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He toured the Texas Gambler’s Circuit for years traveling with Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim.  The three set out to be the best high stakes poker players in the world.  Together, they talked for hours about poker strategy and developed winning strategies that would be revealed in Brunson’s book “Super/System.”  While traveling from town to town in Texas together they shared the same bankroll and traded thousands of dollars in prop bets with each other.  While trio traveled from game to game they began booking sports bets.

After the 1961 Federal Wire Act, which made using phones for any type of gambling became illegal; Brunson and Slim stopped taking action.  Roberts continued to book sports and subsequently spent a year in jail following a bookmaking conviction.

Upon his release Roberts moved to Las Vegas where he could bet sports all he wanted.  Roberts quickly fell in with the Binion’s crowd and was routinely found at the high stakes poker tables.  He won his first WSOP bracelet in 1974 in the $5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball event.  Roberts also made one more appearance at the Main Event Final Table in 1982, finishing eighth.

Roberts passed away from sclerosis due to hepatitis.  He is fondly remembered by most the old guard of poker for his generosity and willingness to always help a down and out gambler.