#BettingPeople: ROLAND DE WOLFE

#BettingPeople: Roland de Wolfe is one the highest staking punters in the UK, he came to prominence as a top poker player after a modest career started with him writing about it in gambling magazine ‘Inside Edge’. Roland circulates in high rolling circles where he’s happy to make five figure side bets on live events with like minded friends. Feared by the bookmakers and up until now preferring to operate in anonymity, Roland has made the decision to show himself, answer some questions and dispel some myths. in four parts, our 250th #BettingPeople interview … with Simon Nott.

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ROLAND DE WOLFE (part 1 of 4)

Roland talks about what he ‘does for a living’, why he’s decided to come out of the shadows and into the limelight. He talks about how high ranking he considers himself in the realms of UK high rollers. He talks about his biggest wins, background and what started him betting.

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ROLAND DE WOLFE (part 2 of 4)

Roland talks about his friendship with Shane Warne, getting to know smart people and using their information, the most important mental characteristics of successful gambling, his love of casino games, how he squares being a shrewd punter playing games of chance.

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ROLAND DE WOLFE (part 3 of 4)

Roland talks about getting concessions from casinos which included meeting Robbie Williams, his love of darts and betting on it and how he introduced the ‘Family Guy’ theme tune to the game. He talks about his contact book being full of millionaires and celebrities, how having fun is more important to him than money, reading people’s minds and spending a lot of time on holiday.

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ROLAND DE WOLFE (part 4 of 4)

Roland is asked the question who does he respect in the world of gambling and who he follows in. At the poker table does he lull people into a false sense of security before clobbering them, how would he feel if he woke up one morning and the compulsion to gamble had gone, has this interview been a total double bluff all along?

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