated.
Ten of Rossi’s 13 WSOP cashes got here in stud or stud hi-lo occasions, and two others have been in H.O.R.S.E. or Razz, a stud variant. PokerNews want to ship our condolences to the family and friends of the Esther Rossi.
