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Top 10 Stories of 2011: #7, Grospellier and Cody Complete Poker's Triple Crown
To achieve what has been dubbed poker's Triple Crown requires a player to win a tournament on the European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, and at the World Series of Poker. The list of players to accomplish this feat is short, as the WPT was launched in 2002 and the EPT was created in 2004.
*Player | EPT Win | WPT Win | WSOP Win*
Gavin Griffin | Grand Final (2007) | Borgata Winter Open (2008) | $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em (2004)
Roland de Wolfe | The Irish Masters (2006) | Grand Prix de Paris (2005) | $5,000 PLO Hi/Lo (2009)
Several players were one leg away from joining this list, and over the...
For both these great players to notch up a triple crown win is a real feat. For a poker professional, it used to be that a WSOP bracelet from Vegas was the top, with multiple-bracelet winners honoured. Today the mark of a top player is the triple crown with wins in the WSOP, the WPT, & the EPT along with some serious online credentials. Good article but a little research would have allowed people to know how many people have two legs of the triple crown, if only to give you a terrific series of articles for 2012 "One Leg Left to Stand On" where PokerNews interviews all of the people with two legs (and I mean the poker titles, not the things you walk on ... otherwise your interview list could be a little long ... lol) about their plans to bag the missing title.
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12-26-2011 09:23
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