Rod Peate is a poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player from Downey, California

Downey, California

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In the 1983 World Series of Poker

1983 World Series of Poker

The 1983 World Series of Poker was held May 9th to May 12th, 1983 at Binion's Horseshoe.-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 108 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. Doyle Brunson fell just short in his attempt to win the main event for a third time when he...

, Peate finished runner-up to Tom McEvoy

Tom McEvoy

Thomas K. McEvoy is a professional poker player and author. He is best known for his win in the 1983 World Series of Poker main event.-Early life:...

 in the Main Event. Since then, Peate has cashed in the Main Event four times: 1987

1987 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry....

, 1990

1990 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Main Event:There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry....

, 1997

1997 World Series of Poker

The 1997 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Most notably, it was the only WSOP where the final table of the main event took place outdoors, at the Fremont Street Experience, just outside of Binions...

, and 1998

1998 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*...

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In 1995

1995 World Series of Poker

-Preliminary events:-Final table:-Other High Finishes:NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.-External Links:*...

, Peate earned a WSOP bracelet in Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo. Peate still participates in tournaments

Poker tournament

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, although a majority of his tournament cashes came in the 1980s and 1990s.

He also cashed in the World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting the final table of each tournament. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who served as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that...

Legends of Poker tournament at the Bicycle Casino during the fourth season of the WPT.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $850,000.