Where Are They Now: Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley Battled Stu Ungar at 1997 WSOP
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”
eliminating Casho in ninth place for $26,413. Casho said on his way out. "It was nice to be at the final table," having survived just two hands.
which Jaworski called
and river 
gave Jaworski a straight from four to eight to bust Kelly in 10th for just shy of $21,000.
was check-called by Whitehead. On the 
turn, Whitehead once again checked. Pisel then fired all in and Whitehead snapped him off.
completed the board as Pisel mistakingly celebrated, thinking it was a chop, when in fact Whitehead's ten played, sending Pisel to the rail in 11th.
and Alsup checked. Truong again went deep into the tank before betting 4,000,000. Alsup called. It was a bad beat as Truong turned over 
for a full house while Alsup had turned trip sixes. The pot put Truong in a commanding position and left Alsup with significantly less chips.