Grant Hinkle
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 |
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 versus the of James Akenhead. Hinkle hit on the flop to give him a full house. He then hit a 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.
Notes
- "Grant Hinkle - results". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 4, 2008.
- 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.
- Lucchesi, Ryan (June 4, 2008). "WSOP: Grant Hinkle Wins Event No. 2". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- Lucchesi, Ryan (June 14, 2008). "WSOP: Blair Hinkle Wins Event No. 23". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 17, 2008.