He has been a poker teacher since 1995, with his students having earned well over a million dollars in tournament play. He has numerous poker tournament wins and placings, the most prominent being third place in the 1987 World Championship. The goal of this rulebook is to produce the best set of rules in existence, and make it generally available, so any person or cardroom can use Bob Ciaffone is one of America’s best-known poker players, writers, and teachers. Robert's Rules of Poker was written by Robert Ciaffone.