Grant Hinkle is an American poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. He earned $831,462 at the event, bringing his total live tournament winnings to $1,640,843.[1]

Grant Hinkle
Hinkle after winning the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em at the 2008 World Series of Poker.
Nickname(s)GrantMasterFlash
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)1
Money finish(es)10
Highest ITM
Main Event finish
391st, 2013
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)1
Information accurate as of 27 December 2009.

Hinkle won his WSOP bracelet at a final table that included 2000 WSOP Main Event winner Chris Ferguson. The event began with 3929 players, at the time the largest ever field for a poker tournament other than the WSOP Main Event.[2]

Hinkle won the bracelet by bluffing his hand of 10 4 versus the A K of James Akenhead. Hinkle hit 10 4 10 on the flop to give him a full house. He then hit a 10 on the turn to secure the four of a kind and the bracelet.[3]

Less than two weeks later WSOP history was made when his brother, Blair Hinkle, also won a WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event making them the first brothers to each win a bracelet during the same year.[4]

On August 15, 2006, Hinkle won the third event in the inaugural Full Tilt Online Poker Series, a $216 buy in Limit Hold'em tournament. He bested a field of 726 to win the $34,848 1st prize.

World Series of Poker bracelets edit

Year Event Prize Money
2008 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em $831,462

References edit

  1. ^ "Grant Hinkle's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Calistri, Amy (June 2, 2008). "2008 WSOP Event #2 $1,500 NLHE, Day 1b: Bach Leads Record Field". PokerNews.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
  3. ^ Lucchesi, Ryan (June 4, 2008). "WSOP: Grant Hinkle Wins Event No. 2". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
  4. ^ Lucchesi, Ryan (June 14, 2008). "WSOP: Blair Hinkle Wins Event No. 23". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 17, 2008.

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