"Terry "Red Menace" Rogers" was an Ireland/Irish bookmaker, credited with introducing hold'em poker to Europe, alongside Liam Flood/"Gentleman" Liam Flood. He earned his nickname from his bright red hair.

Rogers was born into a family of bookmakers. As a teenager, he was Fixed-odds betting/laying odds at dog racing/dog races. He went on to become a pivotal person behind Irish horseracing in the 1960s.

Rogers regularly attended the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, Nevada/Las Vegas, Nevada. At the 1980 World Series of Poker/1980 WSOP, Rogers was the only bookmaker not to write off Stu Ungar/Stu "The Kid" Ungar from winning the main event. Whilst other bookmakers put Ungar at 100-1; Rogers offered just 20-1, and instead bet on Ungar to win with other bookmakers. Ungar went on to defeat Doyle Brunson/Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson to win the main event.

Back in Ireland, he formed The Eccentrics Club in Dublin, and arranged the inaugural Irish Poker Open tournament through which Colette Doherty/"Collect" Colette Doherty became the first European to play in the WSOP. Another Eccentrics Club player, Noel Furlong went on to win the 1999 World Series of Poker/1999 WSOP main event. Rogers passed responsibility for the Irish Poker Open on to Liam Flood shortly before his death.

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It's a humongous time saver! I did [depreciation calculations] with spreadsheets before, but because of tax laws changing so much, you have to keep track of ACE, AMT and four or five other methods of reporting. And updating would take four or five hours. Now, with one button, the information just rolls over.

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Jim cared so much about the library. I think somehow it should be connected to the library.

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To let go is not to deny but to accept. To let go is to fear less and love more.

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