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The record will be not required long: one year after Gavin Griffin became the youngest the history of the WSOP to win a bracelet, it is the turn of Eric Froehlich to resume the torch, then Jeff Madsen a year later, and finally Steve Billiarkis in 2007. The triple Crown But last year, Griffin establishes a new record, which is still this: l became the only player to win a WSOP bracelet, a title of the World Poker Tour and title of the European Poker Tour. A distinction called Crown ("or triple Crown", or "tryptique") by the press Gavin Griffin was born on 28 August 1981 to Darien, Illinois, in the suburbs of Chicago. Baseball player Emeritus durante his youth, Griffin refuses all sports scholarships it him is proposed, including his talent in the field will never to allow that to play in a local division. Griffin chose instead to join the Texas Christian University, to become speech therapist. Back home for the high holidays, after its first year of factors, Griffin is invited at a friend who organizes a weekly private party $ 20 buy-in. This low issue yet sufficient to endanger the budget tight the student. After having lost more that reason, Griffin starts studying the pokéristique strategy and post his hands on specialized forums. He made rapid progress and soon becomes a regular winner in his circle of friends.
A 24-year-old WSOP bracelet
In last year, Griffin located dealer work part-time in some private in Arlington, Texas. It works five or six hours straight, then bases to the table and continues to earn money. This is not yet easy - part of the stars of the Internet as Raja Kattamuri or Dustin sitar attend. Play against best opponents that it is an excellent training for Griffin, soon starts to play online him also. Before even win a diploma, Griffin is already enough money to return to Chicago, to a cross on its studies and to establish themselves as professional poker player.
This summer in 2004, Griffin, 22 years, decides to try its luck to the world series of Poker . Wins the pot-limit Hold em Tournament hold em to 3,000 $ and key 270.000 $ than his first bracelet. It is this day that he became the youngest player to win a the WSOP bracelet. But it does not stop in if way and flies in the money a few days later in a different event of no - limit hold em to 3,000 $. In the two years that follow, Griffin accumulates paid places and final, tables whose three outcomes to the WSOP, a final on the WSOP circuit table and two other final tables at the Bellagio. But need to wait until Monte Carlo in 2007 to again reach a cheque six-digit.
The grand final EFA in Monte-Carlo champion
Griffin bases in the great final de Monte Carlo with hair dyed in pink. No, it is not the result of a bet lost in any beuverie to avant-tournoi but rather a way to draw attention to the cancer, a disease which its Kristen campaign has réchappé two years earlier. Griffin surclasse 705 other players, and then beats Marc Karam face-to-face to grab the title and $ afférants 2.4 million (at this time the largest poker never gain won outside the United States).
Later this year Griffin rentrera three times more in the money for the 2007 WSOP and will even the final table of the world of pot - limit Hold em Championship hold\' em to 5000 $, that it end at the 7th place. After the WSOP, it passes the fall to raise funds for Kristen, company breast cancer research and participates even to "Avon Walk for breast cancer", a walk of 60 km perform together, in long beach, California.
Griffin WINS WPT Borgata
In January 2008, the circuit leads then it to the WPT Borgata winter open, where Griffin captures the third and final element of the Triple Crown. In the main event to 10,000 $, Griffin beats a 507 players field dominates a final table composed (among others) Lee Watkinson, David Tran and Noah Schwartz, and WINS its first title WPT as well as the 1.4 million $ promised the winner. This boosts victory gains of Griffin tournaments, which the counter displays now more than 4.5 million dollars, fully earned less than four years and before its 30th anniversary.
Shortly after won the Triple Crown, Griffin joined the Team PokerStars Pro . When it is not busy to travel on the world, circuit Gavin is a sophisticated cinéphile mounted a video library of more than 600 DVDs. It also enjoys cooking for Kristen, with whom he lives in Los Angeles region. He played poker online fifteen to twenty hours per week, on
