Roger Sippl: High-Stakes Poker Player and Entrepreneur
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Roger Sippl was an American entrepreneur and high-stakes poker participant whose results included a seven-figure runner-up finish at the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and a final table at the 2016 World Series of Poker. He also appeared on PokerGO’s High Stakes Poker. Sippl died in 2026 at age 71, PokerNews reported after Andrew Robl announced the news.
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Tournament highlights
Sippl’s largest recorded live tournament payout came in January 2015, when he finished second to Steve O’Dwyer in the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller for $1,344,420. The contemporary PokerNews result documents the finish and the 66-entry field. The payout is a gross cash, not a measure of profit.
A year earlier, he won a $50,000 Aria Super High Roller for $776,160, according to Card Player’s tournament record. That record also lists a third-place finish in a $100,000 event at the 2013 Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $433,400. These high-buy-in results established his tournament presence beyond a single PCA run.
At the 2016 WSOP, Sippl finished third in the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship for $245,389. The official WSOP result confirms his placing and prize. This was a deep bracelet-event finish, not a bracelet win.
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Television and life beyond poker
Sippl joined the cast of PokerGO’s High Stakes Poker Season 10 in 2023. PokerGO’s episode listings name him among the players. He was also known in business as a founder of Informix Corporation, as PokerNews documented in its report on his death.
Friends and fellow players Andrew Robl and Phil Hellmuth publicly remembered Sippl after his death. For the latest confirmed account, see Angry Aces Poker’s Roger Sippl remembrance.
