Roland De Wolfe
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Roland de Wolfe is a very superstitious, introverted and shy person and prefers to stay out of the limelight, because he didn't want anything to get between his success as a poker player. When he was asked to do an interview for the magazine he used to work for, it took a long time before he finally admitted that his superstition might be a. Roland de Wolfe is a very superstitious, introverted and shy person and prefers to stay out of the limelight, because he didn't want anything to get between his success as a poker player.
DeWolf during an interview in 1983 | |
| Born | May 7, 1934 Encinitas, California, United States |
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| Died | September 16, 1991 (aged 57) |
| Other names | 'Nibs' Hubbard |
| Citizenship | United States |
Notable work | L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, co-author |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Quentin Hubbard (half-brother) Jamie DeWolf (grandson) |
Ronald Edward 'Ron' DeWolf (born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard Jr.; May 7, 1934 – September 16, 1991), also known as 'Nibs' Hubbard, was the eldest child of Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard by his first wife Margaret Louise Grubb, and highly critical of his father and of the Church of Scientology.
Early life[edit]
In his 1983 interview with Penthouse magazine, DeWolf said he was born prematurely at 2 pounds 2 ounces (0.96 kg) after surviving an early abortion attempt; his father constructed a makeshift incubator with a shoe box, later a cupboard drawer, some rubbers, and used blankets and an electric light bulb to keep the baby warm.[1][2]
Relationship with his father[edit]
Hubbard, Jr. claimed to have helped his father in the early days of Scientology but later rejected his father and Scientology, quitting in 1959 and changing his name to Ronald DeWolf. On November 6, 1982 in a Riverside, California, court, DeWolf sued for control of his father's estate, saying that his father was either deceased or incompetent.[3] His reclusive father was proven to still be alive, although he never appeared in court.[4]
Comments about his father[edit]
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In 1981 DeWolf wrote his autobiography The Telling of Me, by Me, which he never published.[5]
After detailing how his father taught him the occult, he comments:
What the hell is Dianetics and Scientology? It's a religion. A religion of self. It's one man's religion. One man's labyrinth. A trip of L. Ron Hubbard's. A trip he lays on everyone else as 'the trip,' their trip, your trip. A science fiction story he wrote and forced into reality within the heads of others by the will of L. Ron Hubbard. The self-created fantasy of one man brought to deadly reality for others by a simple word: agreement.
In the mid-1980s, DeWolf gave several interviews and made sworn statements about his father's history. He explained that his father had been 'deeply involved in the occult and black magic.' Aleister Crowley's death in 1947 was a pivotal event that led Hubbard to 'take over the mantle of the Beast'. 'Black magic is the inner core of Scientology', DeWolf said. 'My father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan.'[6]
'99% of what my father ever wrote or said about himself is totally untrue', DeWolf said in a TV interview in 1983.[7] That same year, he told Penthouse magazine that his father was a KGB asset and a drug addict who claimed to be Satan incarnate. According to DeWolf, his father was so close to embattled actor Errol Flynn, that Hubbard regarded Flynn as DeWolf's adoptive father, and that together Hubbard and Flynn engaged in such illegal activities as drug smuggling and statutory rape.[8] Speaking on WDVM in Washington, DC, in 1983, on the Carol Randolph Morning Break show, he compared Sea Org with the Nazi SS,[9] and described drug importation operations he alleged his father had been involved in, citing organised crime connections in Mexico and Colombia.[10] In his opinion Scientology was little more than a cult that existed to make money.[citation needed]
Sued by Mary Sue Hubbard[edit]
In 1984, his stepmother Mary Sue Hubbard filed a $5-million suit for fraud against DeWolf for his 1982 suit to gain control of L. Ron Hubbard's estate.[11]
Biography of L. Ron Hubbard[edit]
DeWolf was named as co-author with Bent Corydon of the 1987 edition of a highly critical book about Hubbard and the Church of Scientology titled L. Ron Hubbard, Messiah or Madman?. Prior to publication, he sued the publisher Lyle Stuart, claiming breach of contract, and that his contributions were misrepresented. He retracted his negative comments about Hubbard and the church in submitted court affidavits, in which he called the biography 'inaccurate and false', and demanded to have his name removed from the book.[12][13] He said he was denied the opportunity to review the book until it was already in print.[13]
In A Piece of Blue Sky former Scientologist Jon Atack writes:
Nibs accepted a financial settlement from the Scientologists after his father's death in 1986, agreeing not to make further comment.[14]
In the updated revision of L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, which no longer listed DeWolf as co-author, Corydon comments:
In the case of L. Ron Hubbard Jr.'s 1986 'legal settlement' with Scientology, he had accumulated sizable hospital bills due to recent emergency surgery. This left him weakened and heavily in debt. Concerned about the welfare of his family he finally agreed to a 'settlement'. This included his signing various prepared documents. I don't believe for a moment that Ron Jr. ever considered these prepared statements to be accurate representations of his thoughts and beliefs. The man was under duress.[15]
Claims that DeWolf was paid for his statements have not been proven or refuted.[13]
Death[edit]
DeWolf died of diabetes complications in 1991. He was working as a security guard at the Ormsby House Hotel Casino in Carson City, Nevada, at the time of his death.[citation needed]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Bare-Faced Messiah: Chapter 4'. Clambake.org. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^'Inside The Church of Scientology: An Exclusive Interview with L. Ron Hubbard Jr'. Penthouse. June 1983.
- ^Philadelphia Daily News, December 6, 1982.
- ^Miller, Russell (1987). Bare-faced Messiah, The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard. Henry Holt & Co. ISBN0-8050-0654-0. Page 369.
- ^'Jamie DeWolf: I've found the last memoir of the son of Scientology's founder « The Underground Bunker'. Tonyortega.org. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^'Penthouse, Inside the Church of Scientology An Exclusive Interview with L Ron Hubbard Jr (AKA Ron DeWolfe)'. Lermanet.com. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^Morning Break. WDVM. 1983. Event occurs at 01:03.
- ^'Penthouse Interview: L. Ron Hubbard, Jr'. Penthouse. June 1983.
- ^Morning Break. WDVM. 1983. Event occurs at 06:39.
- ^Morning Break. WDVM. 1983. Event occurs at 02:00.
- ^'Son of Church Founder Is Sued by Stepmother'. New York Times. Associated Press. 1984-10-24. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- ^Affidavit filed with the Federal District Court of New Jersey
- ^ abcFrenschkowski, Marco (July 1999). 'L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology: An annotated bibliographical survey of primary and selected secondary literature'(PDF). Marburg Journal of Religion. 4 (1): 15. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^Atack, Jon, A Piece of Blue Sky (NY: Carol Publ. Group, 1990), ISBN0-8184-0499-X, p. 147.
- ^Corydon, Bent, L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? (Barricade Books, 1992), p. 423.
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- The 1982 Clearwater Hearings - video clips at the Wayback Machine (archived November 18, 2005)
- 20/20: 'Scientology' (1982) at the Wayback Machine (archived January 24, 2010)
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Roland De Wolfe backstage at the 2006 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris | |
| Residence | London, UK |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 16 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 4 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| Information accurate as of 22 September 2010. | |
Roland De Wolfe (born 1979 in London) is an English professional poker player and a former writer for the poker magazine Inside Edge.
After winning first prize in an event at the 2004 Gutshot Poker Festival, he went on to make a money finish in the $1,000 No Limit event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.
In July 2005, he won first place in the Major Grand Prix de Paris event of the World Poker Tour (WPT)'s fourth season, defeating former champion Juha Helppi in the final heads-up battle.
In April 2006, he finished 3rd out of 605 runners in the WPT $25,000 Championship event at the Bellagio, winning over $1,000,000.
In October 2006, De Wolfe won the European Poker Tour (EPT) Dublin event, and the €554,300 first prize. In the process, he became the first person to win an event in the WPT and the EPT. This achievement was superseded in January 2008 when Gavin Griffin won a WPT event to follow up on his WSOP and EPT wins, thus becoming the first person to win titles in all 3 competitions.
De Wolfe also reached the final table of the 2008 edition of Late Night Poker, finishing in 2nd place.
In June 2009, De Wolfe won his first World Series of Poker bracelet, winning the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better tournament for $246,616 and in doing so became only the second person (after Gavin Griffin) to complete the hat-trick of WSOP, EPT and WPT titles.
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,800,000. His 16 cashes at the WSOP account for $768,389 of those winnings.[1]
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- ^World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com
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