Roger Moore

Daniel Craig’s first film as world famous English spy James bond centers heavily around winning at poker to stop terrorist funding. After going into cardiac arrest during a break, he utters the line “I'm sorry. That last hand... it nearly killed me.”

Roger Moore is one man who looks set to go out at the poker table. Whilst the closest his namesake got to any card action as 007 was with a Bond girl named Solitaire, the card player is the real deal. Reportedly the only player to appear at every World Series of Poker since 1974, Moore has one bracelet to his name after his victory in the 1994 Limit Seven Card Stud event, beating Adam Roberts to first place. Roberts would later go on to finish second (in 1997) and first (in 2001) in the same event.

The $144,000 Moore won alongside his bracelet is his biggest payday from tournament play in more than 30 years of entries. The closest he came to that figure was when he earned $67,500 as runner up in Pot Limit Omaha in 1984, two years after he had finished second in the Limit Seven Card Stud (his first money finish at the WSOP).

The son of a sharecropper, Moore left school in eighth grade and soon joined the military – handling weapons being another common trait with the actor he shares names with.

After leaving military service, Moore worked as a civil servant and took a keen interest in playing poker. He soon spotted the potential in the game and quit his job to play cards full time, moving to Las Vegas in 1968. After gaining a reputation as one of the most determined players on the circuit, Moore was invited into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1997.

Away from poker Moore owns the Pine Bluff Golf Course and Country Club in Eastman, Georgia, but still lives in Las Vegas. He is the proud father of two children.